Homo Antecessor (jan 1, 1200000 BC – jan 1, 800000 BC)
Description:
Homo antecessor is an archaic human species of the Lower Paleolithic, known to have been present in Spain, and possibly England and France, between about 1.2 million and 0.8 million years ago (Mya). It was described in 1997 by Eudald Carbonell, Juan Luis Arsuaga and José María Bermúdez de Castro, who based on its "unique mix of modern and primitive traits" classified it as a previously unknown archaic human species. The fossils associated with Homo antecessor represent one of the oldest direct fossil record of the presence of Homo in Europe. The species name antecessor proposed in 1997 is a Latin word meaning "predecessor", or "vanguard, scout, pioneer". Authors who do not accept H. antecessor as a separate species consider the fossils in question an early form of H. heidelbergensis or as a European variety of H. erectus.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1200000 BC
jan 1, 800000 BC
~ 400265 years