Between 108,000 and 117,000 years ago, the first humans to walk upright took their last stand. Researchers have discovered the youngest fossils of Homo erectus in Indonesia, an ancient human species that went extinct before modern humans evolved.
Researchers have discovered the youngest fossils of Homo erectus in Central Java, Indonesia, an ancient human species that went extinct before modern humans evolved. The researchers say that their findings confirm when the species went extinct.The study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The fossils were found at the Ngandong site, where climate change likely signaled the end for Homo erectus.
The environment at Ngandong changed, and the open woodland was replaced by a rainforest. No Homo erectus fossils are found after the environment changed, so Homo erectus likely was unable to adapt to this new rainforest environment."Half-animal, half-human hybrids depicted on oldest discovered cave artMass deathAnother intriguing factor to the site is the fact that the fossils discovered came from a mass death event that occurred upstream.
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