Heidelberg man
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Heidelberg man
Homo erectus heidelbergensis, who lived some 550,000 BP and became extinct some 400,000 BP. Heidelberg man, Java man (Pithecanthropus) , Peking man (Sinanthropus) and Atlanthropus are usually all regarded as Homo erectus.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005