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

Researchers Categorize New Human Species After Fossils Found in China Reveal a Group That Vanished 50,000 Years Ago Extensive ...

A detailed analysis of these remnants was used to recreate the climate and activity of a direct ancestor of modern humans, ...

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

A million years ago, researchers have found, an extinct species of human relatives known as Homo erectus thrived in ... Earth was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

From stunning artwork to evidence of elaborate prehistoric butchering, Live Science takes a look at seven amazing caves that ...

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 ...

Ancient Chinese fossils may belong to a new human species, Homo juluensis, with large brain sizes, challenging traditional ...

The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed at different sites across the country are clearly remnants of archaic hominins — the formal name for species in the human lineage ...

Romania is making strides in the archaeological world after new evidence confirmed the presence of ancient hominins in the ...