HALABELLA | The Reason Behind The Extinction Of Homo Erectus @halabella6 | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Homo erectus, the first to ever migrate out of Africa extending across Asia and Europe andlived throughout the Pleistocene period from about 1.9 million to 143,000 years ago. By this time, the cranial capacity had increased and they may have been the first kinds to use rafts to cross oceans.
The reasons for the extinction of Homo erectus have been the subject of much debate among scientists, and several hypotheses have been proposed.The extinction of Homo erectus was a major event in human evolution. This species was the longest-lived relative of our own species, first evolving in Africa and according to new dating of fossils from Java, Indonesia, Homo erectus persisted in this region until around 108,000 to 117,000 years ago.
For comparison, our own species, Homo sapiens, evolved in Africa only about 300,000 years ago. The new dates from Java confirm that Homo erectus overlapped in time with our species - but went extinct before modern humans arrived in southeast Asia, where the last population of Homo erectus is thought to have lived.
One of the most widely accepted hypotheses for the extinction of Homo erectus is that it was due to competition with other hominid species. During the Middle Pleistocene epoch, several other hominid species, such as Homo heidelbergensis, emerged and began to compete with Homo erectus for resources. Homo erectus may have been outcompeted by these other hominids, which were better adapted to the changing environmental conditions of the time.
One other research indicates that Homo erectus likely went extinct due to climate change. Researchers said that Homo erectus was found with a collection of animal fossils that lived in an open woodland environment similar to the environment in Africa where it evolved. The environment at Ngandong changed, and the open woodland was replaced by a rainforest. No Homo erectus fossils are found after the environment changed, so they likely were unable to adapt to this new rainforest environment.
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Homo erectus, the first to ever migrate out of Africa extending across Asia and Europe andlived throughout the Pleistocene period from about 1.9 million to 143,000 years ago. By this time, the cranial capacity had increased and they may have been the first kinds to use rafts to cross oceans.
The reasons for the extinction of Homo erectus have been the subject of much debate among scientists, and several hypotheses have been proposed.The extinction of Homo erectus was a major event in human evolution. This species was the longest-lived relative of our own species, first evolving in Africa and according to new dating of fossils from Java, Indonesia, Homo erectus persisted in this region until around 108,000 to 117,000 years ago.
For comparison, our own species, Homo sapiens, evolved in Africa only about 300,000 years ago. The new dates from Java confirm that Homo erectus overlapped in time with our species - but went extinct before modern humans arrived in southeast Asia, where the last population of Homo erectus is thought to have lived.
One of the most widely accepted hypotheses for the extinction of Homo erectus is that it was due to competition with other hominid species. During the Middle Pleistocene epoch, several other hominid species, such as Homo heidelbergensis, emerged and began to compete with Homo erectus for resources. Homo erectus may have been outcompeted by these other hominids, which were better adapted to the changing environmental conditions of the time.
One other research indicates that Homo erectus likely went extinct due to climate change. Researchers said that Homo erectus was found with a collection of animal fossils that lived in an open woodland environment similar to the environment in Africa where it evolved. The environment at Ngandong changed, and the open woodland was replaced by a rainforest. No Homo erectus fossils are found after the environment changed, so they likely were unable to adapt to this new rainforest environment.
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