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== Asia hypothesis ==
Paleotontologists who believed human origins were to be found in Asia included [[Johan Gunnar Andersson]], [[Otto Zdansky]] and [[Walter W. Granger]]. All three of these scientists were known for visiting China and for their work and discoveries by excavating the sites at [[Zhoukoudian]] that yielded the [[Peking Man]] (Homo erectus pekinensis). Further funding for the excavations was carried out by Davidson Black, a key proponent of the Asia hypothesis. Because of the finds in Zhoukoudian, such as Peking man, the focus of paleoanthropological research moved entirely to Asia, up until 1930.<ref>{{cite book | title= Handbook of paleoanthropology, Volume 1| first1=
Winfriend | last1= Henke| first2= Thorolf | last2= Hardt| publisher= | location= | isbn= | pages= 20–27}}</ref>

Black wrote a paper in 1925, ''Asia and the dispersal of primates'', which claimed that the origins of man were to be found in [[Tibet]], British India, the [[Yung-Ling]] and the [[Tarim Basin]] of [[China]]. His last paper, published in 1934, argued for human origins in an Eastern Asian context.<ref>{{cite book| title= Studying human origins, disciplinary history and epistemology| first1= Raymond | last1= Corbey| first2= Wil | last2= Roebroeks| publisher= | location= | isbn= | page= 49}}</ref>