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The conventional belief held that only Homo sapiens could survive in these harsh ecosystems in the long term, with earlier hominins thought to be restricted to more limited ecological ranges.

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 ...

Previous research has frequently concluded that only Homo sapiens were able to adapt to such environments. Julio Mercader, Paul Durkin, and colleagues collected archaeological, geological ...

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 ...

challenging the notion that only Homo sapiens were so adaptable. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Over a million years ago, Homo erectus demonstrated remarkable adaptability by thriving in harsh desert ...