Archaic Homo sapiens is term used to describe hominids viewed as transitions

between Homo erectus and modern man. These creatures came on the scene when big
browed, jutting jaw hominids were still around. Homo sapien means "Wise Man."

There is only one really good fossil of this Homo rudolfensis: KNM-ER 1470, from Koobi
Fora in the Lake Turkana basin, Kenya. It has one really critical feature: a braincase
size of 775 cubic centimeters, which is considerably above the upper end of H.
habilis braincase size. At least one other braincase from the same region also shows
such a large cranialcapacity. 

Originally considered to be H. habilis, the ways in which H. rudolfensis differs is in its

larger braincase, longer face, and larger molar and premolar teeth. Due to the last two
features, though, some scientists still wonder whether this species might better be
considered an Australopithecus, although one with a large brain!

Year of Discovery: 1986
History of Discovery: 
Russian scientist V.P. Alexeev named the species in 1986 after Richard Leakey’s team
uncovered Homo rudolfensis fossils near the shores of Lake Rudolf (now known as
Lake Turkana) in 1972. Alexeev originally named the species Pithecanthropus
rudolfensis, but the genus name Pithecanthropus was later replaced by Homo.

sex·u·al di·mor·phism
noun
ZOOLOGY
1. distinct difference in size or appearance between the sexes of an animal in
addition to difference between the sexual organs themselves.

Homo erectus (meaning "upright man", from the Latin ērigere, "to put up, set upright") is an
extinct species of hominin that lived throughout most of the Pleistocene geological epoch. Its earliest
fossil evidence dates to 1.9 million years ago and extends to 143,000 years ago. [1][2] It is generally
thought that H. erectus originated in Africa and spread from there, migrating throughout Eurasia as
far as Georgia, Armenia, India, Sri Lanka, China and Indonesia.