From the Ileret article by Spoor et al:
The intraspecific variation of vault size in H. erectus, including KNM-ER 42700, is larger than in extant humans and chimpanzees, but smaller than in gorillas … This degree of variation may well imply that H. erectus showed marked sexual dimorphism, rather than the reduced levels that characterize the derived condition in H. sapiens …
Filed under: Hominini, Homo, Homo erectus, Paleoanthropology | Tagged: Chimpanzees, Gorilla, Homo erectus, Rhesus Macaque | 5 Comments »
