Homo erectus was named in 1893 as Anthropopithecus erectus, renamed Pithecanthropus erectus in 1894, and finally named Homo erectus in 1950, following its 1891 discovery.

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  Homo erectus, our ancient ancestor | Natural History Museum

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• Homo erectus, our ancient ancestor | Natural History Museum www.nhm.ac.uk Natural History Museum via serper

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• Homo erectus concept