Prehistoric Cultures -- University of Minnesota Duluth

General Information	Pithecanthropus erectus (Java)
African Homo erectus	European Homo erectus
Homo	"Early Homo"
Homo erectus	Homo sapiens

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In the News . . .

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)
'Peking Man' Was a Fashion Plate -- LiveScience (31 December 2012)
Lost Treasures: Peking Man's Bones -- New Scientist (10 February 2012)

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General Information on the Species

General Information on the species from the main Homo erectus page

Information on Sinanthropus pekinensis (China)

Dating a Caveman -- Eric Mankin
Davidson Black (1884 or 1885-1934) -- Lefalophodon
Peking Man -- Talk.Origins Archive, Jim Foley
Homo erectus (Zhoukoudian [Choukoutien]) -- American Museum of Natural History
The Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution in China -- Dennis A. Etler
'Peking Man' older than thought -- BBCNews (11 March 2009)
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) -- Lefalophodon

Images
- Bejing Man -- California State University, Sacramento
- Homo erectus from Zhoukoudian -- Michael Roberts

*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-
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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 erectus

Sinanthropus pekinensis zhoukoudian (fka Chou-kou-tien)

Sinanthropus
pekinensis zhoukoudian
(fka Chou-kou-tien)