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

which gave them a distinctly modern human-like appearance. They also had bigger brains than earlier species, though not quite as large as the brains of today’s humans, Homo sapiens. H. erectus ...

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

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

The beginnings of this are found in Homo erectus after about 1.9 million years. Although other animals use tools, our mastery is second to none, and distinctly human. Ultimately, it stems from the ...

The alternative view is that the capacity for modern human behavior is coincident with the origins of Homo sapiens, and that the expression of this capacity in the archaeological record was an ...

Our human ancestors fundamentally changed their eating behavior in the Neolithic period. This was when they began to cultivate cereals and domesticate wild animals.

A million years ago, researchers have found, an extinct species of human relatives known as Homo erectus thrived in a harsh desert landscape once considered off limits before Homo sapiens came along.

One species that scientists believe is a direct ancestor of modern humans is the Homo erectus. These were the first of our ...

For example, the Homo erectus species, with their more human-like traits ... competition for resources or other forms of social behavior. The footprints also provide valuable data on the physical ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly ... The moment when the first members of the extended human family called hominins adapted to life in desert or tropical forests marks ...