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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOMO ERECTUS

New Latin, from Latin homo man + erectus upright.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMO ERECTUS

Homo erectus  [ɪˈrɛktəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMO ERECTUS

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homo erectus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOMO ERECTUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Homo erectus

Homo erectus

Homo erectus is an extinct species of hominin that lived throughout most of the Pleistocene, with the earliest first fossil evidence dating to around 1.9 million years ago and the most recent to around 143,000 years ago. The species originated in Africa and spread as far as Georgia, India, Sri Lanka, China and Java. There is still disagreement on the subject of the classification, ancestry, and progeny of H. erectus, with two major alternative classifications: erectus may be another name for Homo ergaster, and therefore the direct ancestor of later hominids such as Homo heidelbergensis, Homo neanderthalensis, and Homo sapiens; or it may be an Asian species distinct from African ergaster. Some palaeoanthropologists consider H. ergaster to be simply the African variety of H. erectus. This leads to the use of the term "Homo erectus sensu stricto" for the Asian H. erectus, and "Homo erectus sensu lato" for the larger species comprising both the early African populations and the Asian populations.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMO ERECTUS


anilinctus
ˌeɪnɪˈlɪŋktəs
Benedictus
ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktəs
cactus
ˈkæktəs
cataractous
ˌkætəˈræktəs
conductus
kənˈdʌktəs
conspectus
kənˈspɛktəs
cunnilinctus
ˌkʌnɪˈlɪŋktəs
fractus
ˈfræktəs
heterotactous
ˌhɛtərəʊˈtæktəs
ictus
ˈɪktəs
linctus
ˈlɪŋktəs
prospectus
prəˈspɛktəs
rectus
ˈrɛktəs
rictus
ˈrɪktəs
Saktas
ˈsæktəs
Sanctus
ˈsæŋktəs
tersanctus
tɜːˈsæŋktəs
tractus
ˈtræktəs
zygocactus
ˈzaɪɡəʊˌkæktəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMO ERECTUS

Homo habilis
Homo sapiens

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMO ERECTUS

apparatus
Augustus
Brutus
Christmas cactus
diabetes mellitus
Easter cactus
emeritus
eucalyptus
fetus
hiatus
impetus
lotus
marital status
mistletoe cactus
pathfinder prospectus
situs
spiritus
stratus
tinnitus
Titus

Synonyms and antonyms of Homo erectus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Homo erectus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMO ERECTUS

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The translations of Homo erectus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Homo erectus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

直立人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Homo erectus
570 millions of speakers

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Homo erectus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

होमो इरेक्टस
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الانسان المنتصب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

человек прямоходящий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Homo erectus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হোমো ইরেক্টাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Homo erectus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Homo erectus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Homo erectus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホモエレクタス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

호모 에렉투스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homo erectus
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Homo erectus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹோமோ எரக்ட்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होमो इक्टसस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Homo erectus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Homo erectus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Homo erectus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

людина прямоходяча
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Homo erectus
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Homo erectus
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Homo erectus
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Homo erectus
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Homo erectus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Homo erectus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMO ERECTUS»

The term «Homo erectus» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.046 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMO ERECTUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Homo erectus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMO ERECTUS»

