Homo ergaster - Wikipedia
WEBHomo ergaster is an extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans who lived in Africa in the Early Pleistocene. Whether H. ergaster constitutes a species of its own or should be subsumed into H. erectus is an ongoing and unresolved dispute within palaeoanthropology.
Homo ergaster - The Australian Museum
WEBHomo ergaster was first proposed as a new species in 1975 after scientists re-examined a fossil jaw previously identified as Homo habilis. Colin Groves and Vratislav Mazák noticed some unique features about this jaw that made it different to our other human ancestors.
Homo erectus - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
WEBJan 3, 2024 · Early African Homo erectus fossils (sometimes called Homo ergaster) are the oldest known early humans to have possessed modern human-like body proportions with relatively elongated legs and shorter arms compared to the size of the torso.
28. Homo ergaster – The History of Our Tribe: Hominini - Geneseo
WEBINTRODUCTION. As mentioned, the African form of the “ erectus grade” is termed Homo ergaster. PHYLOGENY. H. ergaster is thought to have evolved from either H. habilis or H. rudolfensis in East Africa.
Homo ergaster - New World Encyclopedia
WEBHomo ergaster is an extinct hominin that lived in eastern and southern Africa from about 1.8 million years ago (mya) to about 1.3 mya. It is variously considered to be (1) a distinct species, perhaps ancestral to the Asian Homo erectus; (2) a subspecies of H. erectus, H. erectus ergaster; or (3) the African variety of H. erectus, with "Homo ...
What Drove Homo Erectus Out of Africa? | Smithsonian
WEBOct 19, 2021 · ‘Ubeidiya is one of the earliest-known sites settled by H. erectus (sometimes called Homo ergaster) en route out of Africa. The ancient site—named after a nearby Palestinian Arab village and...
Turkana Boy - Wikipedia
WEBTurkana Boy, also called Nariokotome Boy, is the name given to fossil KNM-WT 15000, a nearly complete skeleton of a Homo ergaster youth who lived 1.5 to 1.6 million years ago.
Homo ergaster | eFossils Resources
WEBHomo ergaster. Homo ergaster's dispersal is limited to the continent of Africa, and fossil remains have been found in East Africa at Olduvai Gorge and East Turkana, and in South Africa at Swartkrans.
Homo ergaster and Its Contemporaries | SpringerLink
WEBDec 24, 2014 · Homo ergaster is the designation of choice for the growing number of paleoanthropologists who believe that the fossils previously allocated to “African Homo erectus ” are sufficiently different from the Asian type material of H. erectus to warrant assignment to a distinct species.
Homo ergaster | SpringerLink
WEBHomo ergaster is a fossil hominin species often used to describe a subset of fossils within Homo erectus. Proponents generally allocate early African Homo erectus fossils dating from c. 1.8–1.4 Ma to Homo ergaster, mainly on the basis of smaller, more gracile crania and a lack of robust cranial suprastructures.
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