A snapshot of our mysterious ancestor Homo erectus
January 21, 2019 by Ian Moffat, The Conversation
If you bumped into a Homo erectus in the street you might not recognise them as being very different from you. You'd see a certain "human-ness" in the stance, and his or her size and shape might be similar to yours.
But their face would be flatter, with a more obvious brow. And having a conversation would be hard – his or her language skills would be poor (although they could certainly craft a stone tool or light a fire).
Of course this is entirely hypothetical, as Homo erectus is now extinct. This enigmatic human ancestor probably evolved in Africa more than 2 million years ago, although the timing of their disappearance is less clear.
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https://phys.org/news/2019-01-snapshot-mysterious-ancestor-homo-erectus.html#jCp
