Homo erectus

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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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