2007-07-13 07:44:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
No, it does not mean a cave-man with a pride flag silly!!!!
2007-07-13 07:50:50 · answer #1 · answered by PRIDE! 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I do not know what you think it means but it means is a hominid species that is believed to be an ancestor of modern humans. The species is found from the middle Pleistocene onwards. It had fairly modern human features, with a larger cranial capacity than that of Homo habilis. The forehead is less sloping and the teeth are smaller. Homo erectus would bear a striking resemblance to modern humans, but had a brain about 74 percent of the size of modern man. These early humans were tall, on average standing about 1.78 m (5 feet, 10 inches) tall.
2007-07-13 07:55:24 · answer #2 · answered by jennifer7228 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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. 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).
2007-07-13 07:52:59 · answer #3 · answered by Witchblade_1 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
no offense but you have a dirty mind^^
Homo erectus just means, same species who walks up straight.
2007-07-13 08:40:58 · answer #4 · answered by Soa's Fate~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're thinking it's the first primate to walk erect, or like a human, then yes. If you're a perv, then no.
Nancy- Modern human is homo sapiens, the sentient kind.
2007-07-13 07:48:31 · answer #5 · answered by Iacobus 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very early human ancestors were ape-like and used their arms for walking, just as apes do now. At one point of evolution, they began to walk standing up on two legs ( erect ). Other parts have always been erect.
2007-07-13 08:00:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think it means a species of caveman who was able to walk upright (or erect) then it means what you think. Otherwise it does not.
2007-07-13 07:47:13 · answer #7 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it means a human that walks upright.
Why, what did you think?
2007-07-13 07:46:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
That they walk upright? Sure does!
2007-07-13 14:34:07 · answer #9 · answered by Mad Hatter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and how should i know what you think? probably cuz we're here at this section and obviously......gosh! it can't mean what you think because other animals.... you know... =))
2007-07-13 07:55:49 · answer #10 · answered by buzzbuzz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