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Homo ergaster

species of mammal (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q105777
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Summary

Homo ergaster is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,475 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Homo[4]
  • Taxon name: Homo ergaster[5]
  • Commons category: Homo ergaster[6]
  • Start time: -1900000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
  • End time: -1400000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Homo ergaster[9]
  • Short name: H. ergaster[10]
  • Taxon common name: Töötav inimene[11], הומו ארגסטר[12], Çalışan insan[13]
  • Time period: Early Pleistocene[14]

Body

Identifiers

Homo ergaster's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4454121[15]. Homo ergaster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4827625[16].

Why It Matters

Homo ergaster has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Genera of the human lineage. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Genera of the human lineage. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Genera of the human lineage. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → homo-ergaster
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: homo-ergaster, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289933000|homo ergaster (#289933000)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fossilworks taxon id → 12975
    Start time → -1900000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Time period → Early Pleistocene
    Taxon rank → species
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007549310905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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