Homo erectus is the denomination that receives a superior primate already extinct on our planet, ancestor of homo sapiens, a species to which we humans belong. Its name is not at all accidental and has a forceful meaning in regard to the evolution of man, since its name means the human being who walks upright, a quality that certainly distinguishes us men.
By the way, there are many characteristics that homo erectus shares with humans today, many inheritances being precisely this specimen that has now disappeared. It was a robust species, whose height oscillated the meter eighty. The differences lay in the absence of a chin, very small teeth and a lower cranial volume than today's man.
According to studies, Homo erectus was planted on earth a little less than two million years ago and completely disappeared about one hundred and thirty thousand years ago, its traces and remains being found on the African, European and Asian continents. Native of AfricaTo be more precise, it is worth noting that homo erectus, unlike previous hominids, left its place of origin to populate other regions such as those mentioned.
In the beginning, Homo erectus used the gathering of food as a survival method, meanwhile, later he would leave this task to the women and went out to look for food more actively through hunting, including the need to equip himself with good elements. To make hunting effective, he developed tools such as the club.
Another finding attributed to homo erectus is the use and management of fire as an element of nature that had a double function: to give them heat in the winter and to cook food.
Preoccupied with getting warm in the cold season, homo erectus also had the practical intelligence of using animals, rather their skins, to cover themselves from the cold.
Although scientists still do not dare to give complete precision in this regard, it is believed that the last representatives of Homo erectus coexisted with Homo sapiens.
