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Homo Erectus Could Have Arrived In Asia 600,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
New dating using cosmogenic nuclide burial reveals Yunxian Homo erectus skulls are 600,000 years older than prior estimates, redefining early human presence in eastern Asia.
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1.77-Million-Year-Old Homo Erectus Skulls in China Rewrite Early Human History
Frontal views of the first two Yunxian crania. Credit: Hua Tu et al. / CC BY-NC 4.0 Three ancient skulls found in central China are far older than scientists once believed, pushing back the timeline of Homo erectus in China and altering long-held views about early human movement across Asia, a new study reports. The fossils belong to Homo erectus, an early human relative. Researchers now say the skulls are about 1.77 million years old. That is r…
A new analysis of Homo erectus in Asia strongly altered the time line accepted so far and advanced its presence in the east of the continent about 600,000 years. The revision of ancient fossils changes what was thought about the expansion of this primitive human species outside Africa.
'Absolute surprise': Homo erectus skulls found in China are almost 1.8 million years old — the oldest evidence of the ancient human relatives in East Asia
A new date for Homo erectus skulls found in central China provides new insight into how and when ancient human relatives reached eastern Asia.
Scientific research and advances in dating methods are rewriting the history of the forerunners of sapiens. For example, they shed new light on the...
World, Feb. 19, 2026 (ATB Digital) .- Three 1.77 million-year-old skulls found in Yunxian reveal that Homo erectus was dispersed across the Asian continent more quickly and successfully than previous theories indicated. The new dating of three skulls found in China not only makes them the oldest Homo erectus fossils found to date in East Asia, but also provides data that the dispersion of hominids on that continent was relatively rapid. For deca…
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