Homo heidelbergensis (also H. erectus heidelbergensis, H. sapiens heidelbergensis) is an extinct species or subspecies of archaic human which existed from around 600,000 to 300,000 years …

Jan 3, 2024 · There is evidence that H. heidelbergensis was capable of controlling fire by building hearths, or early fireplaces, by 790,000 years ago in the form of fire-altered tools and burnt …

Mar 13, 2025 · Homo heidelbergensis, extinct species of archaic human (genus Homo) known from fossils dating from 600,000 to 200,000 years ago in Africa, Europe, and possibly Asia. …

Mar 26, 2017 · Homo heidelbergensis is an extinct species of human that is identified in both Africa and western Eurasia from roughly 700,000 years ago onwards until around 200,000 …

Fossil material from Europe and Africa that was formerly assigned to EAHS is now termed Homo heidelbergensis, with some researchers using Homo rhodesiensis for some of the African …

Fossils assigned to Homo heidelbergensis (named for a mandible found near Heidelberg, Germany) are found throughout the Old World from tropical to temperate zones at sites dating …

Sep 16, 2019 · Since the first specimen from the time span was reported in 1908 — a 610,000-year-old jawbone classified as Homo heidelbergensis — researchers have found Mid …

Homo heidelbergensis people spread out of Africa and had established populations in Europe and possibly also in southern Asia by about 500,000 years ago. By about 300,000 years ago, …

This is the first human ancestor to be found in Africa. With a mosaic of features such as a wide face, thick brow ridges, a sloping forehead, and a large brain capacity of about 1300 cc, it …

Mar 17, 2014 · H. heidelbergensis is a critical human species in the Middle Pleistocene (∼130–780 thousand years ago (ka)). We know from several beautifully preserved crania that …