Homo heidelbergensis Schoetensack 1908 (human)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Belongs to Homo according to Schoetensack 1908

See also Kurten 1968 and White et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Bimanes, Homo antecessor, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo georgicus, Homo habilis, Homo helmei, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo njarasensis, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo sapiens, Kenyanthropus platyops

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Mauer bei Heidelberg (Quaternary of Germany)

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