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China, pt. 1 -- Making the Middle Kingdom

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The Origin of the Homo Sapians in China

This skull has been dated to around 600 thousand years ago, so earlier than we believe homo sapians evolved back in africa. Some have argued that the facial structure of this sies is like modern chinese people. This is a very contentious argument, and the connection has not been genetically confirmed. But it has raised speculation, or the possibility, that maybe east asian people to day have some admixture of ance from these distinct east asian species.

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