Mysterious Prehistoric Samuel: Homo erectus paleohungaricus in the Context of Anthropogenesis

Abstract

Th e object of the study is an analysis of fossil remains of hominin which were found before fi ft y years ago on the territory of today's Hungary and classifi ed as Homo erectus paleohungaricus. Th e study aims to put this fi nding into context of current views on the evolution of archaic Homo sapiens and reinterpret its evolutionary status.

Special attention is therefore paid to test the hypothesis according to which Homo erectus paleohungaricus represents a local variant of Homo heidelbergensis.

Keywords

• cultural evolution
• Homo heidelbergensis
• Homo erectus
• Vértesszőlős
• László Vértes