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Age: 1.8 mya to ~ 350,000 years (Ngandong later) Type specimen: Java man (Eugene Dubois) and Zhoukoudian - Peking man Specimens: Zhoukoudian, Ceprano cranium, Ngandong, Java man, Lantian crania etc. Cranial capacity: 700 to 1250 cm3 (mean 900 cm3) Cranial architecture: Differs from early habilines by:
Dentition: Posterior teeth decrease in size and shovel-shaped incisors occur Postcranial: Taller and more robust than habilines Environment: Length and weight: over 45 kg and approximately 168 cm; Tools: The handaxe is most commonly associated with H erectus. Acheulian tool assemblages appear around 1.4 mya and replacing Oldowan tradition. In the colder areas, clothing was most likely used and it is possible that Homo erectus and his descendants controlled fire at Zhoukoudian. Increased cultural complexity with the substitution of biology for technology. Using culture to adapt to environmental changes. Ancestor: H. habilis; (possibly H. ergaster) Descendants: Archaic Homo sapiens sapiens General: An early form of homind whose remains are widely spread in space and time. Taxonomic classification of H. erectus is complex. One group suggests that erectus should be dropped and reclassified as early Homo, stressing the single species. Others feel that H. erectus are represented by two species, a large robust H. erectus from Asia and Europe and a less robust H. ergaster from Africa. Differences between H. erectus and H. ergaster: Homo erectus:
Homo ergaster
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