Discover the use of Homo erectus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Homo erectus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Nariokotome Homo Erectus Skeleton
This phenomenal find, a milestone in the history of paleoanthropology, is fully documented in this remarkable book.
Alan Walker, Richard E. Leakey, 1993
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The Evolution of Homo Erectus: Comparative Anatomical ...
This book examines the fossils of Homo erectus and suggests how Homo sapiens may have arisen.
G. Philip Rightmire, 1993
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Homo Erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, ...
Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia W. Henry Gilbert, Berhane Asfaw. Gill (1990). While Pleistocene hominid femora do express platymery index scores comparable to the more platymeric end of the Amerindian range, the ...
W. Henry Gilbert, Berhane Asfaw, 2008
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Dragon Bone Hill : An Ice-Age Saga of Homo erectus: An ...
hosts, speciated about 1.7 million years ago to become generalized parasites who could take advantage of a new digestive environment—that of Homo erectus . This is independent evidence that Homo erectus had adapted to a diet that ...
Noel T. Boaz Professor of Anatomy Ross University School of Medicine, Department of Anthropology University of Iowa Russell L. Ciochon Professor and Chairman, 2004
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Essentials of Physical Anthropology
CHAPTER 9 The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo erectus ancl Contemporaries 230 A New Kind of Hominin 234 The Morphology of Homo erectus 234 Body Size 234 Brain Size 235 Cranial Shape 235 The First Homo erectus: Homo ...
Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Wenda Trevathan, 2012
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Cranial Shape Variation in Homo Erectus
Chapter 1: Overview of H. erectus and Introduction to Dissertation Overview This dissertation will address cranial shape variation in Homo erectus and its implications for the taxonomy, phylogeny and evolutionary history of the species.
Karen L. Baab, 2007
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The Rise of Homo sapiens: The Evolution of Modern Thinking
Rossano (2006) has speculated that fires may also have aided communal attention, served as a form of meditation, and aided the development of consciousness. Would Homo erectus have told stories or sung, activities that are characteristic ...
Frederick L. Coolidge, Thomas Wynn, 2011
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Ecce Homo!: A Lexicon of Man
See Homo erectus. Montagu 1969:54-55. Cf. Day 1965:221 and foil. HOMO ERECTUS JAVENSIS. A synonym for Homo erectus and Homo erectus erectus ( q.v.). Day 1965:221. Cf. Homo javensis. HOMO ERECTUS MAURETANICUS.
Luigi Romeo, 1979
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The Creation: Secular, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, and ...
Many scientists divide these people into three species— Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis, and Homo erectus. Homo habilis had a brain larger than an australopithecine brain but only about half the size of a modern human brain. Homo habilis ...
Everett Jenkins, 2003
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How War Began
Shortly after 40,000 years ago modern Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa, eventually displacing the Neanderthals in Europe and, by 10,000 years ago, the Homo erectus of Asia.67 What delayed Homo sapiens'^ departure from the Nile ...
Keith F. Otterbein, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMO ERECTUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Homo erectus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Human Hands Are Primitive - LiveScience
A 1.42-million-year-old hand fossil that possibly belonged to the extinct human species Homo erectus. Credit: University of Missouri. View full ... «Live Science, Jul 15»
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The A-Hed For a Selfie With a Neanderthal, Visit This Museum
... 500,000 years, boasts potentially unique evidence of use by modern humans, Neanderthals and Homo erectus, among the earliest humans. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
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BWW Reviews: Hale Centre Theatre Presents TARZAN
Meanwhile, Tarzan must reckon with his new found identity as homo erectus and reconcile his emerging feelings for Jane with his loyalty to the ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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Beyond Greece, the world is filled with debt crises
... compared if we look at the span of human history rating back to the past 200,000 years when homo sapiens first evolved from homo erectus. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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A species' worth depends on our resourcefulness
Indeed, the oldest known piece of art is a freshwater mussel shell that was inscribed with geometric figures by Homo erectus in Indonesia more ... «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jul 15»
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Unraveling the Mystery of How Dinosaurs Get Their Names
... but in the fossil record there are several other members of the genus Homo for example Homo neanderthalensis, and Homo erectus . «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Healthier meals do cost families more
This enhanced brain function allowed Homo Erectus to think, create, and develop. Paleo diet has several benefits that our human ancestors ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
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Greek cartoonist faces pro-govt cyber bullies
"There was an uproar of negative comments, some more appropriate to the age of homo erectus," he wrote. Arkas emerged in the 1980s with ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
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Cartoonist cyber-bullied as Greek politics turn sour
"There was an uproar of negative comments, some more appropriate to the age of homo erectus," he wrote. Philosophical animals. «Kathimerini, Jul 15»
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Did our ancestors start cooking to make carrion safe to eat? Early …
She estimates that early humans like Homo erectus could have obtained enough meat to provide an entire days worth of energy from the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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