Homo erectus的词源

英文词源

Homo erectus: "An extinct hominid that is believed to have spread from Africa to Europe and Asia about 2 million years ago and appears to have survived in Asia to at least 150,000 years ago. Compare Java, Peking man, Solo. Also in extended use: man as a biped", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in Popular Science Monthly. From scientific Latin Homo erectus, species name from Homo, genus name + erectus, specific name, specific use of classical Latin ērectus, so called on account of its upright (fully bipedal) posture. Compare earlier Pithecanthropus.

Homo,人属，erectus,竖直，直立，词源同erect.

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