Homo erectus

Homo erectus the first hunter. The first widespread form of early man was Homo erectus. His larger brain, more advanced tool-kit and ability to hunt big game resulted in a great increase in numbers. He eventually left Africa, about a million years ago, and slowly colonised most of the warmer parts of the Old World.
H. erectus lived between 1.7 million and 300,000 years ago. The face has protruding jaws with large molars, no chin, thick brow ridges, and a long low skull, with a brain size varying between 750 and 1225 cc. Early erectus specimens average about 900 cc, later ones have an average of about 1100 cc. The specimen shown here is the "Turkana Boy", found in West Turkana, Kenya in 1984. It is the most complete H. erectus yet discovered.