While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a ...

This is embodied in the so-called March of Progress illustration where a stooping chimp-like creature gradually morphs into Homo sapiens, apparently the apex of evolution. These days, we know ...

These distinctions led Wu and Bae to propose the Juluren as a distinct form of ancient humans who ... including early Homo sapiens," said Wu. This characteristic, along with their diverse physical ...

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a ...

Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on Earth, thanks to interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. New research is providing the most precise estimate to date of when ...