What's the difference between Homo Sapiens and Homo Erectus?

Question

What's the difference between Homo Sapiens and Homo Erectus?

Answer 1

Time range:

erectus : 2 million to 30,000 years BP

saoiens : 250,000 years BP to the present

Geography

erectus : Old World only

sapiens : Old World and New World

Physique

erectus : 1.8 m

sapiens : 1.4 - 1.9 m

Body mass

erectus : 60 kg

sapiens : 55 - 80 kg

Brain volume

erectus : 850 - 1,100 cc

sapeins : 1,000 - 1.850 cc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolu...

Brain to body mass ratio

erectus : 0.015

sapiens : 0.022

http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/co...

Answer 2

Sapiens has just ejaculated... Erectus have a lot of things to do..

Answer 3

Homo erectus "Upright Man") was the first hominid to leave Africa. His existence dates from 1.6 million years ago to perhaps 200,000 years ago. However, recent discovers have suggested that isolated populations may have existed even later.

Brain size is put at 850cc, height up to 6 feet and weight was comparable to modern humans.

Early discoveries of Homo Eretus remains were variously named Peking Man, Java Man and Heidelberg Man. His range was all of Africa, most of Europe and as far east as China.

Homo sapiens "Man who thinks" The archaic form is dated between 500,000 and 150,000 years ago. Brain size is about 1200cc. for the archaic and 1350 for the modern. Homo sapiens are of lighter build, the forehead shows a sharp rise, the back oc the skull is rounded, eyebrow ridges are very small or more usually absent, teeth are smaller and the chin is prominent.

Answer 4

homo sapiens exhibit speech, homo erectus exhibited a primitive pre-language. Also homo erectus could only control fire, homo sapiens can make it.

Answer 5

Homo Erectus had a much smaller cranial capacity, which implies a relative lack of intelligence.  Also his hands weren't as well adapted for tool making, not even as well as Homo Habilis, (handy man).

Answer 6

Homosapiens in theory are the original residents of the human race, notably a country in Asia called Sapia. Homo Erectus , means to walk erect, when does it matter where you are born at to find how you walk?