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... erectus , that Eugene Dubois , the Dutch scientist who found the first skull cap in 1891 , decided that it belonged to an ape rather than a hominid - hence the original nomenclature , Pithecanthropus erectus ( " upright ape- man ...
... erectus , that Eugene Dubois , the Dutch scientist who found the first skull cap in 1891 , decided that it belonged to an ape rather than a hominid - hence the original nomenclature , Pithecanthropus erectus ( " upright ape- man ...
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... 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 B.P. ...
... 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 B.P. ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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