Thread:Undoniel/@comment-5448995-20170928225802/@comment-16461120-20171002174654

The setting is a good point, my Smithsonian magazine on the subject says H. antecessor was the first hominin species believed to have originated in Europe; meanwhile, H. erectus was African in origin and spread to both Asia and Europe.

(H. hablis is believed to have gone extinct ~1,500,000 years ago, Australopithecus is believed to have gone extinct ~2,000,000 years ago, and H. ergaster is believed to have gone extinct ~1,400,000 years ago, so none of them appear to fit the timeframe.)