Ancient Hominin Skull From China Suggests Humans Didn't Evolve Just From African Ancestors
By Kastalia Medrano On 11/14/17 at 12:05 PM
Most scientists believe all modern humans are descended from African ancestors. But a new analysis of an ancient Chinese skull found too many similarities to the earliest human fossils found in Africa to be a coincidence; maybe we didn’t all originate in Africa.
Known as the Dali skull, it was discovered nearly 40 years ago in China’s Shaanxi province. It belonged to a member of the early hominin species Homo erectus. Its facial structure and brain case are intact, despite being dated to around 260,000 years ago. The Dali skull is so old that archaeologists initially didn’t believe it could share features with the modern Homo sapiens.
http://www.newsweek.com/archaeology-skull-evolution-homo-sapiens-homo-erectus-human-710973?piano_t=1
