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 ...

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 ...

Ancient Desert Dwellers Findings published by an international research team in Nature Communications Earth & Environment report that our early human relative, Homo erectus, lived in arid terrains in ...

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 ...