[Pipindula]

Originally Posted by dannan14 Yeah, in the excitement of my flash of brilliance i didn't consider that writing isn't all that old. On the other hand, since we're talking just a few thousand years ago then the Far East was definitely settled long before then.

Yes ... I agree. But also the spoken language did exist way way way before writing ... we just don't know how far back it goes. All -

Here's a Wiki gloss on Peking Man, "commonly" accepted to be erectus,

But man o man, talk about being on the borderline............

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_Man

hoka hey

john