The story of human evolution is far messier and less straightforward than most people think, protagonized by a procession of ...

Bone fragments from Homo erectus have emerged that shed new light on humans' ancestry in Southeast Asia from the last Ice Age ...

These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. Trees bore fruit all year, and ...

We are just one branch of a diverse human family tree. Aside from Neanderthals, who were they – and why did we replace them?

Scientists have found a hidden city underwater that might be 140,000 years old.During the discovery, they found the skull of ...

Unique populations evolved in different parts of the world as humans adapted to a wider range of climates. Different regions ...

Scientists discovered a Homo erectus skull in the Madura Strait. The skull was buried under silt and sand around 140,000 years ago. Findings were published in the journal Quaternary Environments ...

For years, archeologists assumed the ancient Homo erectus population that lived on present-day Java existed in general ...

The Juluren, or "large head people," are believed to have lived ... combined with others unseen in Denisovans, Homo erectus, and even modern humans. These distinctions led Wu and Bae to propose ...

Homo erectus first appeared roughly 1.9 million ... Hobbit and to an average of about 11.8 inches (299 mm) for modern-day people. "I first thought that the tiny humerus could be a child," Kaifu ...

Homo erectus is believed to have evolved about 2 ... Addressing Tinnitus: There aren’t many cures for people who hear phantom ringing or buzzing noises — but there are ways to manage the ...

Some paleoanthropologists believe that people have been eating cooked food ... team of researchers have uncovered evidence that Homo erectus was using fire about one million years ago at ...