Humans Were In China '60,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought'

[Moontanman]

Humans were in China '60,000 years earlier than previously thought'

 

Modern humans reached China far earlier than was previously believed, according to new evidence.

An international team analysed fossil teeth and part of a jaw unearthed in southern China in 2007 and discovered that they are at least 100,000 years old.

 

The jawbone shows a prominent chin - a distinctive feature that marks the human as being modern.

 

The discovery of early modern human remains in the Zhirendong in southern China provides the earliest evidence for the emergence of modern humans in eastern Asia.

 

 

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