Homo erectus died out when the climate changed from woodland to rain forest. Homo erectus, or the first humans to walk upright, lived longer than we previously thought, according to new research.

The oldest evidence of Homo erectus comes from an arid hillside near ... based diet towards a diet that’s rich in protein and fat, like eating meat and bone marrow from carcasses, you have ...

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 ...

Reassessing Extinction Timelines The extended presence of Homo erectus in Java challenges the assumption that their extinction was abrupt. Instead, their decline may have been a gradual process ...

Scientists believe they have resolved a controversy over how long Homo erectus inhabited the Indonesian island of Java before dying out. New evidence -- which was published Wednesday in the ...

A new study suggests that Homo erectus existed 100,000 to 200,000 years earlier than previously thought, meaning they lived alongside species they were once thought to have descended from.

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

Researchers have recently discovered multiple assemblages of Homo erectus footprints in northern Kenya that provide unique opportunities to understand locomotor patterns and group structure ...

"Homo erectus is the first hominin that we know about that has a body plan more like our own and seemed to be on its way to being more human-like," said Ashley Hammond, an assistant curator in the ...

Homo erectus, or the first humans to walk upright, lived longer than we previously thought, according to new research. In the 1930s, two lower leg bones and 12 skull caps were discovered in ...

The discovery of skull fragments alongside different types of stone tools in Ethiopia sheds new light on the lifestyle of the ancient hominin Homo erectus. It dispels the idea that each hominin ...