To reconstruct the environmental conditions during the time of Homo erectus, the research team used advanced modeling ...

Researchers discovered that Homo erectus adapted to hyperarid conditions in Tanzania one million years ago, challenging ...

While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...

Understanding how early Homo sapiens ventured into Eurasia offers ... This challenges the longstanding view that early humans only expanded during warmer periods. “Until recently, it was thought ...

Yet despite this closeness, Neanderthals' (Homo neanderthalensis) and Homo sapiens' lineages diverged ... When seen from the side, Neanderthals also had noticeably smaller chins, and their front ...

according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first humans capable of living in such hostile terrain. The moment when the first members of the extended human ...