12 minutes agoIt is accurately discovered when the first distant ancestors of today's man were destroyed
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)The last Homo-erectus disappeared about 110,000 years ago on the island of Java in Indonesia, according to a study recently published in the magazine ʹNature. “For the first time, we have certainly determined when exactly Homo-reectus, one of our most important ancestors, disappeared,” told AFP Kira Westaway from Macquarie University, Australia, [...]
For the first time, we have certainly determined when exactly Homo-reectus, one of our most important ancestors, disappeared,” told AFP Kira Westaway from Macquarie University, Australia, coauthor of the study.
The fossil remains of Homo-rectus, 12 skulls and two leg bones were found in the 1930s in Ngandong, on the banks of the Solo River, Java, Indonesia, but their age could not be determined accurately, Kosovo priss broadcasts.
The existence of Homo-erectus is estimated at about a million and a half years. He was the first distant ancestor of today's man to leave Africa 1.8 million years ago.
“Homo-erectus from Ngandong has the largest brain and forehead in the midst of all known Homo-erectus, which is a sign of a major evolutionary change. To determine when this change occurred is essential to our understanding of the distant ancestors”, Westaway said.
