Homo erectus Homo erectus (upright man) is an extinct species of hominin that lived throughout most of the Pleistocene‚ with the earliest first fossil evidence dating to around 1.8 million years ago and the most recent to around 143‚000 years ago. The species originated in Africa and spread as far as England‚ Georgia‚ India‚ Sri Lanka‚ China and Java. The discussion about the size and the outer appearance‚ history of discovery and fossils‚ and the humanity‚ dispersal and the daily life of Homo
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physical characteristics found in Homo erectus show the progression of characteristics that has so far culminated at modern humans. These fossils showed an increase in cranial capacity to about 900 cm3‚ quite advanced when compared to the 500 - 800 cm3 shown in slightly earlier Homo. Homo erectus also showed a progression toward a larger body size‚ with an increase in height and weight. More specifically‚ the cranium of Homo erectus was distinctive from that of its ancestors due to projected brow
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Homo sapiens (Latin: "wise man") is the scientific name for the human species. Homo is the human genus‚ which also includes Neanderthals and many other extinct species of hominid; H. sapiens is the only surviving species of the genus Homo. Modern humans are the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens‚ differentiated from their direct ancestor‚ Homo sapiens idaltu. Subspecies of H. sapiens include Homo sapiens idaltu and the only extant subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens. Some sources show Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
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" Homo sapiens‚ a primate risen in Africa from a lineage that split away from the chimpanzee line five to eight million years ago" (501). In Wilson’s terms‚ Homo sapiens is the reason for earth’s change and composition. He asserts that no other species has ever come close to the human species of 5.5 billion‚ and furthermore believes that this vast number will likely double within the next 50 years. Wilson goes on to say that our species is like no other: "We are tribal and aggressively territorial
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whether Homo Sapiens are the decedents of Neanderthals or whether they are cousins with a common ancestor. If Neanderthals are considered to be a proper descendent to Homo Sapiens‚ then they can be rightfully classified as Homo Sapiens Neanderthal. If they are truly a separate species‚ then they should be classified as Homo Neanderthal. The theory that Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens are cousins focuses on the time period when both existed and the geographic locations of both groups. Homo Sapiens lived
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Homo sapien neanderthalensis is estimated to have lived between 130‚000 and 28‚000 years ago. The first remains were found in a German valley in 1856. This valley is called Neander Valley—the German word for valley is Tal—giving the species the name Neanderthalensis‚ most commonly known as Neanderthal. Neanderthal remains were discovered at the La Ferrassie cave located in Dordogne‚ France. Multiple excavations of the site have occurred between 1909 and present time‚ all of which have contributed
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The Physiology and Evolution of Vision from Primates to Homo Sapiens Bio 392 Mammalian Physiology Denielle Chapman April 14th‚ 2017 Vision is a way of making sense of the world that‚ for all mammals‚ could arguably be the most important sense of the five that we have. For Homo sapiens‚ the way we perceive the world through our power of sight‚ came from the species of primates that existed before us according
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Andrew Godawa Outline: Homo erectus 1. Introduction/General Information a. A Dutch anatomist named Eugene Dubois is responsible for the discovery of Homo erectus. b. Fossils and remains were found in 1891 on the island of Java. c. Homo erectus is an extinct hominid that lived between 1.6 million and 250‚000 years ago. d. Homo erectus is thought to have evolved in Africa from another human ancestor known as Homo habilis--which happens to be the first member
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Homo erectus (literally "upright man") is an extinct hominin that lived between 1.8 million and 50‚000 years ago. The first fossil found of this species (the type specimen) was a skullcap discovered in 1891 by Eugène Dubois. However‚ the species was not named until 1894‚ after a femur (thigh bone) was discovered not far from the skullcap. The femur was nearly identical to that of a modern human‚ prompting Dubois to name a new species: Pithecanthropus erectus (literally "upright apeman"). Both fossils
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Life History in North African Early Homo sapiens" by Tanya M. Smith et al. discussed the increasing evidence of sophisticated material culture‚ new fossil material‚ and refined dating techniques‚ paleoanthropologists have renewed investigations of modern human origins in Africa‚ in particular the question of when early Homo sapiens became fully modern (Smith‚ M. Tanya‚ pg. 6128). Whereas cranial and dental features demonstrate that African Middle Pleistocene Homo underwent an anatomical transition
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