Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ...

And the Berlin museum authority said it would return h undreds of human skulls from the former German colony of ... the return of the “Java Man” — the first known example of homo erectus that was ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus defied the extreme conditions of African deserts. A recent study reveals how this ancestor of humanity thrived in arid environments, long before Homo sapiens.

As a paleontologist, I traveled in May 2023 to the Indonesian islands of the Riau Archipelago, just south of Singapore, as part of an ongoing quest for evidence of Homo erectus, one of our oldest ...

FROM THE AIR, endless rows of palm trees swallowed the topography as we flew over Bintan Island in the South China Sea. On the ground, an occasional fallen palm tree and piles of red palm fruit ...

New evidence reveals Homo erectus mastered survival in Tanzania’s ancient deserts, proving they were adaptable generalists long before modern humans emerged. Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Image ...

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & Environment. The findings suggest ...

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 ...

ur ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...