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

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

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

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 study ...

and stone tools – to map out life in the distant past. A detailed analysis of these remnants was used to recreate the climate ...

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in ... semi-desert conditions persisted in the area with characteristic plant life evident. The archaeological data suggests that groups of H.

very low/very high plant life, temperature/humidity extremes, and the need for high mobility,” he added. “This adaptability expands Homo erectus’s potential range into the Saharo-Sindian ...