Now that is quite tricky, because there wasn't really a species between us and homo erectus-not in ancestral terms, anyway. One species that was our more direct ancestor that lived around the time of erectus would be Homo heidelbergensis, who was the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis, better known as the Neanderthal.
Yes. All modern humans are Homo sapiens.
Homo habilis and Homo erectus are examples of hominins, which are extinct species of the genus Homo that are closely related to modern humans. They are part of our evolutionary history and are considered important in understanding the development of early humans.
Cro-Magnon are early modern humans, closely related to modern humans. Homo erectus is an extinct species in the human evolutionary tree, distantly related to modern humans. Homo habilis and Australopithecus afarensis are more distant relatives, with Homo habilis considered a direct ancestor of Homo erectus and eventually modern humans.
No, humans are currently classified as Homo sapiens, the only remaining species in the Homo genus. Homo erectus was an extinct species of early human that lived approximately 1.9 million to 143,000 years ago.
Homo Erectus
Ardipithecus Ramidus, Australopithecus Ramidus, Australopithecus Afarensis (Lucy), Australopithecus Afracanus, Australopithecus Robustus/Homo Habilis, Homo-Erectus, Homo-Ergaster, Homo-Sapien, Homo-Sapien Neanderthal, Homo-Sapien Sapien.
Homo erectus were animals, just as we are. Animals are the group of organisms descended from the first self-motivating heterotroph multicellular eukaryotic organisms. This includes insects, fish, molluscs, snails, reptiles, birds, and mammals, including modern humans and their primate precursors, such as Homo erectus.
Homo erectus is believed to have disappeared around 140,000 years ago, based on fossil evidence. However, some researchers suggest that populations of Homo erectus may have survived in isolated pockets until as recently as 50,000 years ago.
Homo sapiens evolved from Homo erectus about 300,000 years ago. This evolution marked the emergence of modern humans with distinctive physical and behavioral characteristics.
Homo erectus and Homo ergaster are two distinct species within the Homo genus. Homo ergaster is considered to be an African species that eventually evolved into Homo erectus, which was more widespread and inhabited both Africa and parts of Asia. Homo ergaster is generally seen as a transitional species between Homo habilis and Homo erectus.
australopithecines, Homo habilis, homo erectus, Neanderthal, cro-magnon
Some early humans were called homo erectus, homo habilus and Neanderthal Man.