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Homo erectus

March 17, 2010

Sculpture: ©2010, John Gurche | Photo: Chip Clark, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History

The antelope will provide nutritious meat and marrow for this early human female and her social group. Homo erectus butchered animals using simple stone tools like the handaxe here. The ability to scavenge and hunt large animals helped this species survive as it spread to new environments.

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