Vientong village site in Laos yielded early human remains. Fossils dated using luminescence and U-series methods. Morphology compared to Neanderthals, early moderns, and East Asians. Supports early southern dispersal route out of Africa. Complex human history in East Asia with ancient fossils. Chinese sites like Liujiang and Maba show early Homo sapiens. Tianyuan Cave human dated over 40,000 years old. Regional Pleistocene Homo variation in eastern Eurasia. No simple African replacement model fits East Asian data.