Homo Erectus Appeared 400,000 years Earlier, Says German Archaeologist

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TIMESONLINE: Our earliest ancestors gave up hunter-gathering and took to a settled life up to 400,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to controversial research.

The accepted timescale of Man’s evolution is being challenged by a German archaeologist who claims to have found evidence that Homo erectus — mankind’s early ancestor, who migrated from Africa to Asia and Europe — began living in settled communities long before the accepted time of 10,000 years ago.

The point at which settlement actually took place is the first critical stage in humanity’s cultural development. Rise of man theory ‘out by 400,000 years’ (more) By Dalya Alberge

Mark Alexander