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Article: Humans, ancestor coexisted, study says Precursor lived as recently as 27,000 years ago in Java, report says
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 13, 1996
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Startling new research indicates that the evolutionary predecessor
of present-day human beings a smaller-brained, thicker-boned,
heavy-duty species called Homo erectus may have lived alongside
modern people for tens of thousands of years in Asia.
The controversial study, being reported in today's issue of the
journal Science, suggests that Homo erectus was still alive as
recently as 27,000 years ago, some 200,000 years after it was
supposed to have become extinct.
"These are the youngest dates ever found for Homo erectus, and it
is quite startling," said Susan Anton, a University of Florida
anthropologist and co-author of the study. "This is the first time
that they have been shown to ...