Homo erectus sensu lato

Weidenreich Reconstructions ("Late Asian erectus")

Classic composite Wiendenreich reconstruction

Lateral view of the classic composite Wiendenreich reconstruction

Mandible from the classic composite

Skull from Broken Hill

Note. The strong presence of a supra-orbital torus and the angled zygomatics

Comparison of a modern human femur and the femoral head and knee from Broken Hill. Note that the two are almost indistinguishable

If H. heidelbergensis is a valid species, the following are considered members:

From Sima de los Huesos, Spain: Skull 5

Mandible of Skull 5

From Saldanha, South Africa

Mauer Mandible (German)

Comparison of mandibles:

From above left to bottom right: two modern human mandibles, the Mauer mandibles, and the Skull 5 mandible

H. erectus sensu stricto

Sangiran VI:

Bottom view of the foramen magnum (left) , as well as the posterior portion of the skull (right)

Sangiran VI: Meganthropus

Teeth and portion of the mandible

Teeth and portion of the mandible

Sangiran 17

 

...and as more time passed, more Homo!

 KNM-ER-3228 (above) and OH28 (below) 

 

Note the acetabulocristale buttress on both and how they are the same relative size

D-2700

 

Cranium

 Posterior view of the cranium. Note the sagittal keel

 

Mandible of the individual, note the ascending ramus

 Mandible

OH5 (above) and modern human (below)

 Note the difference in parietal thickness, and how OH5 is thicker

H. ergaster

 VERY thick parietal!

Modern human (left) and H. ergaster (right)

 Compare the difference in parietal thickness, and note the THICKNESS of H. ergaster

OH9, KNM-ER-3883, KNM-ER-3733, OH5 (from left to right)

Cranium comparison

"Turkana Boy" KNM-WT-15000

 The partial skeleton that has been recovered

 Original pelvis reconstruction, that now has been nearly debunked

Cranium of Turkana Boy

 Mandible of Turkana Boy

STONE TOOLS

Olduvai Stone Tool Industry

 Picture of a "chopper"

Acheulean Stone Tool Technology

"Handaxes"

The start of Homo!!

H. habilis and H. rudolfensis

KNM-ER-3228 -H. rudolfensis

This picture shows that the pelvis has the presence of an acetabulocristale buttress

Note in this picture the amount of ilia flare

KNM-ER-1481- H. rudolfensis

 

Note the similar femur size in 1481 compared to an anatomically modern human (Modern human above, 1481 below)

 Note in this picture the presence of an obvious linea aspera

KNM-ER-1470 (left) and Kenyanthropus platyops (right)

Note the similar flat faces

STW53 (left) and STS5- "Mrs. Ples" (right)

STW53 is a south African form of genus Homo, and Mrs. Ples was from South Africa- Australopithecus africanus. Note that both have post-orbital constriction

KNM-ER-1805 -H. rudolfensis

Note the appearance of what looks like an asymmetrical sagittal crest. Perhaps caused by fossilization, but probably pathologically distorted, too. 

KNM-ER-1813 -H. rudolfensis

OH8- H. rudolfensis

OH24- H. habilis

 OH16-H. habilis

Human - KNM-ER-1481 - Lucy

A comparison of their respective femurs