Solo Man

Homo erectus soloensis, formerly classified as Homo sapiens soloensis, is a subspecies of the extinct hominid, Homo erectus. Remains of this anamolous hominid have been found in both Indonesia and Australia. Though its morphology was, for the most part, typical of Homo erectus, its culture was unusually advanced. This poses many problems to current theories of just what the behavior of Homo erectus was limited to in terms of innovation and language. Do to the tools found with the extinct hominid and many of its more gracile anatomical features, it was first classified as a subspecies of the Homo sapien and thought to be the ancestor of modern aboriginal Australians. However, more rigorous studies have concluded that this is not the case

The biggest problem with H.e. soloensis is that similar remains of the homind have been found in Indonesia, Australia, and several islands around Java. Though in prehistoric times the effects of continental drift would have put these land masses closer together, as far as paleoanthropologists have been able to discern, there should still have been water seperating most of these land masses (a lot of water). This seems to leave only one possible conclusion, Homo erectus soloensis, and possibly some other late subspecies of Homo erectus could build crude ocean going vessels and navigate. To do that at least some variations of Homo erectus must have possessed language, whether the prospect shatters the current theoretical architecture if paleo-anthropology or not.