WUHAN, April 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese archaeologists said newly found evidence proves that a valley of Qingjiang River, a tributary on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, might be one of the regions where Homo sapiens, or modern man, originated.
The finding challenges the "Out-of-Africa" hypothesis of modern human origins, according to which about 100,000 years ago modern humans originated in Africa, migrated to other continents, and replaced populations of archaic humans across the globe.
Science is a human activity, and its progress is shaped to some extent by human motives. One of these is national chauvinism. In an earlier post I noted the extent to which Chinese nationalism has interfered with investigations of mummies found in Xinjaing province. [here] Now it may be shaping investigations of human origins. Regardless of the political implications of the find, it is welcome news to Milford Wolpoff, whose "candelabra" theory of human origins has taken quite a beating lately.
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