Homo erectus, the oldest known hominin to ... The endocast and preserved face enabled Dart to estimate the size and shape of the base of the skull, in particular, the position where the spine ...

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.

As a paleontologist, I traveled in May 2023 to the Indonesian islands of the Riau Archipelago, just south of Singapore, as part of an ongoing quest for evidence of Homo erectus, one of our oldest ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

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By starting to eat calorie-dense meat and marrow instead of the low-quality plant diet of apes, our direct ancestor, Homo erectus, took in enough extra energy at each meal to help fuel a bigger brain.

The base rate hasn't been this low since May 2023. The chart below shows how the base rate has changed since the financial crisis in 2008. Please note that the information in this article is for ...

A defence firm has been given the green light to use a former department store as an "experiential" learning facility. Westmorland and Furness Council approved BAE Systems' plans to use the former ...

The fossilized skull of a bird called Vegavis, which lived in the Antarctic some 68.7 million years ago, confirms it was an early member of the waterfowl group. However, the skull also suggests ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the Mesozoic Era. The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, is diving ...