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

Scientists have identified a previously unknown human relative from a 1.4-million-year-old fossilized jawbone, reshaping our ...

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

A 1.4-million-year-old fossil jaw discovered in a South African cave in 1949 has now been identified as that of a previously ...

The measurements fit with estimates of how our Homo heidelbergensis ancestors ... evolutionary link between modern-day humans and Homo ergaster, the first of our ancestors recognisable as ...

According to new research, Homo erectus, one of our early ancestors, was able to live and thrive in the tough, desert-like areas of Eastern Africa over a million years ago. As the first hominin ...

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 ...

ur 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 ...

PARIS, France - 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 ...