{"id":27323,"date":"2025-10-07T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/?p=27323"},"modified":"2025-10-05T18:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T16:31:14","slug":"decouverte-dun-crane-qui-font-remonter-lorigine-de-notre-espece-a-1-million-dannees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/decouverte-dun-crane-qui-font-remonter-lorigine-de-notre-espece-a-1-million-dannees\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9couverte d&rsquo;un crane qui font remonter l&rsquo;origine de notre esp\u00e8ce \u00e0 1 million d&rsquo;ann\u00e9es ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"1665f18d14f35dd9e7566e1a8ac9a3e9\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2860849627502538\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3019501113\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>En analysant un cr\u00e2ne vieux d\u2019un million d\u2019ann\u00e9es, des pal\u00e9oanthropologues ont d\u00e9couvert que l\u2019esp\u00e8ce humaine pourrait \u00eatre bien plus ancienne qu\u2019on ne le pensait.<\/p>\n<p>Jusqu\u2019\u00e0 aujourd\u2019hui, dimanche 5 octobre 2025, le consensus scientifique stipulait qu\u2019Homo sapiens avait diverg\u00e9 de son plus proche anc\u00eatre, Homo erectus, il y a 500 000 \u00e0 700 000 ans. Mais une nouvelle \u00e9tude, parue la semaine du 22 septembre, est venue bousculer cette th\u00e9orie. Elle fournit de solides raisons de croire qu\u2019Homo sapiens serait en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 apparu il y a environ un million d\u2019ann\u00e9es, soit deux fois plus t\u00f4t que ce que l\u2019on pensait.<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est la d\u00e9couverte d&rsquo;un cr\u00e2ne en 1990, dans la r\u00e9gion de Xuetangliangzi, en Chine, qui laisse penser que cette nouvelle th\u00e9orie est plausible. Pendant plus de 30 ans, ce cr\u00e2ne, datant d\u2019un million d\u2019ann\u00e9es, a \u00e9t\u00e9 attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 Homo erectus. Seulement, celui-ci \u00e9tait \u00e9cras\u00e9 et aplati, et donc difficilement analysable.<\/p>\n<p>En 2025, une \u00e9quipe internationale, compos\u00e9e de chercheurs de Shanghai, de P\u00e9kin et de Londres, a pu reconstituer sa forme par des scans photogramm\u00e9triques et tomodensitom\u00e9triques. \u00c0 la surprise g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, le cr\u00e2ne pr\u00e9sentait en fait un m\u00e9lange de caract\u00e8res, certains primitifs, rappelant Homo erectus, comme sa face saillante, d\u2019autres rappelant des esp\u00e8ces plus r\u00e9centes, en particulier Homo longi, un petit-cousin d\u2019Homo sapiens, notamment un arri\u00e8re de la t\u00eate bomb\u00e9.<\/p><div class=\"1665f18d14f35dd9e7566e1a8ac9a3e9\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2860849627502538\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3019501113\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Cela signifierait qu\u2019il y a un million d\u2019ann\u00e9es, des groupes d\u2019Homo erectus commen\u00e7aient d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e0 \u00e9voluer en nouvelles esp\u00e8ces. Le fossile ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 trouv\u00e9 en Chine, il est possible que cette \u00e9volution ait eu lieu en Asie.<\/p>\n<p>Des premiers humains en Asie il y a un million d\u2019ann\u00e9es ?<br \/>\nIl s&rsquo;agit seulement d&rsquo;une hypoth\u00e8se pour l\u2019instant et encore sujette \u00e0 controverses. Ce que l\u2019on sait avec certitude, c\u2019est qu\u2019il y a un million d\u2019ann\u00e9es, des Homo erectus commen\u00e7aient \u00e0 se diff\u00e9rencier des autres, et que 400 000 ans plus tard, les Homo sapiens \u00e9taient d\u00e9j\u00e0 l\u00e0. Que s\u2019est-il d\u00e8s lors pass\u00e9 entre les deux ? C\u2019est le \u00ab\u00a0middle in the middle\u00a0\u00bb, disent les scientifiques, litt\u00e9ralement le bazar au milieu. Il s&rsquo;agirait de la p\u00e9riode o\u00f9 Homo erectus se s\u00e9pare en diff\u00e9rentes lign\u00e9es : des hommes de heidelbergensis, de n\u00e9andertal, des d\u00e9nisoviens ou encore les sapiens.<\/p>\n<p>Si comme le sugg\u00e8re le cr\u00e2ne, la date de cette divergence \u00e9volutive est bien plus ancienne que pr\u00e9vu, il se pourrait que l\u2019homme moderne soit 400 000 ans plus vieux que ce que stipulent les \u00e9tudes. D\u2019autres \u00e9tudes sont n\u00e9cessaires pour confirmer les r\u00e9centes recherches.