Remains found in South Africa could be Homo erectus: Lazcano. Denise Maerker – radiofórmula

September 10, 2015

An ancient human species came to light in a cave in South Africa where they were exhumed the remains of 15 hominids, an “extraordinary” finding that highlights the complexity . of human evolution

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The AFP reported that an ancient human species came to light in a cave in South Africa where they were exhumed the remains of 15 hominids, an “extraordinary” finding that highlights the complexity of human evolution.

According to the specialist, Antonio Lazcano, is “wonderful,” has been found a cave near Johannesburg, where there are dozens of skeletons of different ages and the authors of the report may correspond to an ancestor about 2 million years of human.

However, he said in the space of “Connecting the Dots”, “most people who work with human evolution are not convinced that could well be the remains of Homo erectus, which is also a very venerable ancestor to all humans have, which may correspond to an age ago and a half million years and is well known inhabitants of this area of ​​Africa. “

Added that “I would like it to be another ancestor of hominids.” He noted that there is a coincidence of all paleontologists, “is a further demonstration that human we emerged in Africa and that there was a huge spread of our biological group and there was a fascinating moment in the history of our group and that There were different groups of hominids. “

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