Homo erectus, not sapiens, first humans to survive desert: study Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study ...

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 ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus defied the extreme conditions of African deserts. A recent study reveals how this ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first ...