Researchers dated a Homo erectus skull in South Africa to 2 million years ago — the oldest known H. erectus fossil on Earth. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

In 1958, a seemingly insignificant discovery made by farmers in the Guangdong province of southern China would soon challenge centuries of human evolutionary theory. While collecting bat guano for ...

The Sunda Shelf is home to a rich Pleistocene hominin fossil record, including specimens of Homo floresiensis, Homo ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

The team analyzed over 6,000 fossilized remains, including fragments of Homo erectus skulls and bones belonging to 36 species of vertebrates, uncovered during the marine sand extraction. Written ...

Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia, provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago. Skull fragments and other fossil remains provide a unique picture of how ...

Bone fragments from Homo erectus have emerged that shed new light on humans ... Skull fragments and other fossil remains emerged from among more than 6,000 animal fossils found in some 177 ...

The fossilised skull of a hominid that lived 930,000 years ago has been found in Kenya, Science magazine reports. The creature may have belonged to the species Homo erectus, says the team which found ...

Researchers uncovered Homo erectus skull fragments within 176.5 million cubic feet of sand. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday.

The Homo erectus fossil was discovered in 2011 due to a large construction project in the Madura Strait. However, it wasn't until this month that scientists published the findings in the journal ...

The partial skull represents the earliest known human fossils discovered in Western Europe, according to new research. Scientists suspect the remains belong to Homo erectus, though they cannot ...

In this scenario, the Xujiayao fossils, and others with unusual features unearthed in China, were classified as intermediates between more primitive hominins such as Homo erectus and more modern ones.