Sites: Kabwe/Broken Hill (Africa), Dali (China), Steinheim and Swanscombe (Europe)
Age: 600 000 to 120 000 years ago (Middle Pleistocene) – highly variable Type specimen: None, wide variety Specimens: Rhodesian man, Dali, Swanscombe Cranial capacity: 1120 – 1400 cm3 Cranial architecture:
Wide variety observed - most have:
Dentition: Decrease in the size of the molars Postcranial: Fully bipedal, but more robust than anatomically modern humans Environment: Length and weight: Not available Tools: Basic Acheulian tools with some refinements. Levallois technique. Some open-air sites, but increased use of caves. Sophisticated hunting. Ancestor: H. erectus Descendants: Anatomically modern H. sapiens, possibly H. s. neanderthalensis General: Occurred in Africa, Europe and Asia. Similar to H. heidelbergensis, often not distinguished. |