Homo Erectus
The Ancients
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The Evolution of Homo Erectus
Homo erectus is the first proper biped. So it was the first one able to actually move out. And there's been a lot of discussion and debate about this. There are some very early homo erectus examples found from Indonesia and Java, for example. It appears in Java and there's some question about whether it's 1.6 or maybe 1.3 million years in age. But once they're in Java, they stay. We find homo erectUS in China, for example,. There are a number of really good sites, the famous Peking Man's site, the Zakkadm site, is another good example. They clearly have the capacity to move
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