Homo erectus

Homo erectus palaeojavanicus

Descendants and subspecies

Homo erectus remains one of the most successful and long-lived species of the Homo genus and unsurprisingly gave rise to a number of descendants and subspecies.

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• Homo erectus soloensis
• Homo erectus palaeojavanicus
• Homo floresiensis
• Homo antecessor
• Homo heidelbergensis
• Homo neanderthalensis
• Homo sapiens
• Homo rhodesiensis
• Homo cepranensis

The discovery of Homo floresiensis, and particularly its recent survival, has raised the possibility that numerous descendant species of Homo erectus may have existed in the islands of south-east Asia which await fossil discovery.

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