Timeline Of Homo erectus Fossils

1.9 million years ago, a new species emerged and was given the name Homo erectus. Homo erectus is arguably the earliest species in the human lineage to have so many human-like qualities. Earlier hominins had important similarities with living humans, like bipedality, and Homo erectus still had a long evolutionary path to become like you and me, but the fossils assigned to Homo erectus display a number of new and distinctly modern human traits.
Homo erectus is often referred to as the first cosmopolitan hominin lineage, meaning the first hominin species whose geographic range had expanded beyond a single continental region. While fossil remains from Homo erectus are found in Africa, like those of earlier hominins, they have also been identified at fossil sites widely dispersed across Eurasia. Let us have a look at some of the most important and also famous fossils of this species.
1.8-1.9 million years ago: Fossils belonging to this timeline include the Dmanisi Skull fragments which included of 5 individuals discovered between1991-2001.
We also have the tooth fragment from Yuanmou, China, which was discovered in 1965. This one is still under debate though.
1.6-1.7 million years ago:First we have the Jawbone fragment from Chemeron, Kenya. According to research this jawbone was discovered in 1999 by Meave Leakey et al.
There is also the Sangiran Skull fragments dating to approximately 1.6 million years agoand the Lantian Man from China dating all the way back to 1.6 million years ago.
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