Sudden climatic changes may have been a significant driver of the extinction of early human species, including the Neanderthals, Homo erectus and Homo heidelbergensis Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2257479-climate-change-may-have-driven-early-human-species-to-extinction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tag: Homo erectus
Child’s shattered skull may be oldest Homo erectus fossil on Earth
Researchers dated a Homo erectus skull in South Africa to 2 million years ago — the oldest known H. erectus fossil on Earth. Source: https://www.livescience.com/oldest-homo-erectus-fossil-dremolen.html
Fossil skull suggests human ancestors emerged 200,000 years earlier than thought
This newly discovered fossil is a hugely important find, say scientists. It means that one of our earliest ancestors possibly originated in southern Africa. Read more Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/fossil-skull-human-ancestors-emerged-200000-years-earlier…
Homo erectus may have used two different kinds of tools
Skull fragments from Homo erectus found alongside stone tools in Ethiopia suggest the ancient hominin used more tool technology than we thought Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2236527-homo-erectus-may-have-used-two-different-kinds-of-tools/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Homo erectus used two different kinds of stone tools
Skull fragments from Homo erectus found alongside stone tools in Ethiopia suggest the ancient hominin used more tool technology than we thought Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2236527-homo-erectus-used-two-different-kinds-of-stone-tools/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Ancient humans were weirdly slow to cross from mainland Asia to Java
Homo erectus probably only arrived on Indonesia about 1.3 million years ago, even though they were widespread in Asia hundreds of thousands of years earlier Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229610-ancient-humans-were-weirdly-slow-to-cross-from-mainland-asia-to-java/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Last known appearance of Homo erectus was in Ngandong, Java
New research shows that Homo erectus, an ancestor of human beings, lived as recently as 108,000 to 117,000 years ago in Ngandong, on the Indonesian island of Java. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/homo-erectus-latest-date-ngandong-java…
Homo erectus lived alongside modern humans
One of our ancient ancestors held on for so long that it was still around when modern humans arrived on the scene. Believed to have been the first hum… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/333301/homo-erectus-lived-alongside-modern-humans…
Homo erectus lived recently enough that it may have met Denisovans
Homo erectus may have survived in Indonesia until 108,000 years ago – which may have been long enough to meet a second population called the Denisovans Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2228015-homo-erectus-lived-recently-enough-that-it-may-have-met-denisovans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tiny stature of extinct ‘Hobbit’ thanks to fast evolution
New research suggests that the tiny human species – that survived until about 18,000 years ago, later than any human species other than our own – evolved its small size remarkably quickly while living on an isolated island. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/tiny-extinct-hobbit-human-species-fast-evolution…