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Hominid remains dating from 1.78 to 1.96 million years ago have been found along with stone tools in Longgupo (Dragon Bone Cave) in China. The find suggests that early members of the genus Homo left Africa within 500,000 years of their evolution from australopithecines. The fossils from Longgupo resemble Homo habilis and Homo ergaster, which date from just over two million years ago in Africa. The earliest members of the Homo genus that have been found in Africa date from about 2.5 million years ago. Use of simple stone tools seems to have originated with the genus Homo and may have made their migration out of Africa possible.
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A cruise to Vietnam offered by Travel Dynamics focused on the legacy of the Vietnam War as well as on archaeology and palaeoanthropology. The cruise included lectures and day trips into Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hue and Hanoi. Among the sites visited were a network of over 200 miles of tunnels at Cu Chi, the Cham Museum in Da Nang, Phung Tien Palace and Phuoc Duyen Tower in Hue, Halong Bay, and the War Museum and Van Mieu Temple of Literature in Hanoi.
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Animal bones and possible stone tools at the site of Renzidong in eastern China are described. These show that "Homo erectus" may have established itself here 2.25 mil years ago, more than 400,000 years earlier than previously thought. Renzidong seems to be the oldest of a growing number of sites suggesting a great antiquity for hominids in east Asia.
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