The fragmented Maba 1 skull, which had previously been described as belonging to a Neanderthal, is not so Neanderthal after all. Researchers reassessed the skull and found resemblances to Homo ...

The skull has similar facial features to those of early modern humans. The skull could potentially belong to a direct human ancestor called Homo erectus sometime between 550,000 and 750,000 years ago.

Related: 1.5 million-year-old footprints reveal our Homo erectus ancestors lived with a 2nd proto-human species Homo erectus in Spain This face is surprisingly different from that of H. antecessor ...

Homo erectus was both widespread and long-lived. Remains have been found in eastern Africa, eastern Asia and possibly Europe, and they span a period from 1.9 million to 250,000 years ago.

The skull, found in China in 2019, ... which scientists think began to branch away from another human ancestor known as Homo erectus sometime between 550,000 and 750,000 years ago. ...

The skull was found in May, but it took experts until Dec. 3 to safely and completely excavate it. Previously, two damaged ancient homo erectus skulls were found at the site in 1989 and 1990, the ...

Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Skull in China That Could Belong to the Homo Erectus Species The skull could belong to a human that lived between 1.1 million and 800,000 years ago. By Jace Dela Cruz ...

Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia, provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago. Skull fragments and other fossil remains provide a unique picture of how ...

The skull (left) of Homo floresiensis is displayed next to a modern human's skull at a news conference in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in November 2004, shortly after the hobbit's discovery was made public.

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 ...

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & Environment. The findings suggest ...

The skull was found in May, but it took experts until Dec. 3 to safely and completely excavate it. Previously, two damaged ancient homo erectus skulls were found at the site in 1989 and 1990, the ...