Homo erectus, not sapiens ... which has played a key role in the understanding of human evolution, was actually a desert steppe, according to the study published in the journal Communications ...

Eating has always been one of humankind's defining activities. Food is not just sustenance; it has shaped our evolution, ...

“Now extinct, Homo erectus existed more than an estimated 1.5 million years, marking them as a species survival success in the human evolution story when compared with our own estimated ...

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 ...

Also known as Homo heidelbergensis, this species has a brain that was larger than H. erectus' and smaller than that of a modern human. The brain was enclosed in a skull that was more rounded than H.

But it's not until Homo erectus came on the scene about 1.9 million years ago that we see the ... You can learn more about our origins and evolution in the Museum's Human Evolution gallery and this ...

Contrary to the common belief that Homo erectus was limited to temperate environments, this study shows that they were capable of adapting to extreme conditions. This ecological flexibility likely ...

Our Human Evolution gallery explores the origins of Homo sapiens, tracing our lineage since it split from that of our closest living relatives, the chimpanzee and the bonobo. Gallery developer Jenny ...

These immature infants, much more helpless than, say, a newborn chimp, would have needed an extended period of care, more like a modern human baby ... the appearance Homo erectus/ergaster in ...

This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight ... The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ...