guys, what's the meaning of Homo erectus?

Answer 1

Homo erectus (Latin: "upright man") is an extinct species of the genus Homo. Dutch anatomist Eugene Dubois (1890s) first described it as Pithecanthropus erectus, based on a calotte (skullcap) and a modern-looking femur found from the bank of the Solo River at Trinil, in central Java. However, thanks to Canadian anatomist Davidson Black's (1921) initial description of a lower molar, which was dubbed Sinanthropus pekinensis, most of the early and spectacular discoveries of this taxon took place at Zhoukoudian in China and Tham Khuyen in North Vietnam. German anatomist Franz Weidenreich provided much of the detailed description of this material in several monographs published in the journal Palaeontologica Sinica (Series D). However, nearly all of the original specimens were lost during World War II. High quality Weidenreichian casts do exist and are considered to be reliable evidence; these are curated at the American Museum of Natural History (NYC) and at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (Beijing).

Answer 2

homo erectus is one of the stages of human evolution, given to the stage where we began to walk only on two feet and upright. today, we are called homo sapiens which as far as i know means intelligent or thinking human

Answer 3

It is sad that one cannot write the Latin word 'h-o-m-o', meaning 'man', here on Yahoo Answers, since someone may find the term as used in the word 'homosexual' offensive.

Answer 4

Upright Man?

As in, standing upright, rather than being quadropedal.

Answer 5

human who stands upright on two feet.