Palaeontology
Did early man originate in Asia ?
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T.K. RandallJune 9, 2011 ·
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Image Credit: J. Arthur Thomson
New evidence suggests homo erectus may have originated in Asia and not Africa as previously thought.
A dig site in Dmanisi, West Asia dating back up to 1.85 million years would place early humans at that location at around the same time or earlier than the earliest known find in Africa. This suggests homo erectus may have originated in Asia and later migrated to Africa instead of the other way around.
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.
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