Prehistoric Cultures -- Universitiy of Minnesota Duluth

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

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General Information on the Species

General Information on the species from the main Homo erectus page

Information on African Homo erectus

KNM-WT 15000, "Turkana Boy" -- Talk.Origins Archive, Jim Foley
"Homo erectus (East Turkana: Homo ergaster)" -- American Museum of Natural History
Homo ergaster -- Lorraine Dallmeier
Skull KNM-ER 3733 -- Talk.Origins Archive, Jim Foley
Images
Animation
- Animation Homo erectus model (Nariokotome) -- Hominid Palaeontology Research Group

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

erectus

Java
Pithe-
canthropus

pekinensis

Beijing
Sin-
anthropus

Nariokotome
African

Dmanisi, Ceprano

European

"Hobbit" ?

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

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Subfamily	Genus	Species	Variety	Example	Alternative Name
*Homo erectus* Early Human Phylogeny -- National Museum of Natural History Times to Remember Primates -- Contemporary \| Primates -- Prehistoric \| Hominids top of page
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, 8th ed, Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore, and Trevathan (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000, pp. 285 - 290).

Prehistoric Cultures

African Homo erectus