Homo erectus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hominoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Hominoidea

Familia: Hominidae
Subfamilia: Homininae
Tribus: Hominini
Subtribus: Hominina
Genus: Homo
Species: †Homo erectus
Subspecies: H. e. erectus – H. e. javensis – H. e. lantianensis – H. e. palaeojavanicus – H. e. pekinensis – H. e. soloensis

Name

Homo erectus (Dubois, 1893)

Synonyms

Senior Synonym
- Anthropopithecus erectus Dubois, 1893
Objective synonyms
- Pithecanthropus erectus (Dubois, 1893)
Subjective synonyms
- Sinanthropus pekinensis
- Sinanthropus lantianensis
- Javanthropus soloensis
- Meganthropus paleojavanicus

References

Dubois, E. 1893. Palaeontologische onderzoekingen op Java. Extra bijvoegsel der Javasche Courant, Verslag van het Mijnwezen over het 3e kwartaal 1892 10–14.
Dubois, E. 1894. Pithecanthropus erectus: eine menschenaehnlich Uebergangsform aus Java. Batavia: Landsdrukerei. BHL
Antón, S.C. 2003. Natural history of Homo erectus. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 46, 126–170. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10399
Le Gros Clark, W.E. 1964. The fossil evidence for human evolution, 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Leonard, W.R., Robertson, M.L. 1997. Comparative primate energetics and hominid evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 102, 265–281.
Mayr, E. 1950. Taxonomic categories of fossil hominids. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 25, 109–118. Online.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Pithecanthropus, Pithekanthropus
English: Caveman
eesti: Püstine inimene
suomi: Pystyihminen
עברית: הומו ארקטוס
magyar: Felegyenesedett ember
नेपाली: दुई खुट्टे
polski: Człowiek wyprostowany, pitekantrop, pitekantropus
português: Homem das cavernas
Türkçe: Dik duran insan
吴语: 直立人
中文: 直立人

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