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Berkeley - A million-year-old Homo erectus skull found in Ethiopia indicates that this human ancestor was a single species scattered widely throughout Asia, Europe and Africa, not two separate ...

A million-year-old Homo erectus skull found in Ethiopia indicates that this human ancestor was a single species scattered widely throughout Asia, Europe and Africa, not two separate species ...

Researchers dated a Homo erectus skull in South Africa to 2 million years ago — the oldest known H. erectus fossil on Earth.

Homo erectus was actually a single, widespread species, White said. It did not start to fragment into different species, such as Europe's Neanderthals, until the Ice Ages separated populations.

Lost Civilisation Underwater? 140,000-Year-Old Homo Erectus Skull May Hold The Key To Secret The site could be the first physical evidence of the lost landmass known as Sundaland, which submerged ...

The skull has similar facial features to those of early modern humans. The skull could potentially belong to a direct human ancestor called Homo erectus sometime between 550,000 and 750,000 years ago.

The species’ name can be shortened to Homo aff. erectus.In taxonomy, “aff.” comes from the Latin affinis, meaning “related to,” and it’s often used to indicate a species closely ...

Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia, provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago. Skull fragments and other fossil remains provide a unique picture of how ...

The skull was found in May, but it took experts until Dec. 3 to safely and completely excavate it. Previously, two damaged ancient homo erectus skulls were found at the site in 1989 and 1990, the ...

S cientists may have stumbled upon a hidden civilisation at the bottom of the ocean after they discovered the skull of Homo erectus, an ancient human ancestor. The skull was preserved beneath ...

The skull was found in May, but it took experts until Dec. 3 to safely and completely excavate it. Previously, two damaged ancient homo erectus skulls were found at the site in 1989 and 1990, the ...