Fossils in Laos cave imply modern humans were in Asia 86,000 years ago
Human skull and shinbone fragments found in a cave in northern Laos suggest modern humans may have been in South-East Asia between 68,000 and 86,000 years ago, considerably further back than the previous estimates of around 50,000 years
Fabrice Demeter South East Asia Christopherj Bae Laura Shackelford University Of Copenhagen University Of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Source: newscientist.com