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

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

We hypothesize that those more humanlike footprints are more likely Homo erectus just because the rest of their anatomy is so human," Hatala said. "Paranthropus boisei, they look quite different.

beginning when members of ancestral species such as Homo erectus dispersed from Africa. In this model, isolation among hominin populations created regional variation in behavior and biology ...

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 ...

Early stereotypes that Chinese regions were evolutionary cul-de-sacs, where Homo erectus lingered with rudimentary ... The Juluren’s distinct anatomy and evolutionary timeline warrant a separate ...

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 ...