Human fossil an evolution puzzle
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Human fossil remains from northern China, among the oldest found in Asia, show characteristics that throw into question the theory that modern people evolved directly from African ancestors, according to a study in Monday’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The 40,000-year-old Tianyuan Cave skeleton combines physical characteristics of modern humans and the earlier Neanderthal people, researchers said. The findings suggest that today’s humans evolved from early modern people that migrated from Africa and blended with archaic groups.
