Hominin Homo erectus: Characteristics, Culture, and Society

Biological Anthropology
Essay on Hominin Homo erectus.
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Biological Anthropology
Generally, hominins have been described as the earliest great apes which existed 500 years
ago. The human being has evolved from these apes (Hublin 2014:76).They used to have
human characteristics which later developed to form a complex creature known as the Homo
sapiens or the current human being. Each hominin was discovered from different areas and
some had some shared characteristics. Some of the hominin discovered by historians included
the Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, and Homo habilis among others. The chronological order
in which these species existed tries to remind the human beings on some of the stages they
have passed. The hominin is believed to possess little characteristics connected with the
current human beings. The evolution continued in millions of years until the current Homo
sapiens.
In the discussion have selected the homo erectus species as the only hominin to discuss.The
content of homo erectus has been well articulated by summarising its culture, describing the
environment where the species of homo erectus were found, discussing the culture of homo
erectus and lastly revealing on some aspects that try to describe the society and the
relationship exhibited in this stage of evolution (Baab 2016:312).
Homo erectus has been identified as the longest living hominin (Spoor et al.2015:51).This
has been clearly described by the researchers who discovered Homo erectus species in East
Africa 1.9 million years ago. Evidence shows that a lot of hominins used to live in
Africa.Some species were discovered in Lake Turkana. However, there are some discoveries
which show that some species also existed in Asia and some parts of Indonesia. The fossil
evidence of Homo erectus has been identified in western Asia in 1991 that existed 1.8-1.85
million years old. The overall environment where Homo erectus lived we can say it was
Africa. Most of the Homo erectus fossils were discovered in different parts of Africa.
Researchers show that these species later migrated from Africa and then spread out to
different locations of the world. The migration was due to some reasons such as the adverse