The Evolution of Man

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From what I known is that Homo habilis is considered as the last common ancestor between Homo sapiens and Homo erectus.

Homo sapiens is not a direct descendant of Homo erectus from Asia, but from Homo ergaster instead; an African variant of Homo erectus.

Homo antecessor evolved from Homo ergaster that migrated from Africa to the Southwest Europe, while Homo heidelbergensis evolved from a population of Homo antecessor in the Central Europe. Later on, Homo heidelbergensis split into two groups; the one that stayed in Europe evolved into Homo neanderthalensis, while the one that returned to Africa evolved into Homo sapiens.

Here is the latest transitional form between Homo heidelbergensis and Homo sapiens: Homo rhodesiensis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_rhodesiensis

Homo rhodesiensis already closely resembled to the modern bush men in South Africa, and I do believe they should be considered as the most archaic form of the modern human.

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