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There are many physical and cultural differences between Homo habilis and Homo erectus.

Diet: Homo erectus had a much larger proportion of meat in its diet than Homo habilis. Also, H. habilis had stronger teeth so it could eat tougher foods. They both ate their veggies and bone marrow.

Fire: H. erectus discovered fire and used it for hunting, fighting, scaring animals, cooking, and making tools, while H. habilis did not have control of fire.

Tools: Homo erectus created far more sophisticated stone tools than Homo habilis, and is most well known for its sophisticated biface handaxes. They both had spears and stone tools.

Distribution: Homo habilis is only found in Africa, while Homo erectus has a much wider distribution not only Africa but also spreading across areas of Europe and Asia.

Morphology: Homo erectus had a proportionally larger brain than Homo habilis, and smaller teeth. See related links below for modern reconstructions of these species physical appearance.

Posture: H. erectus walked upright, much like the modern human. However, H. habilis stooped over and did not walk upright.

Erectus means upright and habilis means handyman.

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Homo erectus are different from Homo sapiens in many ways. First, Homo erectus has a thick skull and a forward sloped forehead .In comparison, Homo sapiens have thinner skulls and their heads don't slope forwards. Homo sapiens have advanced verbal and written language however, Homo erectus does communicate with a less complicated verbal language which involves simple gestures and hand motions along with simple noises like grunting or other small sounds. Homo sapiens also have more sophisticated tools such as stoves, beds, microwaves, guns etc. While Homo erectus man only had less advanced tools such as bows, axes, flint and others. Homo sapiens also have religion, and ceremonies. Some religions homo sapiens have are, Christianity, Hindu, Judaism and many others. Homo erectus didn't have any religion because they couldn't communicate with sophisticated verbal language. Homo erectus had no clothes but, homo sapiens did. Overall, homo sapiens differ from homo erectus because of many reasons such as appearance, tools, language, and many others.

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There were various similarities. They were much less ape-like compared to previous beings, the sexual dimorphism was similar to human beings. They had a much smaller supra orbital torus and their inferior frontal gyrus was large and developed, like a humans.

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Erectus

Brain capacity 590 - 650cm3

Height 4'3"

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Brain capacity 850 - 1100cm3

Height 5'10"

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the standing status of h. habilis is not straight while in h.erectus it is straight

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What is the plural form of Homo habilis Homo erectus and Homo sapiens?

Homo Habili and Homo erectus


Are homo habilis more like homo erectus or more like the australopithecines?

in my opinion homo habilis is more like homo erectus but again that is just my opinion.


Did homo habilis stand upright?

Yes the homo habilis is taller than the homo erectus. I recently learned this from a project I've been working on.


What are the stages of hominids?

australopithecine, hominids, homo habilis, homo erectus, and then homo sapiens


What came first homo habilis or homo erectus?

Erectus is the first supposed humanoid species that was walking on 2 legs. It lived between 40.000 years and 1.8 million yers ago. Homo Sapiens is the human species of today, and is not considered to be much more than approx 200.000 years old. Regards.


What came after australopithecines?

Homo Habilis, then Homo erectus, Neanderthals, and Cro-Magnon


Why are Australopithecus Homo habilis and Homo erectus are different from Homo sapiens?

. Australopithecus, Homo habilis and Homo erectus are different from Homo sapiens because the Homo sapiens have a larger brain mass and larger skull structure. The modern human today is related to the early homo sapiens but back then they where a lot shorter and more robust than we are today. And the Australopithecus africanus, Homo erectus and Homo habilis where they had ape like brains but human like jaws and were bipedal.


When did homo erectus transform?

Homo Habilis didn't just transform into Homo Erectus. To answer your question, it was around 1.5-1.6 million years ago ;)


What is the difference between homo habilis and modern humans?

Homo habilis was the earliest of these three hominids and perhaps the most ape-like of them, though it did not stop habilis from being the first known hominid to make and use stone tools. Homo erectus was their later descendant. Erectus was smarter, though their brains were still a little smaller than ours. Homo sapiens may be the cleverest of the trio, though we cannot undermine what habilis and erectus had accomplished-habilis discovered how to use and make stone tools, erectus spread across the world and learnt how to use and make fire. Note that the answer to this question is answered in terms of intellegence between the three species. However, the three species never interacted. Habilis died out around 1 million years ago. Erectus first appeared at around this time, but died out 70 thousand years ago. There is no known evidence of erectus and sapiens interacting.


Does Homo erectus exhibited full bipedalism?

Yes, it is currently thought that Homo habilis was bipedal.


Who were first the autralopthicenes or homo erectus?

First, the Australopithecus Afarensis was first. Then, the Homo habilis. Next, the Homo erectus. Then, the Homo sapiens Neanderthalensis. Last, (Modern humans) Homo sapiens Sapiens.


The order in which early humans developed?

australopithecines, Homo habilis, homo erectus, Neanderthal, cro-magnon