HOMINIDAE
ANCESTRIES OF THE MAN IN THE POSTAL STAMPS
ITALY
1988
Pre-historic Man
Homo erectus (aeserniensis)
736,000 years n.e.
Issue date: 6.February.1988.
'Homo aeserniensis 736,000 anni'. 500 L., Homo aeserniensis making stone tools. Scott: 1729. Stanley Gibbons: 1984. Unificato: 1836. Yvert nº. 1765
The name Homo aeserniensis is not based on fossils, but on stone tools only; it is therefore not a valid name. The tools were made by H. erectus.
Existe a figurative postmarck.