Noun
erectus (uncountable)
Homo erectus
Shortly after pithecanthropus erectus gained the ascendancy, he turned his attention to the higher-order abstractions. Richard Arnold Epstein
According to the Sahara pump theory evidence suggests that genus Homo have migrated out of Africa at least three and possibly four times (e.g. Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis and two or three times for Homo sapiens). Source: Internet
Although some recent writers suggest that Homo georgicus was the first and most primitive hominid ever to live outside Africa, many scientists consider H. georgicus to be an early and primitive member of the H. erectus species. Source: Internet
A report in Science on Friday has outlined how the two-million-year-old fossil was pieced back together to form the cranium of a two- or three-year-old Homo erectus (Latin for upright man). Source: Internet
At about 1.9 mya H. erectus came on stage and lived contemporaneously with the others. Source: Internet
Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Origins, British science writer Roger Lewin suggests the tone was set by the Dutch anatomist Eugène Dubois, who in the 1890s found remains of Pithecanthropus erectus) on the island of Java. Source: Internet