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Homo Erectus: The Upright Man Homo erectus, also known as “upright man,” was an early human species that lived between 1.9 million and 143,000 years ago. In 1891, Dutch paleontologist Eugene Dubois discovered the first Homo erectus fossils in Java, Indonesia, and named the species Pithecanthropus erectus. However, American paleontologist Franz Weidenreich reclassified it as …

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Who were Homo Habilis? Homo habilis, meaning “handy man,” is a species of early human that lived approximately 2.4 to 1.4 million years ago during the Pleistocene period in eastern and southern Africa. It is considered to be the first member of the Homo genus, which includes modern humans and their ancestors. Homo habilis was …

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