A new study from the Nihewan basin of China has revealed that hominins who possessed advanced knapping abilities equivalent to Mode 2 technological features occupied East Asia as early as 1.1 million years ago (Ma), which is 0.3 Ma earlier than the date associated with the first handaxes found in Ea
With a title containing ‘redefining human history’ and the article being put it by the Chinese academy of sciences I’m very curious what per review has to say.
It reads like nineteenth century European researchers finding progression of the human race in Europe and seeking historical analogies between Roman era people described by Tacitus and linking it to modern era people.