Two Million Years Ago, This Homo Erectus Lived the High Life

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9. H. erectus was the most successful species to date

and traveled Africa, Eurasia, the Indian subcontinent. No remains have been found yet in the Americas, but that might just be a matter of looking in the right place for them.

Because of their small brain size and undeveloped frontal lobes, they have often been characterized as not having planning skills or the ability to create their own culture, often dismissed as pack hunting "wolves with knives.*" Still, they were well adapted to their environment, had the use of fire, made appropriate tools, and had remarkable species longevity.

IOW, they couldn't have been that dumb. They obviously communicated with each other, and spread technologies, adapting to a wide variety of climates and able to support themselves in each of them.

*"wolves with knives" is an actual quote, can't remember where it originated, but it did them a disservice, IMO.