TY - JOUR AU - Wang, Qian AU - Tobias, Phillip V. PY - 2001/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - An old species and a new frontier: Some thoughts on the taxonomy of Homo erectus JF - Anthropological Review JA - AR VL - 64 IS - SE - Articles DO - 10.18778/1898-6773.64.01 UR - https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/ar/article/view/12585 SP - 9-20 AB - <p>The taxonomic impact on <em>Homo erectus </em>induced by a .pre<em>erectus</em>- out-of-Africa. paradigm is preliminarily discussed in this article. Some of the early <em>Homo </em>species in Asia should be allocated to another taxon rather than to <em>H. erectus</em>, although their real identities are not yet readily apparent. Asian <em>H. erectus </em>may be taxonomically distinct from African <em>H. ergaster</em>. Differences between two samples of <em>H. erectus </em>from Java and China, suggesting taxonomic diversity or only geographical variances between these subsets, need further study. Reasons are advanced against the proposal to lump <em>H. erectus </em>into <em>H. sapiens</em>.</p> ER -