HBH 54: Homo Erectus
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The OG, greatest generation of Human ever! At least if your metric is a dogged determination to keep existing.
For 2 million years these prehistoric hominins wandered far and wide, high and low, filling every available lakeshore and riverbed.
What can we know about them? Their looks, abilities, traits? Did they use fire? Language? Clothing? Where did they come from and get to?
And why, after such a successful run, did they exit the world stage?
Today on the History of Being Human, the essential guide to all things Erectus.
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