Means: "Upright Man;" pushed Neandrathols to extinction 1. The first ancestors to stand completely upright 2. They were the first group to leave Africa 3. Most recent to evolve from ape to human What I can infer about the Homo Erectus is that they are one generation away from us. We have a lot of similarities because their pelvic bone is completely vertical, they didn't even use their hands to walk.
Sources: Becoming Human video, Missing Links... Homo Erectus (Part 1)
