The site could be the first physical evidence of the lost landmass known as Sundaland, which submerged between 14,000 and ...

A stock image illustrating an early human. Researchers are furthering our understanding of the homo erectus. A stock image illustrating an early human. Researchers are furthering our understanding ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. One of our ancient cousins, the Homo erectus, started colonizing the ...

Languages; English. You can get in touch with Hannah by emailing h.osborne@newsweek.com The last known members of the Homo erectus species were killed in a "mass death" event between 117,000 and ...

The human ancestor Homo erectus emerged about two million years ago, and was thought to have all but disappeared by about 300,000 years ago. But now, an international team of scientists has ...

An illustration of the Homo erectus child with her mother in the Ethiopian highlands, two million years ago Diego Rodríguez Robredo Archaeologists are rewriting the story of an early human child ...

Several Homo erectus skulls were recently identified as the youngest known fossils of the species, some 108,000 to 117,000 years old. These fossil replicas are housed at the University of Iowa.

Most likely, members of the team thought, their find was a dwarfed offshoot of Homo erectus — the first human species to leave Africa and migrate around the world, the remains of which have been ...