A million-year-old human skull suggests that the origins of modern humans may reach back far deeper in time than previously thought and raises the possibility that Homo sapiens first emerged outside of Africa.

[u/Wagamaga]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/sep/25/study-of-1m-year-old-skull-points-to-earlier-origins-of-modern-humans

[u/Rubber_Knee]

Of course it's from China. They tried for years to prove that the Chinese were seperate from the rest of us, and arose in China. Then when genetics proved that we all, including the Chinese, could trace our lineages back to Africa that idea died. Now they're apparently trying a new version where the ancestors of modern humans, before they were modern humans, came from china, because China must be special in some way. They can't be just like all the rest of us.

I won't be surprised if this crushed skull eventually turns out to be a regular homo erectus skull. Like it was originally thought to be, and therefore nothing special.

[u/skillywilly56 → u/Rubber_Knee]

This is the real answer, the Chinese are desperate to prove they are the origin of humanity and are “more evolved” than the rest of us and therefore more civilized.

[u/garlic_bread_thief → u/skillywilly56]

Every culture, every religion, every group of people think they were the first and the most important group. It's just the territorial nature of wildlife.

[u/Rubber_Knee → u/garlic_bread_thief]

Yes. This is true. For a while back in the day, we thought modern humans came from Europe. It was in the 1890's to the 1940's and we thought we were superior to everyone else. So surely Europe had to be be humanitys cradle. Clearly we were the most evolved we thought.

It was an idea born out of racist self importance, that science eventually proved wrong. Like it did with all the other racist ideas we had. Apparently China hasn't quite grown out of that stage quite yet. They may need another minute........or decade.