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Skulls with ''Homo erectus''-like features are found around the globe in location such as Australia, Indonesia, and Africa. Furthermore, researchers have shown that ''Homo erectus'' and ''Homo sapiens'' traits occur concurrently in strata at many locations. Thick-vaulted and gracile (thin-vaulted) skulls are often found to co-occur in the same strata showing that they lived at the same time and place.<ref name=woodmorappe/> | Skulls with ''Homo erectus''-like features are found around the globe in location such as Europe, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, and Africa. Furthermore, researchers have shown that ''Homo erectus'' and ''Homo sapiens'' traits occur concurrently in strata at many locations. Thick-vaulted and gracile (thin-vaulted) skulls are often found to co-occur in the same strata showing that they lived at the same time and place.<ref name=woodmorappe/> | ||
In the 1980s paleontologists viewed ''Homo erectus'' as living between 400,000 and 1.5 million years ago (mya), but since that time at least 140 fossils have been found that are younger than this age-range and 32 fossils that date to be older. Garniss H. Curtis at the University of California, Berkeley dated the oldest fossils at Java (where [[Java Man]] was found) at 1.81 Mya, and the Java Solo Ngandong beds as being only 27,000 years old. <ref>Lubenow, p. 117</ref> There are at least 78 ''Homo erectus'' fossils that have now been dated more recently than 30,000, the youngest yet discovered only 6000 years old. <ref name=lubenow119>Lubenow, p. 119</ref> | In the 1980s paleontologists viewed ''Homo erectus'' as living between 400,000 and 1.5 million years ago (mya), but since that time at least 140 fossils have been found that are younger than this age-range and 32 fossils that date to be older. Garniss H. Curtis at the University of California, Berkeley dated the oldest fossils at Java (where [[Java Man]] was found) at 1.81 Mya, and the Java Solo Ngandong beds as being only 27,000 years old. <ref>Lubenow, p. 117</ref> There are at least 78 ''Homo erectus'' fossils that have now been dated more recently than 30,000, the youngest yet discovered only 6000 years old. <ref name=lubenow119>Lubenow, p. 119</ref> | ||
