One of the first specimens identified as Homo erectus was the Java Man fossil discovered in 1891. Orginally named Pithecanthropus erectus, it was not recognised as a close human relative at first, as old theories held that our ancestors would have had human brains and ape-like bodies, rather than the converse.Scientific name: Homo erectus.f Homo erectus and Homo ergaster are identified as separate species, Homo erectus would be a sibling rather than a true ancestor. Homo erectus was a successful, long-lived species that migrated out of Africa.
He did not. This is the age he was when the original French folk song wa â¦ s written under the name of Ah ! vous dirai-je, Maman, in 1761. Mozart did, however, write a series of variations on this melody when he was much older. The words to Twinkle Twinkle were penned by Jane Taylor, in 1806.
1 The phrase âin a twinkle of the eyeâ comes from the Latin word atomus and is considered to be about 160 milliseconds, or one 376th of a minute.  The ancient Egyptians, in about 1500 B.C., are thought to be the first people to measure time, by dividing the period from sunrise to sunset into 12 parts.