A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

Dredging leads to the uncovering of thousands of vertebrate fossils, among which two were identified to be hominin species.

Homo erectus – which this skull belonged to – was the first hominin species to leave Africa, around 2.1 million years ago. New research shows that when Homo erectus migrated from Africa the ...

A submerged river valley under the Madura Strait was found packed with Homo erectus fossils and other bones submerged since ...

H. erectus Fossils on Java. After leaving Africa nearly 2 million years ago, H. erectus trekked all the way through Asia and eventually hit the Southeast Asian islands closer to 1.5 million years ago.

Homo Erectus Loved Collecting Spherical Volcanic Rocks ... an archaeological site in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia where ancient hominids lived for millions of years prior to our migration out of ...

Homo erectus was also the most successful of all human species, at least so far. They survived for a staggering period of time, nearly two million years, before fading out about 110,000 years ago ...

Researchers uncovered Homo erectus skull fragments within 176.5 million cubic feet of sand. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday.

New evidence reveals Homo erectus mastered survival in Tanzania’s ancient deserts, proving they were adaptable generalists long before modern humans emerged. Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Image ...

Archaeologists working in Southeast Asia recovered 140,000-year-old Homo erectus bones from an extinct human species on the ocean floor, according to new studies. The bones were part of a cache of ...

The researchers believe Homo erectus became isolated on the island around 1 million years ago and underwent a dramatic reduction in body size during a period of around 300,000 years.

A recent discovery stemming from a massive construction project reveals evidence of a previously unknown group of Homo erectus that lived off the coast of Java, Indonesia, 140,000 years ago.