Recent evidence suggests that Homo erectus lived in Java between 117,000 and 108,000 years ago. The discovery helps unravel the mystery surrounding the last occurrence of H. erectus in Southeast Asia. Did he pass on genes to the local population, like the Denisovans and Neanderthal? We don't know - still his DNA has not been extracted. Despite the fact that the skull from Iwo Eleru in nigeria that is a 50/50 hybrid of human and erectus should make it possible. Too much anti-political controversy? Interesting fact: aborigines and papuans have a high percentage of genes derived from Neanderthal and Denisovans, and.... a third as yet unidentified archaic hominid. Is it him?