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Homo erectus and Homo ergaster are all considered to be one species with a variation. Discuss...

Homo erectus and Homo ergaster are all considered to be one species with a variation. Discuss this variation in detail and explain how this can be a variation of one species rather than two separate species

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H. ergaster is simply the term used for the African variant of H. erectus, whereas plain H. erectus refers moreso to the Eurasian populations.There is obviously variation in bone structure between the two geographical regions


Homo erectus and Homo ergaster are all considered to be one species(shows in attached picture)

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