More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging her secrets. In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose ...

Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old ancestor of humans ... and run efficiently on two legs began two million years ago with Homo erectus. We also know that four million years ago, Australopithecus ...

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

"Lucy," our 3.2 million-year-old hominin relative ... efficiently on two feet arose around 2 million years ago with our Homo erectus ancestors. But our earlier relatives, the australopithecines ...

This species includes "Lucy," the 3.2 million year old fossil ... but smaller than the Homo erectus brain. The first example of Homo erectus, known as "Java Man," was discovered in Indonesia ...

(Photo of Lucy reproduction at the Institute of Human ... A direct line of connective tissue runs through us all the way back to Homo erectus, Australopithecines, sea sponges, single-celled ...

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 ...

Paris (AFP) – 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 ...

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & Environment. The findings suggest ...

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 ...

PARIS: 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 the ...