Caption 3D reconstruction of the fossil skull of the sub-adult early Homo from the Dmanisi site in Georgia. The green, orange and red colors represent the preserved teeth (imaged respectively with ...

Researchers have traditionally used differences among fossilized remains of ancient humans to define separate species among the earliest members of our Homo genus - Homo erectus, Homo habilis ...

In a fascinating discovery that will force scientists to rewrite our species' evolutionary history, an international team has unearthed the earliest known skull of Homo erectus-- the first of our ...

Paleontologists have unearthed the oldest fossil belonging to the hominin species Homo erectus. The 2 million-year-old fossil skull, excavated over a five-year period in South Africa, suggests the ...

The exhibition is the first time some of the original fossils are on public display, including skull fossils of Homo erectus. Indonesia's Minister of Culture Fadli Zon emphasized the region's ...

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 ...