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search Homo rhodesiensis "Broken Hill Cranium": dated to either
130,000 years ago (using amino acid racemization determination)
or 800,000 to 600,000 years ago (within the same time as Homo
erectus), depending on which dating method is used.  A number of
varieties of Homo are grouped into the broad category of archaic
humans, contrasted with modern humans (Homo sapiens), in the
period beginning 500,000 years ago. This category typically
includes Homo heidelbergensis, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo
neanderthalensis, and may also include Homo antecessor.[1]
Modern humans are theorized to have evolved from archaic humans,
who in turn evolved from Homo erectus. Varieties of archaic
humans are sometimes included under the binomial name "Homo
sapiens" because their brain size is very similar to that of
modern humans. Archaic humans had a brain size averaging 1200 to
1400 cubic centimeters, which overlaps wi