Homo erectus is a direct ancestor of modern humans ... “proves beyond any question” that two different hominins were walking in the same area at the same time. “The idea that they lived ...

A remarkable discovery in northern Kenya has provided the first direct evidence that two early human relatives, Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei, lived in the same environment 1.5 million years ...

His ribcage and shoulder girdle indicate that he could swing his arms when walking or running ... With the appearance Homo erectus/ergaster in the fossil record we also see the first use of ...

While experts haven’t confirmed Pink’s exact hominin species just yet, they may belong to our famous evolutionary relative, Homo erectus. Hominins began migrating into Eurasia at least 1.8 ...

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 ...

New fossil evidence from a Spanish cave suggests an unknown prehistoric human population once lived in Europe.

Pink: fragment (ATE7-1) left of the face of an individual assigned to Homo aff. erectus recovered in level TE7 of the Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain). Credit: María D. Guillén / ...