H. ergaster is sometimes categorized as a subspecies of Homo erectus. It is currently somewhat controversial whether H. ergaster or the later, Asian H. erectus was the direct ancestor of modern ...

“We hypothesise that the Dmanisi hominins did not share a unique common ancestor with H. erectus or H. ergaster, and we ...

White argues that Homo ergaster is actually an early Homo erectus. Homo erectus was actually a single, widespread species, White said. It did not start to fragment into different species, ...

A million-year-old Homo erectus skull found in Ethiopia indicates that this human ancestor was a single species scattered widely throughout Asia, Europe and Africa, not two separate species ...

"This new cranium should belong to either Homo ergaster [also known as "African Homo erectus"] or more likely a novel and closely related species, rather than Homo erectus, which most researchers ...

Berkeley - A million-year-old Homo erectus skull found in Ethiopia indicates that this human ancestor was a single species scattered widely throughout Asia, Europe and Africa, not two separate ...

Paleontology: Evidence of early ancestor's wide migrations reopens the debate over evolution.

A recent study published in the journal L’anthropologie provides new data on one of the most fascinating mysteries of human ...

Homo erectus was also the most successful of all human species, at least so far. They survived for a staggering period of time, nearly two million years, before fading out about 110,000 years ago ...

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 ...