Homo erectus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin homo (“man”) + erectus (“erect, high”).
Proper noun edit
†Homo erectus m (plural Homines erecti)
- 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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Synonyms edit
- †H. erectus (abbreviation), †Pithecanthropus erectus, †Sinanthropus
Hypernyms edit
- (species): Primates - order; Haplorhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Homininae - subfamily; Hominini - tribe; Hominina - subtribe; Homo - genus