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Homo erectus seems to have sought out unstable landscapes, and this preference may explain this hominid’s departure from Africa before 1.8 million years ago (mya) and its arrival to extreme Southeast Asia not long thereafter.
First is the fact that early Homo erectus fossils are always found in the context of volatile geology and ragged geography.
The commonalties among these sites call for a new interpretation of early Homo erectus. All these sites fall into the transcontinental Tethys geotectonic corridor, the grand suture at the southern margin of the Eurasian continental plate with southward extensions into the East African Rift and the Sunda subduction zone.
With large body size, striding gait, carnivorous diet, and elemental technology - and a relatively small brain - early Homo apparently found advantage in the realm’s linear structure and the subchron’s geotectonic instability.
First is the fact that early Homo erectus fossils are always found in the context of volatile geology and ragged geography.
The commonalties among these sites call for a new interpretation of early Homo erectus. All these sites fall into the transcontinental Tethys geotectonic corridor, the grand suture at the southern margin of the Eurasian continental plate with southward extensions into the East African Rift and the Sunda subduction zone.
With large body size, striding gait, carnivorous diet, and elemental technology - and a relatively small brain - early Homo apparently found advantage in the realm’s linear structure and the subchron’s geotectonic instability.
cherry-picked sentences from http://www.athenapub.com/13sunda.htm
Maybe we didn't force sasquatch into the 'uninhabitable' parts of the planet, maybe that's where he likes to hang out in the first place?
Yeah, :doh: that's a bit of a stretch.....but still interesting
