H. erectus

“Craniodental adaptations and material culture would have allowed early Homo, and especially H. erectus, to eat a broader spectrum of foods than could earlier hominins.

Hard wired to the past | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

Perhaps then, early Homo, and especially H. erectus, had an adaptive strategy of dietary versatility.

Hard wired to the past | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

There are no doubts in my own mind … Alan Walker agrees too that the skull is not, H. erectus and is new and should have a new name.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

“It is not certain whether this association implies that H. erectus was responsible for the industry, but it seems likely…,” she wrote with characteristic caution.7

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

“It is not certain whether this association implies that H. erectus was responsible for the industry, but it seems likely…,” she wrote with characteristic caution.7

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

But Johanson himself had described, H. erectus as being only “medium-sized” in Lucy.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

There are no doubts in my own mind … Alan Walker agrees too that the skull is not, H. erectus and is new and should have a new name.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

Few of his colleagues supported this idea, and today H. erectus is accepted on the family tree as the immediate ancestor of H. sapiens.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

But Johanson himself had described, H. erectus as being only “medium-sized” in Lucy.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995

Some paleoanthropologists attribute it to H. bahilis, others to H. erectus.

Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995