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=== Java Man === | === Java Man === | ||
: ''Main Article: [[Java Man]]'' | : ''Main Article: [[Java Man]]'' | ||
Java Man was the common name for the first fossil evidence to be discovered of what is now called ''Homo erectus''. It was found in 1891 by [[Eugene Dubois]] who was a former student of [[Ernst Haeckel]] | Java Man was the common name for the first fossil evidence to be discovered of what is now called ''Homo erectus''. It was found in 1891 by [[Eugene Dubois]] who was a former student of [[Ernst Haeckel]]. Dubois named the find ''[[Pithecanthropus erectus]]'' (erect ape-man).<ref name=perloff83>Perloff, James. ''[[Tornado in a Junkyard|Tornado in a Junkyard: The Relentless Myth of Darwinism]]''. Burlington, MA: Refuge Books, 1999.</ref> Java Man is arguably the best-known human [[fossil]], and was the evidence that first convinced many people that humans evolved from age-like ancestors.<ref>Lubenow, p. 86.</ref> Since its discovery, there has been much controversy over both the identification and dating of the strata where the fossils were found, and whether the fossils belonged to the same species. | ||
[[Image:Homo_ergaster.jpg|thumb|120px|''Homo ergaster'' - Skull Khm-Heu 3733 discovered by Bernard Ngeneo in 1975 (Kenya)]] | [[Image:Homo_ergaster.jpg|thumb|120px|''Homo ergaster'' - Skull Khm-Heu 3733 discovered by Bernard Ngeneo in 1975 (Kenya)]] | ||
=== Homo ergaster === | === Homo ergaster === | ||
Some have argued that certain ''Homo erectus'' fossils found in East [[Africa]] are a distinct species called ''Homo ergaster'', the name being derived from the Ancient Greek ἐργαστήρ "workman". Many that except this species hold that they are the ancestors of modern ''Homo sapiens'', rather than erectus. It is asserted that ''H. sapiens'' then migrated from Africa replacing ''Homo erectus'' (or archaic ''Homo sapiens'') populations found in other parts of the world.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_ergaster Homo ergaster] Wikipedia, Accessed September 18, 2011.</ref> This model of human evolution is known as the [[Out-of-Africa theory]], which is distinct from the competing view known as the [[Multiregional theory]].<ref>[http://www.nature.com/scitable/content/out-of-africa-versus-the-multiregional-hypothesis-6391 Out-of-Africa versus the multiregional hypothesis] Nature Education, Accessed September 18, 2011.</ref> However, there remains considerable debate as to whether ''Homo ergaster'' should be considered a separate species from ''Homo erectus'', and many in fact treat them one and the same.<ref>[http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo/homo_2.htm Homo erectus] by Dennis O'Neil. Behavioral Sciences Department, Palomar College, San Marcos, California.</ref> | Some have argued that certain ''Homo erectus'' fossils found in East [[Africa]] are a distinct species called ''Homo ergaster'', the name being derived from the Ancient Greek ἐργαστήρ "workman". Many that except this species hold that they are the ancestors of modern ''Homo sapiens'', rather than erectus. It is asserted that ''H. sapiens'' then migrated from Africa replacing ''Homo erectus'' (or archaic ''Homo sapiens'') populations found in other parts of the world.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_ergaster Homo ergaster] Wikipedia, Accessed September 18, 2011.</ref> This model of human evolution is known as the [[Out-of-Africa theory]], which is distinct from the competing view known as the [[Multiregional theory]].<ref>[http://www.nature.com/scitable/content/out-of-africa-versus-the-multiregional-hypothesis-6391 Out-of-Africa versus the multiregional hypothesis] Nature Education, Accessed September 18, 2011.</ref> However, there remains considerable debate as to whether ''Homo ergaster'' should be considered a separate species from ''Homo erectus'', and many in fact treat them one and the same.<ref>[http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo/homo_2.htm Homo erectus] by Dennis O'Neil. Behavioral Sciences Department, Palomar College, San Marcos, California.</ref> | ||
