Homo erectus - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
2024年1月3日 · The most complete fossil individual of this species is known as the ‘Turkana Boy’ – a well-preserved skeleton (though minus almost all the hand and foot bones), dated around 1.6 million years old. Microscopic study of the teeth indicates that he grew up at a growth rate similar to that of a great ape.
Homo erectus, our ancient ancestor - Natural History Museum
Drawing of the first Homo erectus fossils found in 1891 on Java, showing the tooth (Trinil 1), skullcap (Trinil 2) and thigh bone (Trinil 3), from Wikimedia Commons The thigh bone indicated the creature had an erect, human-like posture, but the skullcap indicated its brain was much smaller than humans today and featured a distinct brow ridge.
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, spanning nearly 2 million years. It is the first human species to evolve a humanlike body plan and gait, to leave Africa and …
Homo erectus - Fossils, Asia, Africa | Britannica
2024年12月20日 · The first fossils attributed to Homo erectus were discovered by a Dutch army surgeon, Eugène Dubois, who began his search for ancient human bones on the island of Java (now part of Indonesia) in 1890. Dubois found his first specimen in the same year, and in 1891 a well-preserved skullcap was unearthed at Trinil on the Solo River.
Homo erectus | Definition, Characteristics, Skull, Diet, Tools,
2024年12月20日 · H. erectus was a human of medium stature that walked upright. The braincase was low, the forehead was receded, and the nose, jaws, and palate were wide. The brain was smaller and the teeth larger than in modern humans. H. erectus appears to have been the first human species to control fire, some 1,000,000 years ago.
Homo erectus - Bipedalism, Brain Size, Tools | Britannica
2024年12月20日 · Homo erectus - Bipedalism, Brain Size, Tools: Much of the fossil material discovered in Java and China consists of cranial bones, jawbones, and teeth. The few broken limb bones found at Zhoukoudian have provided little information.
Homo erectus - Becoming Human
Homo erectus is important to the study of human evolution because it is the first species to be found outside of Africa and displayed many anatomical features (especially brain size and aspects of the postcranial skeleton—i.e., the parts of the skeleton below the head) that reflect evolution toward the pattern seen in Homo sapiens.
Homo erectus - The Australian Museum
Homo erectus is now one of the better known of our human relatives with over 40 specimens excavated from Java and many more from sites in China. Sangiran on the island of Java, is the most important Homo erectus site in Indonesia. The remains of over 80 individuals have been found here at a number of localities.
KNM-WT 15000 - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
The ‘Turkana Boy’ skeleton has allowed scientists to find out a lot of information about body size, body shape, and growth rates of Homo erectus. This skeleton is 40% complete, based on the principle that bones from one side of the body can tell what the same bone from the other side looked like even if it’s missing.
Homo erectus - A Bigger, Smarter, Faster Hominin Lineage
A partial skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis, alongside a Homo erectus partial skeleton from the site of Nariokotome, Kenya (KNM WT-15000), to show the large size increase associated with...