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Homo ergaster is an extinct chronospecies of Homo that lived in eastern and southern Africa during the early Pleistocene, about 2.5- 1.7 million years ago.[1] There is still disagreement on the subject of the classification, ancestry, and progeny of H. ergaster, but it is now widely accepted to be the direct ancestor of later hominids such as Homo heidelbergensis, Homo sapiens, and Homo neanderthalensis rather than Asian Homo erectus.[2] It is one of the earliest members of the genus Homo, possibly descended from, or sharing a common ancestor with, Homo habilis.[3]
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