Homo erectus - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
2024年1月3日 · Early African Homo erectus fossils (sometimes called Homo ergaster) are the oldest known early humans to have possessed modern human-like body proportions with …
Homo erectus - Wikipedia
Homo erectus (/ ˌ h oʊ m oʊ ə ˈ r ɛ k t ə s / lit. ' upright man ') is an extinct species of archaic human from the Pleistocene, with its earliest occurrence about 2 million years ago. [2] Its …
Homo erectus, our ancient ancestor - Natural History Museum
By far the longest-surviving human species, Homo erectus was the first hominin to evolve a truly human-like body shape. It was the first of our relatives known to have travelled beyond Africa, …
Java Man - Wikipedia
Java Man (Homo erectus erectus, formerly also Anthropopithecus erectus or Pithecanthropus erectus) is an early human fossil discovered in 1891 and 1892 on the island of Java (Indonesia).
Homo erectus | Definition, Characteristics, Skull, Diet, Tools,
2024年10月30日 · Homo erectus, extinct species of the human genus (Homo), maybe an ancestor of modern humans (H. sapiens). H. erectus, apparently the first human species to …
Two Million Years Ago, This Homo Erectus Lived the High Life
2023年10月13日 · Scientists used high-tech imaging to reveal that early humans, apparently Homo erectus, inhabited this high-altitude plateau two million years ago. Their work provides …
Homo Erectus - World History Encyclopedia
2017年1月18日 · Homo Erectus, or 'upright man', is an extinct species of human that occupies an intriguing spot within the human evolutionary lineage. These prehistoric hunter-gatherers were …
Early Homo Who, When, and Where - The University of Chicago …
Early H. erectus (including recently discovered small specimens) is larger than non- erectus Homo (∼15%–25%), but their size ranges overlap. All early Homo are likely to exhibit substantial …
Homo erectus - A Bigger, Smarter, Faster Hominin Lineage
About two million years ago, a new set of fossils began to appear in the human fossil record. Designated as Homo erectus, they show evidence of increases in both body size and brain …
Homo erectus - The Australian Museum
Homo erectus species lived between 100,000 and 1.6 million years ago, although some estimates extend this to between 35,000 and 1.8 million years ago. After years of searching Indonesia …