Homo antecessor
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Homo antecessor is an extinct archaic human species known primarily from Early Pleistocene fossils in Spain, thought to represent one of the earliest human populations in Europe and a possible common ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaic human
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extinct human species ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mode 1 stone tools
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Oldowan-like industry NERFINISHED ⓘ stone tool technology ⓘ |
| binomialAuthorityYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| bodyHeightEstimate |
about 1.6 meters
ⓘ
about 1.8 meters ⓘ |
| bodyMassEstimate | about 60 kilograms ⓘ |
| brainSizeRange | approximately 1000 cubic centimeters ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| consideredOneOfEarliestHumansIn | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentOfFossilDiscovery | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFossilDiscovery | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy |
Eudald Carbonell
NERFINISHED
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José María Bermúdez de Castro NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan Luis Arsuaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earliestFossilsAge | about 1.2 million years ago ⓘ |
| evidenceOfBehavior |
butchering of animals
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possible cannibalism ⓘ |
| family | Hominidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fossilRange | Early Pleistocene ⓘ |
| genus | Homo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalEpoch | Pleistocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holotypeSite | Gran Dolina TD6 level NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| knownFromSite |
Atapuerca Mountains
NERFINISHED
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Gran Dolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin binomial nomenclature ⓘ |
| latestFossilsAge | about 800,000 years ago ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | pioneer man ⓘ |
| order | Primates ⓘ |
| paleoenvironment | temperate environments of Early Pleistocene Europe ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| possibleAncestorOf |
Homo neanderthalensis
NERFINISHED
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Homo sapiens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| possibleCommonAncestorOf | Neanderthals and modern humans ⓘ |
| relatedToDebate |
origin of European hominins
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phylogenetic relationship to Homo heidelbergensis ⓘ phylogenetic relationship to Neanderthals ⓘ |
| showsAnatomicalFeatures |
combination of primitive and derived traits
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robust jaw ⓘ thick cranial bones ⓘ |
| showsAnatomicalFeatures | modern-like midface ⓘ |
| sometimesConsidered | possible early form of Homo heidelbergensis ⓘ |
| subfamily | Homininae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tribe | Hominini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1997 ⓘ |
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