page_title: Homo erectus
hierarchical_section_title: Homo erectus
caption_attribution_description: English: Homo erectus from Tautavel, France (reconstruction, Museum Tautavel) Deutsch: Homo erectus aus Tautavel, Frankreich (Rekonstruktion, Museum Tautavel) Français&#160;: Homo erectus de Tautavel, département Pyrénées-Orientales (reconstruction, Muséum Tautavel)
context_page_description: Homo erectus is an extinct species of the genus Homo. Fossil remains were found in Java and in China. Nearly all of them were lost during World War II, but there are casts that are considered to be reliable evidence.
  Early in the 20th century it was believed that the first modern humans lived in Asia. But during the 1950s and 1970s, many fossil finds from East Africa showed that the oldest hominins came from there.
context_section_description: Homo erectus (Latin: "upright man") is an extinct species of the genus Homo. Fossil remains were found in Java (1890s) and in China (1921). Nearly all of them were lost during World War II, but there are casts that are considered to be reliable evidence.
  Early in the 20th century it was believed that the first modern humans lived in Asia. But during the 1950s and 1970s, many fossil finds from East Africa (Kenya) showed that the oldest hominins came from there.
caption: Reconstruction of a specimen from Tautavel, France
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