Asian Homo erectus
Homo erectus entered Asia as early as 1.8 million years ago. One of the earliest specimens of the species is the Modjokerto skull, from Java. The spread of t...
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Statures of fossil Homo
Homo erectus and Neandertals were more or less human-sized. That may not be saying much, since we are so variable in stature ourselves.
My Leiden adventure
I’ve just returned from a week in Leiden, the old university city of the Netherlands. I was a guest of the archaeology faculty, in particular Wil Roebroeks a...
The shells of Trinil
I want to share a paper that might not get a lot of attention but that I think makes an interesting contribution to understanding the ecology of early Homo a...