Homo Erectus Research Paper

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- Minimum 5 pages. In addition to the minimum page requirement, please include a title page and a “REFERENCES CITED” page according to Chicago Manual of Style formatting.

- A minimum of 4-6 sources must be used (peer reviewed journal articles only)

- In text citation must follow Chicago Manual of Style formatting. Please make sure you cite your source whenever using material/text/ideas that are not yours.

For this research paper, you are asked to research Homo Erectus. This paper will be largely literature review. In other words, you will summarize and emphasize the relevant/important research (for each subsection below) that is current to Homo Erectus. Please organize your paper as I have outlined below; making sure you have subtitles as I do. In these sections, make sure you address the questions and points I have listed

Introduction

Introduce your hominin

Provide a summarization of we know about Homo Erectus such as, but not limited to:

Major fossil finds

Geography of where hominin lived

Time period hominin lived

Diet

Culture

Origin

Extinction

Climate

Culture

Discuss whether or not your species had any form of culture. Remember to define culture. Some examples of early culture can include:

Tool usage

Tool making

Control of Fire

For later species, we have evidence from all of the above and more. So make sure to include the above items and include:

Belief Systems

Art

Speech

Burial Practices

Clothing

Symbolism

Make sure you connect the information on these topics to evidence such as skeletal remains and archeological evidence.

Extinction/Evolution to different species (Please note that information for some hominins regarding extinction might be limited. Remember, it could be that we don’t have much information yet.)

In this section, you will discuss and analyze reasons for extinction. Refer to physical evidence such as skeletal remains and archeological support.

Some reason might include:

Climate change

Evolution

Natural Resources

Competition

Conclusion

In this section, make sure to address the following questions/points:

- Summary of what the reader just read

- Why this research important?

- Where is the research lacking?

- What suggestions do you have for future research in this area?


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Surname 1

Homo Erectus

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Homo Erectus
Introduction
The Homo erectus also called homo ergaster are the oldest known early human that
possesses modern human-like body proportion. The Homo Erectus had existed about 1.8 million
to 143,000 years ago. They had elongated legs, shorter arms then the earlier species. The short
arms was an indicator that the erectus was able to walk upright and were able to run long
distances as opposed to many of the earlier species that were known for tree climbing. In this
pare I will be discussing the origin, diet, culture, extinction, and climate associated with the
Homo erectus.
The origin
The Homo erectus origins from australopithecine in east Africa it then migrated to other
parted of the Africa where the fossils have been found. It is also a hypothesis that the erectus
evolved from Eurasia and then migrated to Africa. The Homo erectus lived in Africa, western
Asia, and East Asia. In Africa, the Homo erectus lives in northern, eastern and southern Africa,
in West Asia they lived in, Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia and in East Asia they lived in China
and Indonesia1. The first discovery of this fossil was by Dubois in 1891 who names the species
Pithecanthropus erectus in the island of Java. They are the species that covered the largest
geographical ranges as indicated by their fossils in different places.
Diet

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Antón, Susan C. "Natural history of Homo erectus." American journal of physical anthropology 122, no. S37
(2003): 126-170.

Surname 3
The Homo erectus were known to have eaten crunchy, brittle and tough foods. They were
the opposite of what some of the earlier species east. Their diets were determined by examining
their teeth of any signed of eating something that is tough. From the research, the species was
found to have some tooth marks. Once the telltale marked were recognized from this species,
they hence concluded that eating of the tough diet leads to the fracture of the teeth. They also
killed the animal for meat after eating the meat they would chew the bone as well. From the
research, the erectus eat well; this means that t...


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