Homo Heidelbergensis is a species of archaic humans in the genus Homo, which radiated in the Middle Pleistocene from about 700,000 to 300,000 years ago. The derivation of Cro-Magnons, and therefore, a modern man from H. rhodesiensis has often been proposed but is obscured by a fossil gap from 400–260 kya. Homo Helidelbergensis is a much more likely ancestor. They are also the ancestors of Neanderthals. They are the first humans to set foot into Europe, having arrived there from Africa and the Middle East.
In the Series 4 episode "New Arrivals", Three Homo Heidelbergensis were seen hunting a Megaloceros while traveling through Mid Pleistocene Europe, 400,000 years ago. One of them gets injured by the massive deer, the team invites them along with a few others of their group to live in the park while Rebecca works on healing the injured male. They reside in the outskirts of the park with other early human species the team rescued.
Facts[]
Era & Discovery[]
Homo Heidelbergensis lived in Europe and Africa during the Mid Pleistocene from 700 to 300,000 years ago. They were among the first hominids to live in Europe. By 500,000 years ago, Homo Heidelbergensis were spread toward both of the continents, but nature splitted the popular in two and exposed them to incredible extremes while evolution turned them into two separate species. In Europe they became one of the most successful species human: Neanderthal, while in Africa they evolved into Modern humans.
The first Homo Heidelbergensis fossils were discovered in Mauer Germany in 1907 by German anthropologist Otto Schoetensack. It was first thought to be a subspecies of Homo Erectus until it was classified as its own species.

Homo Heidelbergensis skull
Physical Attributes[]
Homo Heidelbergensis stood 175 cm tall and weighed 136 pounds.
Compared to earlier hominids, Homo Heidelbergensis had brains almost as big as ours. However unlike us, these hominids only seen the world around them at it is. They couldn't do what we take for grant and picture worlds of a different kind, for example: A world beyond death.
There is no evidence Homo Heidelbergensis ever made the leap to see the world as we do and lacked the final thing that makes us unique: Imagination.
Behavior & Traits[]
Homo Heidelbergensis lived in family groups much like us and hunted animals of their environment such as Megaloceros. Although they lived nearly half a million years ago, these early humans appeared to behave just like us. However, there was one thing that made Homo Heidelbergensis and us so very different, which that if an individual of their family they loved died, they would leave them at that spot. For us to simply let a person sit where they died seems unthinkable, yet for Homo Heidelbergensis it was unthinkable not to.
Journal Entry[]
“ | The first hominids to enter Europe, Homo Heidelbergensis had brains almost as big as a modern human's, and used all their skill and love to keep a family member alive. Though they lived nearly half a million years ago, Homo Heidelbergensis appeared to behave just like modern humans. However there was one thing that made them and modern humans so very different and that was that family members would have left their dead in the spot where they died. For a modern human to simply let an individual sat where they died would seem unthinkable, but for Homo Heidelbergensis it was unthinkable not to.
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— Allen Johnson, in his journal about Homo Heidelbergensis |