Post by Phoenix on Jun 9, 2011 20:00:40 GMT -5
Remains of the human ancestor have been found in Asia, thought to be as old as the oldest remains found in Asia or perhaps even older.
Scientists have long believed the ancestors of mankind evolved in east Africa. This new discovery could turn everything we knew about our evolution on it's head.
"Early members of the genus Homo, possibly direct ancestors of people today, may have evolved in Asia and then gone to Africa, not vice versa as many scientists have assumed.
Most paleoanthropologists have favored an African origin for the potential human ancestor Homo erectus. But new evidence shows the species occupied a West Asian site called Dmanisi from 1.85 million to 1.77 million years ago, at the same time or slightly before the earliest evidence of this humanlike species in Africa, say geologist Reid Ferring of the University of North Texas in Denton and his colleagues."
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Scientists have long believed the ancestors of mankind evolved in east Africa. This new discovery could turn everything we knew about our evolution on it's head.
"Early members of the genus Homo, possibly direct ancestors of people today, may have evolved in Asia and then gone to Africa, not vice versa as many scientists have assumed.
Most paleoanthropologists have favored an African origin for the potential human ancestor Homo erectus. But new evidence shows the species occupied a West Asian site called Dmanisi from 1.85 million to 1.77 million years ago, at the same time or slightly before the earliest evidence of this humanlike species in Africa, say geologist Reid Ferring of the University of North Texas in Denton and his colleagues."
For more on this, check out the full article at bit.ly/jmy4H8
Discuss below!
