A million years in the past the dominant hominid species have been Homo Erectus (Homo ergaster in Africa). It might be the hominid species with the longest lifespan. From its first look 1, eight mya till approximately 140.000 years in the past while a small populace nevertheless existed in and around Java. It changed into the primary human to wander outdoor the African continent. It changed into the primary human to discover ways to manipulate the hearthplace. They have been additionally the primary actual human hunters. Their predecessor, Homo Habilis, used gear however did now no longer in reality hunt; it scavenged lately lifeless prey with sharp gear and took meat and hides. But they in no way used spears even as Homo Erectus did.
So, one million years in the past, Homo Erectus changed into a regular hunter-gatherer. He changed into nevertheless now no longer as tall as a later family could be, among 1, forty-five and 1, eighty-five m. A standard male possibly 1, 60–1,70 m in trendy and a lady 1,50–1,60 m. His weight among forty kg and 75. They had advanced hearthplace and used it for lots of functions. Cooking fires are visible withinside the archaeological unearths from about 1, four mya. Fire changed into additionally a safety from larger predators and can be used as an assist in looking (in the event that they honestly used hearthplace for looking functions may be very tough to show however there surely is a possibility). Their larger bodies (than Habilis) wished greater meals to preserve them and provide them energy. Given their stature, they have been in all likelihood powerful runners with awesome stamina. They couldn't run as speedy as their prey however they may run for an extended time than their prey. This sort of looking needs social verbal exchange to be in reality powerful. Some reconstruction in their skulls recommends that the location wherein social verbal exchange is lodged withinside the mind has been advanced and that they in all likelihood used each symptom and symptoms and speech to communicate.
There is likewise evidence that they took care of every other. Elderly people were found, one whose tooth had fallen out lengthy earlier than he died. He needed to have to assist to live on and the network he lived in gave it to him. Though they took care of their tribe individuals there may be no proof of burials. That isn't always to mention that they did now no longer do it, handiest that we can’t show that they did.
Erectus' spreading sample around the world recommends that he changed into now no longer adjusted for a less warm climate. Proof of garb is absent and he maintains himself to Africa, southern Asia, and in all likelihood southern Spain. The first evidence of garb we've got come from his relative Homo Heidelbergensis (approximately 0,7 mya) which did flow similarly north (Germany).
Below is a probable reconstruction of a campsite. They used caves or overhangs however may want to do without too. Fire changed into an effective protector