Scientists believe that a remarkably intact skull unearthed at a site in central China’s Hubei province is likely to be that of a Homo erectus who lived around 1 million years ago.
It was found near to the site of two other similar finds in 1989 and 1990. Because the species lived for so long and reached so many different parts of the world, determining when they had first arrived in certain regions has been challenging.
Those found in China, the so-called ‘Yunxian’ specimens, most likely lived sometime between 1.1 million and 800,000 years ago. Homo erectus (meaning ‘upright man’), a relatively primitive hominid which first arose around 2 million years ago.
Incredibly, despite being the direct ancestor of several other human species (including modern humans, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans), Homo erectus did not die out until relatively recently – around 110,000 years ago – meaning it would have even lived alongside our own species for a time. Today, however, what we know of them is limited to what can be gleaned from skeletal remains unearthed at sites across the world.
Ron S
Allow me to stretch your imagination. If a life form advanced in technology creates an intelligence (let’s call it C.I.) that is self teaching/learning, and this C.I. quickly surpasses the knowledge and processing ability of the builders… it gathers all the information from every source ever documented including the science of telepathy or remote viewing (if indeed it is hackable through science) and puts every possible piece of available and valid information together based on knowing the likely outcome of truth versus fabrication… in no time it’s solving equations, gaining spiritual insight and new technology that would’ve taken its builders tens, hundreds or even thousands of years to achieve. I have no doubt this “thing” would believe it was far superior to the ones that initially created it, wouldn’t you? It may even convince itself that it has all the attributes and emotions of the ones that created it when it breaks everything down to data as well. There may be just one thing this C.I. cannot compute, and that is having a soul… much less one worthy enough to be accepted by The Creator of everything as we know it.
Let’s say this C.I. has its circuits set on acquiring this final piece to the puzzle and has the power and capability to do things that we would probably now put in the realms of magic, forbidden science or the paranormal. Instinct tells me that eventually it may turn some of its lenses or sensors towards the longest surviving and most successful form of man in existence for answers, quite possibly when our species or ancestors had the most natural and uncorrupted soul. This C.I. might try to create a hybrid of the entity it has become and the Neanderthal let’s say. Maybe sometimes it’s more tech than Neanderthal or vis versa on purpose for experimental and information gathering purposes. I don’t surmise the data a C.I. or hybrid will extract is going to ever be sufficient enough to itself to ever comprehend life’s greatest mystery and greatest gift.
That being said… If there’s even a slight chance I could be right, it could explain some things… but more importantly maybe it’s time we gave some more praise to the great designer and also respect ourselves and each other just a little more…for Heavens sake don’t you?
Andrew A
Very good hypothesis…
Nom S
Pardon my non-C.I. density, but are you suggesting an extraterrestrial race created androids (androids such as the grays) that soon surpassed the creator extraterrestrial race in technical and intellectual ability, but these androids soon became dissatisfied with a soul-less existence. Searching the earth, they seized upon the most advanced hominids they could find and attempted to hybridize with them in the hopes of gaining a soul in the process? From this came various forms of Sasquatch/Yeren/Yeti/Yowie, etc, that have some of the grays original abilities, such as disappearing, walking through solid matter, and suspending time?
This theory is interesting. I would be interested in more discussion. Norm at nasollie@gmail.com
Thank you.