What is "erectus"

Usage examples of "erectus".

In the Old World, Acheulean tools are routinely attributed to Homo erectus.

But what if there existed in geologically recent times, or even today, a rare species of hominid having physical features similar to those of Homo erectus!

Most paleoanthropologists now believe that from the neck down, Homo erectus was, like Australopithecus and Homo habilis, almost the same as modern humans.

Exactly where, when, or how Australopithecus gave rise to Homo habilis, or Homo habilis gave rise to Homo erectus, or Homo erectus gave rise to modern humans is not explained in present accounts of human origins.

For example, most of the African discoveries of Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and Homo erectus have occurred not in clearly identifiable geological contexts, but on the surface or in cave deposits, which are notoriously difficult to interpret geologically.

Scientists have also discovered fairly complete skeletal remains of Homo erectus and Homo habilis individuals.

Homo erectus is thought to have evolved from Homo habilis in Africa about 1.

We do not, however, insist that the Lantian Homo erectus skull is contemporaneous with Homo erectus of Zhoukoudian Locality 1.

Following our standard procedure, we simply extend the probable date range of primitive Lantian Homo erectus to include the time period represented by the Zhoukoudian occupation.

It is easy to see that scientists, in accordance with their evolutionary expectations, would want to place the Maba specimen in the very latest Middle Pleistocene or early Late Pleistocene, after Homo erectus.

Robinson later referred the SK 45 jaw to Telanthropus and then to Homo erectus.

We see from the table that the ratio of body to brain weight is, within the variance of measurement, roughly the same for the gracile Australopithecines, Homo habilis, Homo erectus and modern humans.

The first man whose endocranial volume overlaps that of modern humans is Homo erectus.

We can only guess how many priceless Homo erectus bones ended up as a sort of Chinese equivalent of bicarbonate of soda.

In between, and depending on which opinions you value, there have been half a dozen other Homo species: Homo ergaster, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo erectus, and Homo antecessor.