Homo erectus
First hominid found outside of Africa
- Found in 1891 in Java, Indonesia (ěJava Manî).
- Later found at Zhoukoudian (Chou-Kou-Tien), near Peking, China.
- European sites such as Terra Amata in France, Dumanisi in Georgia (former Soviet Union)
- African erectus-like fossils are oldest; often assigned to a separate species, Homo ergaster
- Brain size: average 850 cc
Age: 1.8 million years ó 50,000 years ago