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Homo erectus ( / ˌhoʊmoʊ əˈrɛktəs /; meaning " upright man") is an extinct species of archaic human from the Pleistocene, with its earliest occurrence about 2 million years ago. [2] Its specimens are among the first recognizable members of the genus Homo .
From its earliest appearance at about 1.9 Ma, H. erectus is distributed in East Africa and Southwest Asia (Homo georgicus). H. erectus is the first known species to develop control of fire, by about 1.5 Ma. H. erectus later migrates throughout Eurasia, reaching Southeast Asia by 0.7 Ma.
Jun 1, 2024 · 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 control fire, likely originated in Africa and dispersed quickly through Africa, Europe, and South and Southeast Asia starting about 1.9 million years ago.
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). Estimated to be between 700,000 and 1,490,000 years old, it was, at the time of its discovery, the oldest hominid fossil ever found, and it remains the type ...
The earliest evidence of hearths (campfires) occur during the time range of Homo erectus. While we have evidence that hearths were used for cooking (and probably sharing) food, they are likely to have been places for social interaction, and also used for warmth and to keep away large predators.
Jan 18, 2017 · Considerably one-upping the earlier Homo habilis, Homo erectus not only had a visibly bigger brain than those before them, but it also grew larger as time increased. Early members of this species have cranial capacities between 600-800 cm3, but most later Homo erectus exceed 1000 cm3, which falls within the lower range seen in our own species.
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, and it achieved significant milestones in the story of human evolution, probably including the control of fire.
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 size.
Dec 18, 2019 · A reconstruction of Homo erectus - the first known human to walk fully upright. An ancient relative of modern humans survived into comparatively recent times in South East Asia, a new study has...
Oct 13, 2023 · Archaeologists are rewriting the story of an early human child whose fossilized jaw and impacted teeth were discovered more than 40 years ago in the Ethiopian highlands. Scientists used high-tech...
