Bea CatapangBrandon RosePhysical anthropology (OCC)May 15, 2014Similarities and differences between Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens"In our opinion, there are two alternatives. It must either be admitted that the The Homo erectus/Homo sapiens boundary is arbitrary and uses non-morphological (i.e. temporal) criteria to determine it, otherwise Homo erectus would have to be cast [into H. sapiens]" - Milford WolpoffINTRODUCTIONThere is. three hominids. The first is Homo Habilis, who was most ape-like. Homo erectus was their later successor. It was they who made the first stone tools. There are many similarities and differences between these two species. Sometimes people call Homo sapiens “advanced Homo erectus.” The most important adaptive change made by Homo erectus was the first migration out of Africa. [Emigration meant moving through a variety of ecosystems, climates, and ecological contexts. Each of these elements would have presented Homo erectus with challenges never before encountered by hominids. The most significant was the shift from tropical and subtropical Africa to colder regions of the northern hemisphere in Eurasia and the Far East. (anthropology book)] Certain changes resulted from this move and this is where I compare and contrast the two after this move. Some people might say that Homo sapiens and Homo erectus are one and the same, but there are also many differences between the two. KNOWING HOMO ERECTUSHomo erectus was the second species of hominids. They are called erectus because they were the first to stand upright. In my research, there is fossil evidence showing that they lived up to 1.3 million years from today and the first fossil of Homo erectus dates back to 1.8 million years ago. Given this d...... middle of paper ...... what we're doing right now. They started making the tool and they were the ones who lit the first fire. It has just been passed on to a larger species with greater cranial capacity. Homo sapiens was the successor to these discoveries. They are the ones who made these tools more advanced for them. This is why these tools were different. Homo erectus is the inventor of all these things. It was Homo sapiens who extended the function to better hunting. Homo sapiens was considered more human than human. Personally, I think most of them are our ancestors. They really look like us, with only a few differences, but they no longer looked like monkeys. Comparing these two species simply shows us how they evolve from a human-like species to a human-like species. 374