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The PEDIGREE of
Homo erectus
   aka Sinanthropus pekinensis; Man of the Acheulian toolkit; invented handaxe, wooden spears

Born:  1.9 M BC    Died:  0.4 M BC

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 Children:         Homo heidelbergensis   ;   H. floresiensis (discovered 2004)

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											/	-- Clade (P) Euarchonta   +							====> [ 61]
										/	-- Primates, Order (P) of
									/	-- Suborder of Anthropoid Primates
								/	-- Infraorder of Apes  (24? M BC - ?)
							/	-- Superfamily of Great Apes
						/	-- Clade of Hominid & Gorilla
					/	-- Family of Hominids (Sahelanthropus tchadensis)
				/	-- prob.  Orrorin tugenensis  (6.3 M BC - ?)
			/	-- Ardipithecus kadabba  (5.5 M BC - ?)
		/	-- prob.  Ardepithecus ramidus  (4.7 M BC - ?)
	/	-- Australopithecus afarensis  (4.0 M BC - 2.9 M BC)
	/		| OR: Australopithecus africanus   +																====> [ 71]
/	-- Homo habilis  (2.6 M BC - 1.9 M BC)
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- Homo erectus

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  ``2-Great Grandchildren:''        Man of the Advanced Mousterian toolkit   ;   Modern Man in Southern Asia   ;   First Speaker of Congo-Khoisan
  (poss.) ``6-Great Grandchildren:''        Man of the Gravettian toolkit   ;   First Speaker of Austric   ;   First Speaker of Congo-Nostratic
 

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