Fossil evidence pushes back Homo erectus timeline in southern Africa

Archaeologists from La Trobe have identified 18 new hominin fossils, including a skull fragment that confirms Homo erectus existed in southern Africa 2 million years ago, 200,000 years earlier than previously believed.

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