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... Homo erectus , called Pithecanthropus IV , is from the Djetis beds in Java . Unlike the australopithecines , this specimen has a marked canine diastema in its upper jaw - a distinctly pongid trait . So marked ... HOMO ERECTUS ( above ). 79.
... Homo erectus , called Pithecanthropus IV , is from the Djetis beds in Java . Unlike the australopithecines , this specimen has a marked canine diastema in its upper jaw - a distinctly pongid trait . So marked ... HOMO ERECTUS ( above ). 79.
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... Homo erectus has been found in three different parts of Africa . In the north , large chinless jaws formerly assigned to the genus At- lanthropus were recovered at Ternifine , Algeria , with dates estimat- ed to be no older than 800,000 ...
... Homo erectus has been found in three different parts of Africa . In the north , large chinless jaws formerly assigned to the genus At- lanthropus were recovered at Ternifine , Algeria , with dates estimat- ed to be no older than 800,000 ...
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... Homo erectus status are more advanced than the Far Eastern pithecanthropines of comparable age and belong in a taxon intermediate between Homo erectus and Homo sapiens . Homo Erectus Cultures The spread of Homo erectus over so large a ...
... Homo erectus status are more advanced than the Far Eastern pithecanthropines of comparable age and belong in a taxon intermediate between Homo erectus and Homo sapiens . Homo Erectus Cultures The spread of Homo erectus over so large a ...
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FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
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