Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Homo ergaster (匠人)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_ergaster


Homo ergaster is an extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans who lived in Africa in the Early Pleistocene. Whether H. ergaster constitutes a species of its own or should be subsumed into H. erectus is an ongoing and unresolved dispute within palaeoanthropology. Proponents of synonymisation typically designate H. ergaster as "African Homo erectus"[2]or "Homo erectus ergaster".[3] The name Homo ergaster roughly translates to "workingman", a reference to the more advanced tools used by the species in comparison to those of their ancestors. The fossil range of H. ergaster mainly covers the period of 1.7 to 1.4 million years ago, though a broader time range is possible.[4] Though fossils are known from across East and Southern Africa, most H. ergaster fossils have been found along the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya


Homo ergaster

Temporal range: Early Pleistocene2.04/1.95–1.4/0.87 Ma