Are neanderthals homo erectus?

Neanderthals evolve from H. erectus via the intermediate H. heidelbergensis; this Erectus lineage expand out of Africa ~600kya, descendants make their way to Europe. Neanderthals appear in the European fossil record as Heidelbergensis disappears, 300–400kya years ago. read more

Neanderthals evolve from H. Erectus via the intermediate H. Heidelbergensis; this Erectus lineage left Africa ~600kya, descendants make their way to Europe and Heidelbergensis appears in fossil record 500kya. Neanderthals appear in the European fossil record as Heidelbergensis disappears, 250kya years ago. read more

[[RUBATO]][&Neanderthals&]\, or more rarely Neandertals\, (UK: \/niˈændərˌtɑːl\/\, also US: \/neɪ-\, -ˈɑːn-\, -ˌtɔːl\, -ˌθɔːl\/; named for the Neandertal region in Germany) were a species or subspecies of archaic humans in the genus Homo that became extinct about 40\,000 years ago. read more

Homo-habilis, Homo-erectus, Homo-sapien-sapien. A note to avoid confusion: It is a common misconception that Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon were the forerunners of Modern Man. Actually Modern Man is much older than both of them. Accordingly, Modern man and the Humanoids are presented here, in the correct chronological order. read more