Homo erectus erectus

Pithecanthropus erectus

Cf., "The Hobbit"
(Homo floresiensis)

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General Information	*Sinanthropus pekinensis* (China)
African Homo erectus	European Homo erectus
*Homo*	*"Early Homo"*
*Homo erectus*	*Homo sapiens*

In the News . . .

Hall of Human Origins [K-12] -- American Museum of Natural History
How China Is Rewriting the Book on Human Origins -- Nature (12 July 2016)
Well-Preserved Homo Erectus Skull Discovered in Eastern China -- Phys.org (25 November 2015)
Unique Tooth Reveals Details of the Peking Man’s Life -- Uppsala University News (12 March 2015)
Indonesian Shell Has 'Earliest Human Engraving' -- BBC News (04 December 2014)
Earliest Human Engraving Or Trash From An Ancient Lunch? -- NPR (03 December 2014)
Early Humans Lived in China 1.7 Million Years Ago -- LiveScience (15 August 2013)
Study: Peking Man an isolated population -- Phys.org (11 September 2012)

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General Information on the species from the main Homo erectus page

Information on Pithecanthropus erectus (Java)

The Java Man Skullcap -- Talk.Origins Archive, Jim Foley
"Homo erectus (Java)" -- American Museum of Natural History

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Homo erectus (Sangiran 2) -- CSUS

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*Homo erectus* Early Human Phylogeny -- National Museum of Natural History Times to Remember Primates -- Contemporary \| Primates -- Prehistoric \| Hominids top of page
Subfamily	Genus	Species	Variety	Example	Alternative Name
H o m i n i n e s	*Homo*	*erectus*	*erectus*	Java	Pithe- canthropus
*pekinensis*	Beijing	Sin- anthropus
	Nariokotome	African
	Dmanisi, Ceprano	European
		"Hobbit" ?
Adapted from Intoduction to Physical Anthropology, 8^th ed, Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore, and Trevathan (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000, pp. 285 - 290).

Homo erectus

Early Human Phylogeny -- National Museum of Natural History

Times to Remember

Primates -- Contemporary | Primates -- Prehistoric | Hominids

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Subfamily

Genus

Species

Variety

Example

Alternative Name

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Homo

erectus

Java

Pithe-
canthropus

pekinensis

Beijing

Sin-
anthropus

Nariokotome

African

Dmanisi, Ceprano

European

"Hobbit" ?

Adapted from Intoduction to Physical Anthropology, 8^th ed, Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore, and Trevathan
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000, pp. 285 - 290).

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Homo sapiens

Human Family Tree
National Museum of Natural History

Times to Remember

| Primates -- Contemporary | Primates -- Prehistoric | Hominids | Australopithecus |
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Genus

Species

Variety

Alternative Name

Example

Homo

sapiens

heidelberg-
ensis

"Pre-Modern"
("Archaic")

Heidelberg, Steinheim, Swanscombe, Kabwe . . .

Neanderthal-
ensis?
(Denisovans?)
Neandertal

Homo floresiensis ?

"Hobbit"

sapiens
(prehistoric)

Prehistoric
"Early Moderns"

Cro-Magnon, Border Cave, Qafzeh, etc.

sapiens
(contemporary)

Contemporary
"Moderns"

UMD Students

Special Case: Piltdown

Adapted from Intoduction to Physical Anthropology, 8^th ed, Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore, and Trevathan
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000, pp. 285 - 290).

Lost Treasures: Peking Man's Bones -- New Scientist (10 February 2012)

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