Homo Erectus Definition

hōmō ĭ-rĕktəs
noun
A species of extinct humans known from fossil remains found in Africa and Eurasia and dating from about 1.9 million to less than 100,000 years ago. Homo erectus is widely regarded as an ancestor of Homo sapiens.
American Heritage
pronoun

A taxonomic species within the genus Homo "” "upright man" (extinct).

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Origin of Homo Erectus

  • New Latin Homō ērēctus species name Latin homō man Latin ērēctus upright

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin homo (“man") + erectus (“erect, high")

    From Wiktionary

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