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Sub-Categories in Homo

Homo erectus (5)
Homo habilis (2)

Homo sapiens neanderthalis (10)
Homo sapiens sapiens (0)

Web Sites in Category Homo

Atapuerca, a World Heritage Site - Extensive discussion of the Spanish area's three archaeological sites, including fossils of Homo antecessor and Homo heidelbergensis. Features photo albums, discussion of stone toolmaking, VRML models of skull reconstructions, and a discussion of how H. antecessor forced a revision of the Homo family tree.

Early Hominids - Radio report about a research team's discovery, in a Pleistocene cave site in Atapuerca, Spain, of a new species of hominid (Homo antecessor) that may be the common ancestor of both modern humans and Neanderthals.

Genus Homo - Phylogeny, morphology and life history.

Peter Brown's Australian and Asian Palaeoanthropology - Covers the hominid fossil record from Australia, East Asia and South-East Asia. Archaic and modern Homo sapiens, as well as Homo erectus, are discussed. Also includes a PDF field guide to the human skeleton, and downloadable data files of anthropometric data on various historical and modern Asian and Australian collections.

Related Categories:

Science > Biology > Evolution > Human
Science > Earth Sciences > Paleontology
Science > Earth Sciences > Quaternary Studies
Science > Social Sciences > Anthropology
Science > Social Sciences > Archaeology
Science > Social Sciences > Archaeology > Periods and Cultures > Prehistory

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