Courier Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg, 171: 1 - 361, 151 Figs., 33 Tabs., 4 Pis.;
Frankfurt am Main, 1.05.1994
100 YEARS OF PITHECANTHROPUS
THE HOMO ERECTUS PROBLEM
Edited by
JENS LORENZ FRANZEN
Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main 1994 CONTENTS
Part 1: Introduction
Jens Lorenz Franzen:
The Homo erectus Problem 9 - 10
F. Clark Howell: Thoughts on Eugene Dubois and the "Pithecanthropus" Saga 11-20
Part 2: Homo erectus in Asia
Geoffrey G. Pope:
An Historical and Scientific Perspective on Paleoanthropological Research in the Far East...23 - 32
Peter Brown:
Cranial Vault Thickness in Asian Homo erectus and Homo sapiens 33 - 46
Harry Widianto, Anne-Marie Semah, Tony Djubiantono & Francois Semah: A Tentative Reconstruction of the Cranial Human Remains of Hanoman 1
from Bukuran, Sangiran (Central Java) 47 - 59
Dominique Grimaud-Herve:
Evolution of the Javanese Fossil Hominid Brain 61 - 68
Grover S. Krantz:
The Palate of Skull Sangiran 4 from Java 69 - 74
Frederick Edward Grine & Jens Lorenz Franzen:
Fossil Hominid Teeth from the Sangiran Dome (Java, Indonesia) 75 - 103
Andrew Kramer & Lyle W. Konigsberg:
The Phyletic Position of Sangiran 6 as Determined by Multivariate Analyses 105 - 114
Donald E. Tyler:
The Taxonomic Status of "Meganthropus" 115 - 121
Minoru Itihara, Naotune Watanabe, Darwin Kadar & Hisao Kumei: Quaternary Stratigraphy of the Hominid Fossil Bearing Formations in the
Sangiran Area, Central Java 123 - 128
John de Vos, Paul Y. Sondaar, G.D. van den Bergh & Fachroel Aziz: The Homo Bearing Deposits of Java and Its Ecological Context 129 - 140
Susan G. Keates: Archaeological Evidence of Hominid Behaviour in Pleistocene China
and Southeast Asia 141 - 150
Robin W. Dennell, H.M. Rendell, L. Hurcombe & EA. Hailwood: Archaeological Evidence for Hominids in Northern Pakistan
Before One MillionYears Ago 151 - 155 Part 3: Homo erectus in Africa
Bernard Wood:
Taxonomy and Evolutionary Relationships of Homo erectus. 159 - 165
Alan Walker: Early Homo From 1.8 -1.5 Million Year Deposits at Lake Turkana, Kenya 167-173
Barbara Brown:
Comparative Dental Anatomy of African Homo erectus 175 - 184
Ronald J. Clarke:
The Significance of the Swartkrans Homo to the Homo erectus Problem 185 - 193
Part 4: Homo erectus in Europe
Emiliano Aguirre:
Dating the Ibeas Humans: Attempts and Question Marks 197 - 204
Jose Maria Bermudez de Castro: Phylogenetic Analysis of the Atapuerca Hominids: the Dental
Evidence 205 - 211
Eugenia Cunha:
Witnesses for the Presence of Homo erectus in Portugal 213 - 217
Silvana Condemi & Francesco Mallegni:
The Oldest Human Fossils of Italy: Homo erectus or Archaic Homo sapiens! 219 - 223
Laszlo Kordos:
Revised Biostratigraphy of the Early Man Site at Verteszolos, Hungary 225 - 236
Maja Paunovic & Sanja Percac: Fossile Hominiden aus Kroatien. Evolutive Veranderungen in der Struktur der Unterkiefer 237 -239
Alan Turner: Evolution and Dispersion of Larger Mammals in Europe
During the Time Span of Homo erectus 241 - 247
Part 5: Varia
Fred Spoor & Frans Zonneveld:
The Bony Labyrinth in Homo erectus: A Preliminary Report 251 - 256
Herbert Ullrich:
Bone Modifications in Homo erectus Remains 257 - 266
Sigrid Hartwig-Scherer:
Body Weight Prediction in Fossil Homo 267 - 279
Pierre-Frangois Puech, Henri Albertini, Stella Puech & Frangois Cianfarani:
Dental Strategy and Teething Troubles in Homo erectus 281 - 288 Gerrit N. van Vark:
Multivariate Analysis: Is It Useful for Hominid Studies? 289 - 294
Alfred Czarnetzky: Morphological Variability of Homo erectus as an Indication of a Genetic
Predisposition of Phylogenetic Changes 295 - 298
Part 6: Conclusions
Giinter Brauer:
How Different are Asian and African Homo erectus? 301 - 318
G. Philip Rightmire:
The Relationship of Homo erectus to Later Middle Pleistocene Hominids 319 - 326
Grover S. Krantz:
A Reappraisal of Neandertal Taxonomy 327 - 331
Emiliano Aguirre:
Homo erectus and Homo sapiens: One or More Species? 333 - 339
Milford H. Wolpoff, Alan G. Thorne, Jan Jelinek & Zhang Yinyun.
The Case for Sinking Homo erectus. 100 Years of Pithecanthropus is Enough! 341 - 361