Homo erectus, not sapiens, first humans to survive desert: study Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study ...

A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how ...

They also had bigger brains than earlier species, though not quite as large as the brains of today’s humans, Homo sapiens. H. erectus persisted for more than 1.5 million years before going ...

A million years ago, researchers have found, an extinct species of human relatives known as Homo erectus thrived in a harsh desert landscape once considered off limits before Homo sapiens came along.

A figure of Homo erectus, whose ruggedness and capabilities ... that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first humans capable of living in such hostile terrain.

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly ... that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first humans capable of living in such hostile terrain. The moment when ...