Our early human ancestors might have been more adaptable than previously thought: New research suggests Homo erectus was able to survive—and even thrive—after its home in East Africa shriveled up and ...

To reconstruct the environmental conditions during the time of Homo erectus, the research team used advanced modeling ...

Researchers discovered that Homo erectus adapted to hyperarid conditions in Tanzania one million years ago, challenging ...

Homo erectus outlived and outadapted other hominins by mastering life in extreme environments of Eastern Africa, a new study ...

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 ...

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 ...

“By doing archeology, what we can see is that Homo erectus keeps coming back to the same place in the landscape over thousands of years,” University of Calgary professor Dr. Julio Mercader said.

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 were the first ...

The multidisciplinary analysis by researchers at UCalgary, the University of Manitoba and 17 other institutions around the world shows Homo erectus adapted at least 1.2 million years ago -- long ...

Homo erectus had longer legs ... and Engaji Nanyori went from a relatively hospitable habitat to a hyper-arid shrubland. Somehow, H. erectus was able to adjust to this new landscape.