Homo ergaster
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| Homo ergaster Fossil range: Pleistocene | ||||||||||||||
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| Homo ergaster Colin Groves & Vratja Mazak, 1975 |
Homo ergaster (Greek derivation: working man), an early hominid, may either have been a predecessor of Homo erectus or an early Homo erectus. H. ergaster’s presence has been dated variously and may have ranged over a period of 1.9 to 1.5 million years ago. Remains of H. ergaster have been discovered in Kenya and Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia.[1] [2]
Notes
- ↑ Homo ergaster Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute
- ↑ Homo ergaster Steven Heslip, Michigan State University