Darren Curnoe argues that recent archaeological finds from East Asia and Southeast Asia hint at fundamental changes in our understanding of human evolution.
East Asia makes a comeback in the human evolution stakes
The Conversation, 22 January 2016
Archaeological discoveries in East Asia over the last decade or so have dramatically rewritten our understanding of human evolution.
But the implications don’t sit easily with many scholars internationally who continue to see Europe and Africa as the heartland of human origins.
For more than 150 years our understanding of human evolution has been largely shaped by the discoveries made in Europe and parts of Africa, like the caves near Johannesburg and the Great Rift Valley on the east of the continent.
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