Homo erectus Dubois 1892

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Alternative combination: Pithecanthropus erectus

Synonym: Homo ergaster Groves and Mazak 1975

Belongs to Homo according to E. Mayr 1950

See also Cela-Conde and Ayala 2003 and Vekua et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Bimanes, Homo antecessor, Homo floresiensis, Homo georgicus, Homo habilis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo helmei, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo njarasensis, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo sapiens, Kenyanthropus platyops

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), China (1), Ethiopia (3), Indonesia (4), Italy (1), Kenya (24), Morocco (3), Syria (1), Tanzania (2), Vietnam (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)

Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence

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