Essay On Homo Erectus

The study of the evolution of human beings often presents many challenges. One of the main challenges is the limited evidence and the constant emergence of new forms of evidence. From time to time, scientists encounter the challenge of naming the fossils and putting them into their appropriate species. In this paper, I am going to discuss the Homo erectus, Homo Heidelbergensis, and Archaic Homo sapiens. The paper will make comparative analyses of the individual species and point out why I believe they deserve to be categorized as distinct species instead of a one species that has different characteristics due to geographical differences.
The Homo Heidelbergensis are approximated to have lived about 600,000 years ago. This simply means the Heidelberg Man and was derived from the German city where the fossil was first found. Unlike modern human beings, they lacked the pointed cheeks that we have. Instead, they had faces that were flat. They had low levels of technological advancement characterized by wooden spears, stone tools and hunted large mammals. One of the characteristics they share with the modern …show more content…
They are described as short and stocky and have a unique skull as compared to their ancestors. They date back to about 1600000 years ago (Robert, 2006). The species was given the name because of its ability to stand and walk in an upright posture. It is taken as one of the closest to the evolution of the modern man due to closer similarity. The species now entails primarily Asian species as the formerly African homo Erectus have been put into a separate species; homo ergaster. This new classification is now regarded as an ancestor to the homo Erectus. Homo ergaster is taken to be the direct ancestor of the human species, whereas the homo Erectus is taken as a side branch of our