In 1958, in a narrow trench of an eroded limestone cave near Maba Village in Shaoguan City, China, local farmers were digging ...

We are just one branch of a diverse human family tree. Aside from Neanderthals, who were they – and why did we replace them?

Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia, provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago. Skull fragments and other fossil remains provide a unique picture of how ...

Homo erectus has been credited with the longest reign of any of the species in the Homo genus, it is actually quite insane how long they were around. They emerged around 2 million years ago and ...

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 ...

PARIS, France - 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 were ...

ur 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 were the first ...

The fossilised skull of a hominid that lived 930,000 years ago has been found in Kenya, Science magazine reports. The creature may have belonged to the species Homo erectus, says the team which found ...

Scientists have discovered a 'lost' species of human with an abnormally large skull which lived alongside ... any fossil which wasn't either homo sapiens or homo erectus was grouped together ...

The teeth in the skull confirmed it had belonged to a child of about 3 years old, and the position of the hole at the base of the skull ... the extinct hominin Homo erectus and was dated to ...