Homo Erectus Essay

The Homo erectus was an early species of Homo and the likely descendant of the H. Habilis; the first Hominin species to move out of Africa into Asia and Europe. These were the Hominins that began to develop the characteristics behaviors that we see in living humans, that increasingly engaged intelligence and displayed adaptive flexibility, and the first depended on material culture. During the early Homo’s evolution, hominins began to colonize areas of the world outside Africa. The H.Habilis had a smaller chewing complex and a larger brain, and combined it gave the H. Habilis’s skull a rounder appearance. The H. Erectus has the anatomical characteristics from the distinguished H. Habilis. These Hominins collectively date to about 1.8 my-300,000 yBP. During this dynamic period of human

The species has been classified in the genus of homo and has been named naledi.Scientist suggest they could have lived in Africa up to 3 million years ago and are insinuating that the naledi is a bridge between more primitive bipedal primates and humans

The skull of the naledi, shows similarities to the modern skull, The similarities include the pronounced brow and small teeth like the modern human. The skull of the naledi has a smaller brain cavity, then the modern human skull. The wrist and palm are quite similar to the modern human hand except the naledi has fingers that are slightly curved. The H. Naledi belongs between the H. Habilis, and H. Erectus, in the chronology of human evolution.

The remains were found in what is believed to be a burial chamber. The H. Naledi people appear to have carried individuals deep into the cave system and deposited them in the chamber –possibly over generation. This suggest that they were capable of ritual behavior and possibly symbolic