Homo antecessor
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Homo antecessor is an extinct species of archaic human recorded in the Spanish Sierra de Atapuerca, a productive archaeological site, from 1.2 to 0.8 million years ago during the Early Pleistocene. Po
Reproducciones del cráneo y mandíbula del Niño de la Gran Dolina. Museo Arqueológico Nacional de España
Excavation of the Gran Dolina in 2012
The mandible ATE9-1
The Happisburgh footprints with a camera lens cap for scale
Homo heidelbergensis
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Homo heidelbergensis is a controversial and somewhat poorly defined species of archaic human from the Middle Pleistocene of Europe and Africa, as well as potentially Asia depending on the taxonomic co
Homo antecessor
…1994, and the species was formally described in 1997 as the last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals, supplanting the more conventional H. heidelbergensis in this position. H. antecessor has since been reinterpreted as an offshoot from the modern human line, although probably one branching off just before…
Mandibel from Mauer
Cast of Mauer 1 at the Museum of Gothenburg
The Skhul and Qafzeh hominins (Qafzeh 9 pictured) were thought to directly descend from Mauer 1.
Theodosius Dobzhansky grouped the Tighennif jaw ("H. e. mauritanicus", pictured) with Mauer 1 ("H. e. heidelbergensis").