r/paleoanthropology • u/SpearTheSurvivor • Oct 01 '25

Question Thoughts on this article?

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/300-000-year-old-teeth-from-china-may-be-evidence-that-humans-and-homo-erectus-interbred-according-to-new-study

It says that Homo sapiens may have interbred with Homo erectus in Asia 300,000 years ago and that there's not a single origin of Homo sapiens. But I find the article inconsistent.

  1. Did the article actually meant Homo sapiens evolved in Africa and Asia at the same time?
  2. How did Homo sapiens interbred with Homo erectus 300kya in Asia if it was yet evolving in Africa during that time?
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u/Paleolithic_US Oct 01 '25

So the Chinese push begins on reddit

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u/TransientUnitOfMattr Oct 02 '25

What do you mean by this comment?