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    Species Archaic Human Pleistocene Old World Iberian Peninsula Java Neanderthals Denisovans Modern Humans Chronospecies

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    Homo erectus was an early human species that lived from around 2 million years ago to around 117,000 years ago. H. erectus was the first human ancestor to spread throughout Africa and Eurasia. African populations of H. erectus likely gave rise to several later human species, while Asian populations may have been ancestral to Homo floresiensis and Homo luzonensis. H. erectus had human-like body proportions and was the first species to have a flat face and prominent nose. They made Acheulean stone tools and were capable of activities like hunting, gathering in groups, and possibly controlling fire.

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    Homo erectus was an early human species that lived from around 2 million years ago to around 117,000 years ago. H. erectus was the first human ancestor to spread throughout Africa and Eurasia. African populations of H. erectus likely gave rise to several later human species, while Asian populations may have been ancestral to Homo floresiensis and Homo luzonensis. H. erectus had human-like body proportions and was the first species to have a flat face and prominent nose. They made Acheulean stone tools and were capable of activities like hunting, gathering in groups, and possibly controlling fire.

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    Homo erectus was an early human species that lived from around 2 million years ago to around 117,000 years ago. H. erectus was the first human ancestor to spread throughout Africa and Eurasia. African populations of H. erectus likely gave rise to several later human species, while Asian populations may have been ancestral to Homo floresiensis and Homo luzonensis. H. erectus had human-like body proportions and was the first species to have a flat face and prominent nose. They made Acheulean stone tools and were capable of activities like hunting, gathering in groups, and possibly controlling fire.

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    Homo erectus 

    (meaning "upright man") is an extinct species of archaic human from


    the Pleistocene, with its earliest occurrence about 2 million years ago,[2] and its specimens are
    among the first recognisable members of the genus Homo. H. erectus was the first human
    ancestor to spread throughout the Old World, having a distribution in Eurasia extending from
    the Iberian Peninsula to Java. African populations of H. erectus are likely to be the ancestors to
    several human species, such as H. heidelbergensis and H. antecessor, with the former generally
    considered to have been the ancestor to Neanderthals and Denisovans, and sometimes
    also modern humans.[3][4][5] Asian populations of H. erectus may be ancestral to H. 
    floresiensis[6] and possibly to H. luzonensis.[7] As a chronospecies, the time of the disappearance
    of H.  erectus is a matter of contention. There are also several proposed subspecies with varying
    levels of recognition. The last known record of morphologically recognisable H.  erectus are
    the Solo Man specimens from Java, around 117–108,000 years ago.[1]
    H. erectus had a humanlike gait and body proportions, and was the first human species to have
    exhibited a flat face, prominent nose, and possibly sparse body hair coverage. Though brain size
    certainly exceeds that of ancestor species, capacity varied widely depending on the population. In
    older populations, brain development seemed to cease early in childhood, suggesting that
    offspring were largely self-sufficient at birth, thus limiting cognitive development through life.
    Nonetheless, sites generally show consumption of medium to large animals, such
    as bovines or elephants, and suggest the development of predatory behaviour and coordinated
    hunting. H. erectus is associated with the Acheulean stone tool industry, and is postulated to have
    been the earliest human ancestor capable of using fire, hunting and gathering in coordinated
    groups, caring for injured or sick group members, and possibly seafaring and art (though examples
    of art are controversial, and are otherwise rudimentary and few and far between).
    H. erectus men and women may have been roughly the same size as each other (i.e. exhibited
    reduced sexual dimorphism) like modern humans, which could indicate monogamy in line with
    general trends exhibited in primates. Size, nonetheless, ranged widely from 146–185 cm (4 ft 9 in–
    6 ft 1 in) in height and 40–68 kg (88–150 lb) in weight. It is unclear if H. erectus was anatomically
    capable of speech, though it is postulated they communicated using some proto-language.

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