Homo erectus is a direct ancestor of modern humans ... “proves beyond any question” that two different hominins were walking in the same area at the same time. “The idea that they lived ...

Walking upright, they had longer legs and ... though not quite as large as the brains of today’s humans, Homo sapiens. H. erectus persisted for more than 1.5 million years before going extinct ...

While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...

Homo Erectus This species, until recently known by a multiplicity of other names, was probably the immediate predecessor of modern man. It now seems possible that the transition took place some ...