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Some of the most significant #hominin fossil collections are those that represent at least some of the anatomy of several individuals. Most scientists interpret the fossils from Ngandong, Indonesia, as Homo erectus individuals just before 100,000 years ago. #paleoanthropology

The fossils from Caune de l'Arago, France, were interpreted as the European H. erectus -- in part because the Arago 44 hip bone has a similar form to OH 28. This idea of H. erectus pelvic morphology was bootstrapped without any fossils connected to heads.

The story of Middle Pleistocene Homo erectus is a fascinating case in the history of science. Fossil hominins from the lower cave at Zhoukoudian, China, are Middle Pleistocene in age, and were the model of Homo erectus from the 1950s up to the 1980s.

Apidima 1 may be the earliest European #hominin fossil aligned with African ancestors of modern people, more than 210,000 years old. But some specialists suggest it was an ancestor of Neandertals. Of course, it may be both. #paleoanthropology

The Dmanisi site has some of the most informative postcranial remains of Homo erectus, telling us about the body size and locomotion of this #hominin species. D4167 comes from an individual of around 155 cm in stature. #paleoanthropology

The late André Keyser was faced with the problem of extricating the DNH 7 #hominin skull from an ant colony and tangle of plant roots. The pieces today comprise the most complete known skull of Paranthropus robustus #paleoanthropology

The travertine site at Bilzingsleben, Germany, has fossils from straight-tusked elephants, woolly rhinos, and macaques dating to an interglacial probably 400,000 years ago. The #hominin population left tools and remains of at least two individuals. #paleoanthropology

The MH2 #hominin mandible is still being built, fragment by fragment, as pieces are recovered from Malapa and prepared in the lab. The skull of this adult Australopithecus sediba individual may be found within the breccia as well. #paleoanthropology

KNM-ER 3733 helped establish that #hominin evolution was a branching tree and not a straight line. Alan Walker famously cracked the skull into three pieces with a chisel to remove the hard rock from inside, enabling reconstruction of the face. #paleoanthropology #FossilFriday

As the smallest mandible in the highly variable Sterkfontein Member 4 #hominin sample, Stw 404 has been a key fossil in understanding whether all these fossils represent Australopithecus africanus, or some of them may represent a second, larger species. #paleoanthropology