Humans are originally from Asia?

Newly excavated fossils in Myanmar show that the ancestors of humans, the apes and the first origin from Asia then migrated to Africa.

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According to archaeologists, the newly discovered remains of primates Afrasia djijidae - a monkey-like animal lived 37 million years ago and may be the ancestors of the ape of humans including humans, apes and have a tail.

Possibility of Afrasia djijidae - human ancestors migrated from Asia to Africa

Paleontologist Christopher Beard at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (USA) argues that archaeological evidence was obtained in Myanmar somewhat to prove that the ancestors of humans from Asia migrated to Africa. This observation is completely contrary to the results of previous studies asserting that humans originated in Africa and then migrated to other continents around the world.

Mr. Beard and the head of Jean-Jacques Jaeger research project at Poitiers University (France) studied teeth samples from Afrasia. The results show that they have a similar but more ancient structure with the first human gibbon relic - Afrotarsius libycus was discovered in the Sahara desert in Libya, Africa.

Analysis of teeth samples of Afrasia and Afrotarsius indicated that when alive, their main food was insects and small monkeys.

Despite the similarities, the Afrasia has a close relative relationship with the oldest human ape - Eosimias who lived in China 40 - 45 million years ago.

But the mystery is how Asian animals can travel long distances to Africa. What is certain is that they will have to cross the Mediterranean, also known as the Tethys Sea to from Asia to Africa. At that time, Africa was an island continent like Australia today.

Archaeological site in Myanmar

According to Mr. Beard, Afrasia has a close relationship with humans and other apes. This shows that they are an evolutionary branch in the family tree of humans, monkeys with tails and no tails.

However, the possibility of the evolutionary branch has become extinct. Therefore Asian gibbons migrated to Africa 37-38 million years ago. In it, a species has evolved for many years to become Homo sapiens.

At the same time, the ancestors of Asian Afrasia species were also extinct, causing some apes to make their journey back to their roots (ie Africa to Asia). For example, orangutans have migrated to Asia about 10-15 million years ago.

The discovery of traces of Afrasia has helped scientists find the answer to the question of why the ape species suddenly appeared in Africa while their ancestors did not live there.

Reference: Daily Mail