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Lecture One An Overview ?In the mid-19th century, fossils were discovered that showed similarities between human beings and apes, indicating that perhaps human beings had evolved from primates. the Mongoloid Race . Africa was regarded mans birthplace due to the human fossils of over three million years old found there. In China, the Wushan Man, whose fossil remains unearthed in the Wushan County of Chongqing, revealed a history of at least two million years. The East-Asian area was also a birthplace of man. the Old Stone Age the Paleolithic Period the New Stone Age the Neolithic Perio