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Homo erectus: Ancient humans survived longer than we thought - Idris_A - 12-21-2019

An ancient relative of modern humans survived into comparatively recent times in South East Asia, a new study has revealed.

Homo erectus evolved around two million years ago, and was the first known human species to walk fully upright.

New dating evidence shows that it survived until just over 100,000 years ago on the Indonesian island of Java - long after it had vanished elsewhere.

This means it was still around when our own species was walking the Earth.

Details of the result are described in the journal Nature.

In the 1930s, 12 Homo erectus skull caps and two lower leg bones were found in a bone bed 20m above the Solo River at Ngandong in central Java.

In subsequent decades, researchers have attempted to date the fossils. But this proved difficult because the surrounding geology is complex and details of the original excavations became confused.


this already shows that although we made many advancements in science we also often wrong, but it is fascinating to learn about the human origin.


RE: Homo erectus: Ancient humans survived longer than we thought - Racheal Edoamen - 12-21-2019

Wow. I always thought ancient humans lived way shorter than is revealed. It is really interesting to find out about this new information