In North Africa in 1954�55, excavations at Tighenif (Ternifine), east of , Algeria, yielded r.... year million

In North Africa in 195455, excavations at Tighenif (Ternifine), east of , Algeria, yielded remains dating to approximately 700,000 years ago whose nearest affinities seemed to be with the Chinese form of H. erectus in Africa came with the discovery in 1960 of a partial braincase at in Tanzania. This fossil, catalogued as OH 9, was excavated by and is probably about 1.2 million years old. The fossils recovered there may be about 1.7 million years old, based on radiometric dating of the associated volcanic material. erectus fossils discovered in Africa. year million