Some paleoanthropologists consider H. ergaster to be simply the African variety of H. erectus ; this leads to the use of the term `` Homo erectus sensu stricto '' for the Asian H. erectus , and `` Homo erectus sensu lato '' for the larger species comprising both the early African populations ( H. ergaster ) and the Asian populations .
Some paleoanthropologists consider H. ergaster is just the African variety of H. erectus .