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Homo erectus
Homo erectus is an extinct species of hominid that lived from the end of the Pliocene epoch to the later Pleistocene, about . The species originated in Africa and spread as far as India, China and Java. There is still disagreement on the subject of the classification, ancestry, and progeny of H...
. It was discovered in Ngandong, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
by C. ter Haar and GHR von Koenigswald in 1931-1933.
Its characteristics include a slightly larger braincase than other erectus samples and a fairly recent age of 27,000 - 53,000 years.
See also
- List of fossil sites (with link directory)
- List of hominina (hominid) fossils (with images)