Homo erectus (English spelling)

Japanese: Homo erectus(英語表記)Homoerectus
Homo erectus (English spelling)

...In Europe, Pliopithecus , thought to be the ancestor of gibbons, has been found, and complete fossils of Oreopithecus have been found in Italy. Fossils of modern apes and humans, such as Proconsul , Dryopithecus , Ramapithecus , and Gigantopithecus , have been found throughout Afro-Eurasia. This leads to Australopithecus from the late Pliocene and Homo erectus , a primitive human from the Pleistocene. There are very few fossils that are related to modern prosimians, but fossils of the loris family Indraloris are known from Pliocene strata in India.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Homo erectus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,ヨーロッパではテナガザルの祖型と考えられているプリオピテクスPliopithecusが,イタリアからはオレオピテクスOreopithecusの完全な化石が発見されているし,プロコンスルProconsul,ドリオピテクスDryopithecus,ラマピテクスRamapithecus,ギガントピテクスGigantopithecusなどの現生類人猿やヒトに近縁な化石がアフロ・ユーラシア各地で発見されている。そして鮮新世後半のアウストラロピテクスAustralopithecus,さらに洪積世の原人ホモ・エレクトゥスHomo erectusへとつながっていくのである。現生の原猿につながる化石はきわめて少ないが,インドの鮮新世の地層からはロリス科のインドラロリスIndralorisの化石が知られている。…

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