Homo erectus fossil places the species in South Africa 200,000 years earlier than thought
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Researchers described 18 hominin fossils from South Africa’s Drimolen Main Quarry, including a 2-million-year-old adult Homo erectus skull fragment. It places the species there about 200,000 years earlier than previously believed; other remains show gradual evolution in P. robustus.
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