Homo erectus Homo erectus was discovered in the late 19th and early 20th century in Indonesia, China and later Africa. This species, thought to have been closely related to H. habilis, used sophisticated stone tools and had a very widespread range. H. erectus existed throughout the Pleistocene epoch between 300,000 and 1.3 million years ago. The Peking Man specimen, originally referred to as Pithecanthropus pekinenses and Sinathropus pekingensis, originates from a reconstruction consisting of the fossil remains of several specimens from Zhoukoudian, China. The Sangiran 17 skull, discovered in Java in 1969 was first classified as Pithecanthropus erectus. The Meganthropus specimen, based on the Sangiran 31 find, was reconstructed by the late Dr. Grover Krantz. The Dmanisi specimen, discovered in 1999, is aged at 1.75 million year old. This specimen was originally mistakenly identified as H. ergaster.  |
 Homo erectus WBH-05 High Resolution |
