Re: so H sapiens evolved from H. erectus?

Dan Barnes (dbarnes@liverpool.ac.uk)
Tue, 12 Nov 1996 18:26:50 GMT

Bob Keeter wrote:

> I have to wonder EXACTLY who (or what if you are of the belief) may
> have been wandering around in Asia when the anatomically modern
> humans showed up? Would seem to be our old friend H.e. unless
> I am badly mistaken!
> It was archaic Homo sapiens (H.h. ?) there are plenty of examples of them
in China (check out this site for further info
http://www.cruzio.com/~cscp/index.htm) and also in Java. If I'm not
mistaken Ngandong is now thought to date to at least 100 ka and may be as
recent as 50 ka.

Dan