[Verginius Rufus]

The earliest Homo sapiens were descended from someone, whatever label we want to use for the immediately preceding human beings.

From the book The Neanderthals by Friedemann Schrenk and Stephanie Mu"ller (2005, English trans. 2009), the Homo sapiens of Africa are descended from Homo heidelbergensis (800,000 B.C. on), a late form of Homo erectus. In Europe Homo heidelbergensis developed into Homo neanderthalensis (or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis).

[zeestephen]

Re: “The earliest Homo sapiens were descended from someone.”

Yes, I still agree.

But the article clearly indicates that the Homo Sapien “Adam” was himself a Homo Sapien.

My question - how can the Homo Sapien “Adam” predate the earliest Homo Sapien fossils by hundreds of thousands years?