Asian Homo erectus converges in time

Abstract

Homo erectus had a heavily armoured and thickened skull, with an adult brain size in the 650-1,250-cm^sup 3^ range8 - the equivalent value for modern humans (H. sapiens) is 1,100-1,800 cm^sup 3^. [...] ^sup 26^Al/^sup 10^Be burial dating - the technique applied by Shen et al.1 - is of considerable interest in its own right.