Homo erectus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin homo (“man”) + erectus (“erect, high”). === Proper noun === †Homo erectus m (plural Homines erecti) A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – "upright man" (extinct). ==== Synonyms ==== †Pithecanthropus erectus, †Sinanthropus ==== Hypernyms ==== (species): Primates – order; Haplorhini – suborder; Simiiformes – infraorder; Catarrhini – parvorder; Hominoidea – superfamily; Hominidae – family; Homininae – subfamily; Hominini – tribe; Hominina – subtribe; Homo – genus ==== Derived terms ====