Early African Homo erectus fossils (sometimes called Homo ergaster) are the oldest known early humans to have possessed modern human-like body proportions with relatively elongated legs and shorter arms compared to the size of the torso.n 1894, Dubois named the species Pithecanthropus erectus, or âerect ape-man.â At that time, Pithecanthropus (later changed to Homo) erectus was the most primitive and smallest-brained of all known early human species; no early human fossils had even been discovered in Africa yet. Height:
Nonetheless, Mozambique succeeded in achieving independence on June 25, 1975, after the coup d'etat Ã©tat In portugal known as The Carnation, revolution thus ending 470 years Of portuguese colonial rule in The East african. regionan hunter and gatherers, ancestors of the Khoisani peoples, were the first known inhabitants of the region that is now Mozambique, followed in the 1st and 4th centuries by Bantu-speaking peoples who migrated there across the Zambezi River. In 1498, Portuguese explorers landed on the Mozambican coastline.
After the destruction of World War II, European countries no longer had the economic muscle or determination to rule Africa. From the 1950s, African countries began to gain their independence. In 1950, four African countries â Liberia, South Africa, Egypt and Ethiopia â were independent.