New Study Suggests Hom-Erectus Was Gone Before Modern Humans Showed Up
New Study Suggests Hom-Erectus Was Gone Before Modern
Humans Showed Up
Recent research shows that contrary to what has been previously thought, Homo-erectus was already gone before modern humans first came about. The study, published in the journal PloS ONE, came to the conclusion through new excavations in India and dating analysis. The research offers new insight into the nature of human evolution, and suggests a different role in that evolution for Homo-erectus.
The research was conducted by the Solo River Terrace Project (SoRT), an international group of scientists led by anthropologists Susan Anton from New York University and Etty Indriati of Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia. In the past, Homo-erectus has widely been considered a direct ancestor of modern man, resembling us in may ways. Homo-erectus was the first of our ancestors to migrate out of Africa, approximately 1.8 million years ago.
While Homo-erectus appears to have disappeared in Africa and most of Asia by about 500,000 years ago, scientists thought that the species survived in Indonesia up until 35,000 to 50,000 year ago. That timeline would put mean that the species co-existed with the earliest Homo sapiens, who started showing up around 40,000 year ago. However, the findings of the SoRT project show that Homo-erectus were gone from the area much sooner, well before modern humans started showing up. The analysis suggests that Homo-erectus was gone from the area by 143,000 years ago, at the latest, and more likely had vanished by 550,000 years ago.
Recent research shows that contrary to what has been previously thought, Homo-erectus was already gone before modern humans first came about. The study, published in the journal PloS ONE, came to the conclusion through new excavations in India and dating analysis. The research offers new insight into the nature of human evolution, and suggests a different role in that evolution for Homo-erectus.
The research was conducted by the Solo River Terrace Project (SoRT), an international group of scientists led by anthropologists Susan Anton from New York University and Etty Indriati of Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia. In the past, Homo-erectus has widely been considered a direct ancestor of modern man, resembling us in may ways. Homo-erectus was the first of our ancestors to migrate out of Africa, approximately 1.8 million years ago.
While Homo-erectus appears to have disappeared in Africa and most of Asia by about 500,000 years ago, scientists thought that the species survived in Indonesia up until 35,000 to 50,000 year ago. That timeline would put mean that the species co-existed with the earliest Homo sapiens, who started showing up around 40,000 year ago. However, the findings of the SoRT project show that Homo-erectus were gone from the area much sooner, well before modern humans started showing up. The analysis suggests that Homo-erectus was gone from the area by 143,000 years ago, at the latest, and more likely had vanished by 550,000 years ago.
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