erectus is a now-extinct species of early human that experts say arose some two million years ago in Africa. Walking upright ... brains of today’s humans, Homo sapiens. H.

This means that all humans living in the world today are of the species Homo sapiens – regardless of how different they look. Homo erectus means “upright human”. The upright gait emerged at several ...

The exhibition is the first time some of the original fossils are on public display, including skull fossils of Homo erectus ... erectus, meaning "upright-walking ape-man," indicating an early ...