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 ...
The research challenges the long-held belief that only Homo sapiens had the capacity to thrive in extreme environments.
Our early human ancestors had a much greater adaptability to survive in extreme environments than previously thought ...
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 ...
Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...
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.