Wushan Man: Oldest Human Found in China
Archaeologists have recently found evidence, 2 million year-old human fossils, suggesting that the earliest human species was from Whushan County, Chongging, China.
“It’s an exciting discovery because it may rewrite China’s history,” said Huang.
A lower jawbone fragment and an incisor, along with some 230 stone tools, was found from a human they are naming “Wushan Man”.
This discovery pre-dates the findings of the Yuanmou Man, found in southwestern Yunnan Province, by 300,000 years.
“Various dating techniques corroborated earlier findings that the geological layer containing the Wushan Man fossils and artifacts is two to 2.04 million years old,” said Wanbo.
By Sun Tzu on 20-11-2007
Comment by darkwing duck
November 20th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
If you keep playing with the dirty you will find old thing’s.
Comment by Casual Adventurer
November 22nd, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Wow 2 Million years old……. but unfortunately he’s lost his youthful good looks….
Comment by Sm4ll
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:33 am
i think he still got his good looks.
Comment by n-blue
November 25th, 2007 at 3:53 am
One thing that prove me, human not came from Africa. This seem to be the oldest as far as I know.
Comment by OMPALOMPA
November 26th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
same here i think he still has the looks to
=P
Comment by corey
January 30th, 2008 at 9:13 am
this is not that good of pics and i think you need more
Comment by Bala
July 28th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Hi, this is my picture
Comment by Ku-er-te
August 14th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
How funny… China is lying about the age of their fossils AND their gymnasts!
Comment by Haekel
August 14th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Awright! Another piltdown man, or nebraska man! It’s a billion billion million years old! Yawn…
Comment by Brad
August 15th, 2008 at 4:52 am
Or just 2 million? But I bet you’re one of those “The Earth is only 5,000 years old.” types, aren’t ya?
Comment by Phatoreous
August 15th, 2008 at 10:01 am
That’s pretty funny!
Comment by Matt
August 16th, 2008 at 12:06 am
…and the fireworks shown on TV broadcasts (computer made), and the person singing that opening song (actually another girl that was “not pretty enough for TV”). Mix that in with foul judging in boxing and shooting and you have one rough Olympics.
Comment by howler24
August 16th, 2008 at 7:29 am
Yeah, judging from that little female gymnast we all know how the Chinese like to skew the age of things….
Comment by Kyle
September 28th, 2009 at 8:26 am
The idiots who discredit these findings by saying the Chinese are lying are most likely of negroid decent. Or wish they were.