Learn more about how Homo erectus may have adapted to dryer, arid conditions before Homo sapiens.

A new study indicates that human behavior around 45,000 to 29,000 years ago contributed to a change in the composition of ...

Our early human ancestors had a much greater adaptability to survive in extreme environments than previously thought ...

The research challenges the long-held belief that only Homo sapiens had the capacity to thrive in extreme environments.

A long-standing question about when archaic members of the genus Homo adapted to harsh environments such as deserts and rainforests has been answered in a new research paper.

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

Homo sapiens. H. erectus persisted for more than 1.5 million years before going extinct around 100,000 years ago. It was one of the first early human species to migrate out of Africa, traveling to ...

The capacity might explain how Homo erectus conquered Eurasia, but deepens the mystery about what took our own species so ...

Three-million-year-old tools found in Kenya reveal early humans' ability to cut food, butcher meat, and adapt to new diets.

Tens of thousands of years ago, an extraordinary chapter in the story of humanity unfolded. Two distinct branches of the human family tree—modern humans and Neanderthals—crossed paths in a meeting ...