6.8: Around Homo erectus

Almost all paleoanthropologists acknowledge Homo erectus as a category of hominin in between Australopithecines and anatomically modern Homo sapiens. The transition from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens is less clear. extreme lumpers consider Homo erectus a

Homo antecessor

A hominid found in Europe from around 1.2mya to 800,000 ya, with a morphology very similar to Homo ergaster.

• Article on Homo antecessor dentition

Homo heidelbergensis

• DENNIS O'NEIL ON HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS

Imagination Questions

The animal rights movement among other factors has politicized the human diet. Paleoanthropological evidence can be used to support both veganism and raw steaks. Would scientific evidence about our evolutionary propensity for a certain diet effect what you eat?

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