ERECTUS

Meaning of ERECTUS in English

adj. (Latin) upright

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HOMO ERECTUS — (Latin; " erect man ") Extinct species of early hominid that is generally thought to be a direct ancestor of …
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HOMO ERECTUS — -ə̇ˈrektəs noun Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: New Latin, literally, erect human being : an extinct large-brained hominid of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOMO ERECTUS — /hoh"moh i rek"teuhs/ 1. an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and …
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HOMO ERECTUS — extinct species of early hominid that, while there is still considerable disagreement on the point, is thought to be the …
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HOMO ERECTUS — (Latin; " erect man ") Extinct species of early hominid that is generally thought to be a direct ancestor of …
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ZHOUKOUDIAN — or Chou-k'ou-tien Archaeological site some 26 mi (42 km) southwest of Beijing, China, where fossil remains of the extinct hominid …
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LAKE TURKANA REMAINS — Collection of hominid fossils found along the shores of Lake The Koobi Fora site, excavated by the Leakey family and …
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JAVA MAN — Common name of fossilized Homo erectus remains found in 1891 at Trinil, Java. The remains, a skullcap and thighbone, represent …
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HUMAN EVOLUTION — Evolution of modern human beings from nonhuman and extinct hominid forms. Genetic evidence points to an evolutionary divergence between the …
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HOMO — I Genus of the family Hominidae of The genus includes modern humans ( Homo sapiens ), the extinct species H. …
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ERECT — I. ə̇ˈrekt, ēˈ- adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin erectus, past participle of erigere to erect, from e- + -rigere …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MISSING LINK — hypothetical extinct creature halfway in the evolutionary line between modern human beings and their anthropoid progenitors. In the latter half …
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HUMAN EVOLUTION
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HOMINID — any creature of the family Hominidae (order Primates), of which only one species exists todayHomo sapiens, or human beings. Extinct …
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EVOLUTION
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: ANTHROPOLOGY-AND-ARCHAEOLOGY — Anthropology Physical Anthropology. In 2000 an international research team published a molecular analysis of mitochondrial DNA extracted from the rib …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: AGRICULTURE — FISHERIES According to the latest figures released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 1994 produced the highest-ever world …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: PERFORMING-ARTS: THEATRE
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TRINIL FAUNAL ZONE — middle Pleistocene sequence of deposits characterized by distinctive animal forms (the Pleistocene epoch began about 1,600,000 years ago and ended …
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SAINT-ACHEUL — locality near Amiens in the Somme River valley, Somme dpartement, Picardie region, northern France. Saint-Acheul is the type locality at …
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PLEISTOCENE EPOCH — the earlier and major of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period of Earth history, and the time period …
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PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
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JAVA MAN — extinct hominid known from fossil remains found in Java. The skullcap and thighbone, discovered by E. Dubois in 1891 at …
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HOMO SAPIENS — genus and species to which all modern human beings (Homo sapiens sapiens) belong and to which are attributable fossil remains …
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HOMO HABILIS — extinct species of early hominid that inhabited parts of sub-Saharan Africa about 2 million to 1.5 million years ago. Considerable …
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CHOU-K'OU-TIEN — Pinyin Zhoukoudian archaeological site near the village of Chou-k'ou-tien, 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Peking, China. The site has …
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CHINA, FLAG OF
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HUMAN EVOLUTION — Evolution of modern human beings from nonhuman and extinct hominid forms. Genetic evidence points to an evolutionary divergence between the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ZHOUKOUDIAN — or Chou-k'ou-tien Archaeological site some 26 mi (42 km) southwest of Beijing, China, where fossil remains of the extinct hominid …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
JAVA MAN — Common name of fossilized Homo erectus remains found in 1891 at Trinil, Java. The remains, a skullcap and thighbone, represent …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ЭВОЛЮЦИЯ — ЭВОЛЮЦИЯ ЧЕЛОВЕКА В идеале использование характерных структурных признаков (маркеров) дифференциации гоминид должно обеспечить распознавание той или иной ступени развития человека. …
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