However, there is a new hypothesis

However, there is a new hypothesis for the biogeographical origins of H. erectus based on the morphological affinities of the Dmanisi fossils: Since the Dmanisi hominins appear to have been the first post-H. habilis hominins to disperse out of East Africa, H. erectus evolved outside of Africa, possibly in western Asia (Rightmire and Lordkipanidze