Homo erectus

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin homo (“man”) + erectus (“erect, high”).

Proper noun

†Homo erectus m (plural Homines erecti)

1. A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – "upright man" (extinct).
   • 1971, Alan Houghton Brodrick, Man and His Ancestors (in English), Radius Book/Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 18:

     So, men not unlike Homines sapientes were living in Europe at least while Homines erecti (Pithecanthropoids) flourished not only in Africa and Asia but also very possibly in Europe.

   • 2007, Jean-Jacques Dubois, Comprendre le malheur (in French), Louise Courteau, →ISBN:

     Quelques individus parmi les Homines erecti dotés d’un cortex cérébral plus volumineux ont développé leur intelligence à la faveur d’une grande glaciation.

     Some individuals among the Homo erectus endowed with a more voluminous cerebral cortex developed their intelligence thanks to a great glaciation.

   • 2017, Günter Dux, Historisch-genetische Theorie der Kultur (in German), Springer VS, →ISBN, page 257:

     Die Hominiden konnten mit der anlaufenden Enkulturation einen Fitneßvorteil über ihre anthropoiden Vorfahren verbinden, die Homines sapientes mit der vollständigen Entwicklung der Sprache über die Homines erecti.

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Synonyms

• †H. erectus (abbreviation), †Pithecanthropus erectus, †Sinanthropus

Hypernyms

• (species): Primates – order; Haplorhini – suborder; Simiiformes – infraorder; Catarrhini – parvorder; Hominoidea – superfamily; Hominidae – family; Homininae – subfamily; Hominini – tribe; Hominina – subtribe; Homo – genus

Derived terms

• †Homo erectus erectus (Java man)
• †Homo erectus soloensis (Solo man)
• †Homo erectus lantianensis (Lantian man)
• †Homo erectus pekinensis (Peking man)
• †Homo erectus nankinensis (Nanjing man)
• †Homo erectus wushanensis (Wushan man)
• †Homo erectus yuanmouensis (Yuanmou man)