erectus

Her team is also interested in asking similar questions about human ancestors from East Africa, as well as later species of hominin, such as Homo erectus.

她的团队对于回答有关人类祖先来自东非的类似问题也有兴趣，以及原始人类的人种问题，比如原始人类的直立行走。

The well-preserved fossils resemble Homo erectus, a species from the genus Homo that first appeared in Africa some two million years ago and quickly spread throughout Europe and much of Asia.

这些保存完好的化石类似于直立人，从这个属系的人类来说，最早是在二百万年前出现在非洲的一些地方，并迅速蔓延至整个欧洲和亚洲大部分地区。

H. erectus is generally believed to be the direct ancestor of modern humans and also the first hominid to live in caves and tame fire.

人们通常认为直立人是现代人的直接祖先，也是第一个生活在洞穴中和学会用火的原始人类。