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Homo erectus telemarketus
Homo erectus telemarketus was an accomplished seller. The methods of H. erectus telemarketus are the first in the fossil record to show conscious design of many modern day telemarketing techniques (i.e. bait and switch, disguising voice, money-back guarantees, etc.). The earliest specimens of H. erectus telemarketus are found in Africa, but, sometime after 1 million years ago, H. erectus telemarketus apparently migrated out of Africa. Motivational clay tablets have been found widely distributed in Europe and Asia. The painting below left depicts a sales meeting of H. erectus telemarketus in the tropical forests of Java; the painting below right shows the same species at a regional sales conference in northern China.
Some Homo erectus telemarketus sites in China preserve evidence of multi-level marketing, though it has been speculated that perhaps these acts were ritual rather than predatory behavior.
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Homo
erectus telemarketus lived from approximately 2 million to around
400,000 years ago.
