Homo Erectus - Move The Dates Back in Asia

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IN the Americas there are still people shrieking Clovis-First at the top of their lungs, too.  Nonetheless, the argument rages.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic...n-origins/

The Modern Human Origins Morass

When it comes to explaining the emergence of modern humans, researchers generally subscribe to one of two hypotheses. The Out of Africa theory holds that Homo sapiens burst onto the scene as a new species around 150,000 to 200,000 years ago in Africa and subsequently replaced archaic humans such as the Neandertals. The other model, known as multiregional evolution or regional continuity, posits far more ancient, diverse roots for our kind. Proponents of this view believe that Homo sapiens arose in Africa some two million years ago and evolved as a single species spread across the Old World, with populations in different regions linked through genetic and cultural exchange. Of these two models, Out of Africa has found favor with the majority of human evolution scholars. Just this month, however, results of two studies have come out that appear to support multiregionalism, adding new fuel to the long-standing debate.

I don't expect to live long enough to see this one resolved.