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Information on the discovery of the Homo erectus fossils found near Beijing, China.
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The Peking Man A site that is easy to understand and at the same time informative. It deals with the basic highlights of the discovery of the remains found near Bejing, China. Feel free to browse the site and use any information you...Images and information from the Smithsonian Institution.
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Human Ancestors Hall: Homo erectus To understand what we mean today by Homo erectus some history of paleoanthropological thought is needed. The first early human fossil found outside of Europe was the Trinil 2 fossil skullcap from the Solo River in Java, pictured to the...Images and discussion by Lorraine Dallmeier.
http://www.geocities.com/palaeoanthropology/Herectus.html
Exhibit at the Paleontological Museum, University of Oslo.
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Homo erectus in Asia Homo erectus are known from east Africa, and are about 1.8 million years old. During the next 1.5 million years, H. erectus spread to north Africa, Europe and Asia. The size of the brain increased markedly from the earliest to...