I don't think that's an accurate summary. If you were right than it would be a clear case, which according to the article it is not. I think you selected just o

I don't think that's an accurate summary. If you were right than it would be a clear case, which according to the article it is not. I think you selected just one thing out of the long article. Just read the last few paragraphs, they contradict your summary: > Despite the different interpretations of the Chinese fossil record, everybody agrees that the evolutionary tale in Asia is much more interesting than people appreciated before. But the details remain fuzzy, because so few researchers have excavated in Asia. > When they have, the results have been startling. > ... > But all agree that Asia — the largest continent on Earth — has a lot more to offer in terms of unravelling the human story. “The centre of gravity,” says Petraglia[0], “is shifting eastward.” Note that the person cited last telling you about a shift to the East is not Chinese. [0] Prof. Michael Petraglia: An archaeologist at the University of Oxford, UK. - http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/MP1.html http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/MP1.html and http://www.shh.mpg.de/178394/petraglia http://www.shh.mpg.de/178394/petraglia