<\/p>\n<p>Source :<a href=\"https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/replay-radio\/le-billet-sciences-du-week-end\/l-homme-moderne-est-plus-vieux-qu-on-le-pensait-un-crane-vieux-d-un-million-d-annee-repousse-les-origines-d-homo-sapiens_7502953.html\" target=\"_blank\"> https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"bawpvc-ajax-counter\" data-id=\"27323\">(131)<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En analysant un cr\u00e2ne vieux d\u2019un million d\u2019ann\u00e9es, des pal\u00e9oanthropologues ont d\u00e9couvert que l\u2019esp\u00e8ce humaine pourrait \u00eatre bien plus ancienne&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33],"tags":[8270,8035,484,251],"class_list":["post-27323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archeologie","tag-1-million-dannees","tag-datation","tag-homo-sapiens","tag-origine","wpcat-33-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/homo-sapiens-chasseur-cueilleur-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C793&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p631RN-76H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22672,"url":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/le-fossile-de-lhomme-dragon-homo-longi-pourrait-remplacer-lhomme-de-neandertal-comme-notre-plus-proche-parent\/","url_meta":{"origin":27323,"position":0},"title":"Le fossile de l&rsquo;homme-dragon (Homo Longi) pourrait remplacer l&rsquo;homme de N\u00e9andertal comme notre plus proche parent","author":"Admin","date":"27 juin 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Un ancien fossile humain presque parfaitement conserv\u00e9, connu sous le nom de cr\u00e2ne de Harbin, se trouve au mus\u00e9e des g\u00e9osciences de l'universit\u00e9 Hebei GEO. Ce cr\u00e2ne, le plus grand des cr\u00e2nes d'Homo connus, repr\u00e9sente, selon les scientifiques, une nouvelle d\u00e9couverte d'une esp\u00e8ce humaine, l'Homo longi ou \"homme dragon\". 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Cependant, l'histoire de l'origine de l'homme remonte bien plus loin que cela. Voici un aper\u00e7u des d\u00e9couvertes et des th\u00e9ories les plus importantes sur l'origine de l'homme. 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Une nouvelle \u00e9tude publi\u00e9e dans Nature sur deux fossiles d\u00e9couverts en Gr\u00e8ce dans les ann\u00e9es 1970 montre que l'un d'entre eux est le\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Arch\u00e9ologie&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Arch\u00e9ologie","link":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/sujets\/archeologie\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/homme-moderne-210000ans.jpg?fit=1179%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/homme-moderne-210000ans.jpg?fit=1179%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/homme-moderne-210000ans.jpg?fit=1179%2C630&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/homme-moderne-210000ans.jpg?fit=1179%2C630&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/homme-moderne-210000ans.jpg?fit=1179%2C630&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15403,"url":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/homo-sapiens-notre-espece-est-agee-de-300000-ans\/","url_meta":{"origin":27323,"position":3},"title":"Homo sapiens: Notre esp\u00e8ce est \u00e2g\u00e9e de 300000 ans","author":"Admin","date":"8 juin 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Des restes vieux de 300.000 ans ont \u00e9t\u00e9 mis au jour par des arch\u00e9ologues au Maroc\u2026\u00a0Des restes d\u2019Homo sapiens mis au jour au Maroc, vieux de 300.000 ans, font reculer de 100.000 ans les origines de notre esp\u00e8ce, selon deux \u00e9tudes publi\u00e9es mercredi 7 juin 2017 dans la revue Nature.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Arch\u00e9ologie&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Arch\u00e9ologie","link":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/sujets\/archeologie\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/homo-sapiens-le-documentaire.jpg?fit=442%2C228&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23370,"url":"https:\/\/www.laterredufutur.com\/accueil\/lhomo-bodoensis-une-nouvelle-histoire-de-lhumanite\/","url_meta":{"origin":27323,"position":4},"title":"L&rsquo;Homo bodoensis, une nouvelle histoire de l&rsquo;Humanit\u00e9","author":"Admin","date":"8 novembre 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Une esp\u00e8ce anc\u00eatre des premiers humains, identifi\u00e9e \u00e0 la suite d\u2019une r\u00e9interpr\u00e9tation de fossiles d\u00e9couverts en Afrique, a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9e Homo bodoensis par une \u00e9quipe internationale de pal\u00e9oanthropologues dirig\u00e9e par la Pre Mirjana Roksandic, de l'Universit\u00e9 de Winnipeg, au Manitoba. 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