Though the species' brain size certainly exceeds that of ancestor species, capacity varied widely depending on the population. erectus had a more modern gait and body proportions, and was the first human species to have exhibited a flat face, prominent nose, and possibly sparse body hair coverage. soloensis from Java, around 117,000–108,000 years ago. The last known population of H. erectus is H. Asian populations of H. erectus may be ancestral to H. floresiensis and possibly to H. luzonensis. H. erectus was the first human ancestor to spread throughout Eurasia, with a continental range extending from the Iberian Peninsula to Java. Several human species, such as H. heidelbergensis and H. antecessor, appear to have evolved from H. erectus, and Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern humans are in turn generally considered to have evolved from H. heidelbergensis. Its specimens are among the first recognizable members of the genus Homo.
Homo erectus ( / ˌ h oʊ m oʊ ə ˈ r ɛ k t ə s/ meaning " upright man") is an extinct species of archaic human from the Pleistocene, with its earliest occurrence about 2 million years ago. Pithecanthropus erectus ( Dubois, 1893).
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