Something’s off.A newly analyzed adult fossil from South Africa is reported to support the idea that Homo erectus was present in southern Africa about 2 million years ago—roughly 200,000 years earlier than the previous timeline described in the article.
The shift is striking because an earlier fossil of similar age was from a child, making adult comparisons difficult. Researchers reportedly examined 18 fossils, using bone features to identify species and geological methods including radioactive dating to estimate their ages. The article also cautions that the fragments are small and that further work is needed to confirm the species’ presence at that time.
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