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Physically, Homo erectus resembled modern humans, walking upright and having long, slender legs that allowed them to run efficiently, giving them a distinctly modern human-like appearance.

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So, it's fascinating," she says. Apart from her interest in seeing the tools, White also speaks about imagining how Homo erectus behaved and lived while walking around the site, how the area would ...

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Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

Back then, many paleoanthropologists thought that present-day human populations evolved regionally from archaic hominins such as Homo erectus, which left Africa about 2 million years ago.