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

Millions of years ago, our early ancestors roamed an area of Africa known as the Cradle of Mankind, scouring the landscape in ...

A recent study published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment reveals that Homo erectus, an early human ancestor, successfully adapted to harsh desert-like environments in Eastern Africa ...

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 ...

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 ...

They also had bigger brains than earlier species, though not quite as large as the brains of today’s humans, Homo sapiens. H. erectus persisted for more than 1.5 million years before going ...

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 ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus defied the extreme conditions of African deserts. A recent study reveals how this ancestor of humanity thrived in arid environments, long before Homo sapiens.

These adaptabilities may have contributed to their migration efforts. “This adaptability likely facilitated the expansion of Homo erectus into the arid regions of Africa and Eurasia, redefining their ...

Both agree that Homo erectus originated in Africa and expanded ... The first hypothesis proposes that a second migration out of Africa happened about 100,000 years ago, in which anatomically ...

Paris (AFP) – 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 ...