Homo heidelbergensis

Named after the doctor who first discovered the remains in Modern Day Germany. Believed to have existed around 600,000 to 400,000 years ago and are believed to be the first genus that really utilised stone tools. The Natural History Museum concurs with this view as they theorise that Homo heidelbergensis utilised tools to hunt large game. The BBC states that their brain capacity was around 90% of Homo sapiens. We can speculate that this means there cannot be many descendants between Home heidelbergensis. 

Despite all this initial research, we still know very little about Homo heidelbergensis. Research on early man is always moving on and what we know now may change within days

National History Museum, (date unknown). Homo heidelbergensis. [Online]. Available at: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/human-origins/early-human-family/homo-heidelbergensis/index.html [Accessed 2 3 2013]

BBC, (date unknown). The first Europeans - one million years ago. [Online] Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/human_evolution/first_europeans1.shtml [Accessed 2 3 2013]