Exactly. The oldest evidence of archaic human tool use in Java, Indonesia is over 1.5 million years old with Homo erectus fossils going back 700 kYa [1], long before the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens. In Europe the oldest fossil remains date to 800 kYa at Atapuerca [2] (with cannibalism!).

It's just cultural egotism. It's especially meaningless if it goes as far back as 8 million years because even half a million is enough for hominids to spread across several continents and come back as different species.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Indonesia#Homo_ere...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_site_of_Atapuer...