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5 unusual facts about Homo Erectus


Homo erectus

A site at Bnot Ya'akov Bridge, Israel, has been claimed to show that H. erectus or H. ergaster made fires between 790,000 and 690,000 BP.

China ("Peking Man"): Lantian (Gongwangling and Chenjiawo), Yunxian, Zhoukoudian, Nanjing, Hexian

Kończyce Wielkie

In the years 2004 and 2005 in the village the oldest traces of Homo erectus in Poland were found, dated 800 000 years old.

Lake Ram

Most notably, excavation led to the discovery of the Venus of Berekhat Ram, a pebble allegedly worked by Homo erectus.

Yaws

Examination of remains of Homo erectus from Kenya, that are about 1.6 million years old, has revealed signs typical of yaws.


Australopithecus sediba

Because of the wide range of mosaic features exhibited in both cranial and post-cranial morphology, the authors suggest that A. sediba may be a transitional species between the southern African A. africanus (the Taung Child, Mrs. Ples) and either Homo habilis or even the later H. erectus (Turkana boy, Java man, Peking man).

Gigantopithecus

However, younger, weak, or injured individuals may have been vulnerable to predation by tigers, pythons, crocodiles, machairodonts, hyenas, bears, and Homo erectus.

Ngawi Regency

In the 19th late century Eugene Dubois found Pithecantropus eretus in the Trinil area and it has made Darwin's Evolution Theory is not applicable, because humans are created by humans also.

Rebeca Linares

In July 2008 she wrapped an appearance in mainstream film Homo Erectus, set for release in theaters in September 2008, alongside fellow adult stars Ron Jeremy and Jacklyn Lick.


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Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald

Later, Pithecanthropus was incorporated into the genus Homo as Homo erectus.