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# Extinction of Homo erectus

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## Last fossils of a long-lived early human species

**January 26, 2020**

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 around 2 million years ago and then spreading into Asia. According to new dating of fossils from Java, Indonesia, H. 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.

Published in the journal _Nature_ January 16, 2020, by Yan Rizal and colleagues.

![Antique illustration plate, with two views each, of a fossil femur, tooth, and top of the skull of Homo erectus](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/2021-03/Pithecanthropus-erectus_illustration_Java_p.jpg.webp?itok=sYvLgRNi)

First fossils of Homo erectus ever found, in 1891 on the island of Java. Image credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pithecanthropus-erectus.jpg.


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