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

Walking upright, they had longer legs and ... 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 extinct ...

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 ...

Paris (AFP) – Our 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 ...