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Skull Fossils in Cave Show Mix of Human Relatives Roamed South Africa
The excavation found the oldest known Homo erectus, a direct ancestor of our species, living around the same time as other extinct hominins.

"Homo erectus roamed the planet for two million years before going extinct, far longer than we Homo sapiens have so far. That makes Homo erectus the most successful species of our family, . . . "

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/science/skulls-africa-caves.html

I'll have to read that article tomorrow, but just wanted to tell you how much I love the thread subject.

>2 clamairy: Thanks!

Late to the party. I’ve been waiting years for the discovery of some Homo erectus DNA. Maybe we are getting closer with the retrieval of DNA from Homo antecessor:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200401111657.htm