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

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

Homo erectus, one of our ancestors in the line of human evolution, existed for approximately 1.8 million years. They were the first human ancestors known to master the use of fire, tools, and basic ...

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 ...

B. The Book Of Ashurbanipal. C. The Epic Of Gilgamesh. D. The Chronicles Of Sargon. Answer: The Epic Of Gilgamesh Photo by Joe McNally/Getty Images. According to Time, The Epic of Gilgamesh dates back ...

“We hypothesise that the Dmanisi hominins did not share a unique common ancestor with H. erectus or H. ergaster, and we cannot support their attribution to either of those species,” they continue.

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 ...

Homo erectus, a species that ranged from Turkey to China, subsequently flourished. As hunter-gatherers, they exhibited similarities to modern Homo sapiens, who are known to have migrated out of Africa ...

Homo ergaster evolved during an accelerated period of global cooling and drying that cleared more and more tropical rainforest from Africa and created a desert in the northern half of the ...

However the classification of the increasing variety of early hominins plays out in the long run, it is now very clear that tool making, and presumably tool use preceding it, significantly predates ...

Human resilience is evident in the adaptive journey of early Homo habilis, Homo ergaster, and Homo erectus, who gradually acclimated to steeper environments until about 1 million years ago. After a ...

The Homo ergaster cohabited our planet at the same time as the Homo erectus. They were, however, generally more slender than Homo erectus. Though they too had a similar diet and lifestyle, and ...