Physical Anthropology: Homo Erectus

1. Introduction/General developmenta. A Dutch anatomist named Eugene Dubois is responsible for the denudation of gentlemans gentleman erectus. b. Fossils and remains were found in 1891 on the island of Java. c. military man erectus is an extinct hominian that lived between 1.6 gazillion and 250,000 years ago. d. adult male erectus is thought to have evolved in Africa from another(prenominal) human ancestor known as gay habiliswhich happens to be the first fragment of the genus world. e. valet erectus dispersed into Asia much than 1.3 million years ago and then into atomic number 63 about 400,000 years ago.2. Physical comment (What did they look like?)a. Anatomically and physiologically, Homo erectus is similar to advanced(a)-day humans demur for a slightly heavier bone structure. b. The surface of its braincase is not that different from Homo sapiens, however the cranial bones be much bigger than that of either Homo habilis or modern humans. c. There was a progressiv e wilduction in internal dimorphism, until there was a similar circumscribe between the two sexes. d. Proportions of the limbs to the body are much more like those of modern humans. Arms are not foresighted and ape-like in relation to the Homo habilis.3. viands & Technologya. The adapted technological uses of Homo erectus was said to be significantly more complex than that of its predecessors. b. They made use of muffin tools, other varieties of tools created from wood, and fire. c. Interestingly, they created and seasonally resided in oval-shaped huts. d. Homo erectus populations used these huts while also donjon a life that consisted of surviving found on a combination of blood-and-guts hunting and the gathering of shellfish and pose foods e. With intense competition for food against voluminous predators, in an environment subject to customary changes, theoretically caused certain Homo erectus subsets to patch up new tools etc. f. As for approximately hunter gathere rs, their diet would have consisted of red meat, occasional shellfish, roots, leaves, nuts, berries, wild grasses, honey and birds eggs.4. Behaviors/ favorable Interactionsa. some researchers considered the social aspects of the species closer to those of modern man than the groups who came before it. b. Members of the Homo erectus species faculty have communicated with a sort of pre-language. c. Some African sites had remains that showed evidence that despite the human-like anatomy of the species members were physically incapable of reservation sounds associated with modern language.5. Conclusiona. A skeleton summary of the characteristics and lifestyle of the once substantial Homo erectus