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What is homo erectus?

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Homo means man. Erectus means, well, erect, upright. So Homo erectus means 'upright man'.
It means human who walks upright.

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Extinct species of primitive hominid that had an upright stature but a small brain (by comparison with modern humans... compared to mammals generally, their brains were enormous).

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