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Adult Homo erectus fossil confirms species appeared in Africa 2 million years ago
Researchers have described 18 previously unpublished hominin fossils from South Africa, including an adultHomo erectusfossil dated to 2 million years ago. The findings support the species’ first appearance in southern Africa at that time and provide evidence …
Homo erectus may have passed a genetic legacy down to modern humans after all
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Ancient tooth proteins suggest ‘Homo erectus’ may have left a genetic legacy in people today
Studies of Chinese Homo erectus suggest that it was no evolutionary dead end, but contributed genes to modern people in the region.