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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

For years, archeologists assumed the ancient Homo erectus population that lived on present-day Java existed in general isolation from nearby island relatives. However, a pair of fossilized skull ...

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 ...

Rather, the facial fragments belong to Homo affinis erectus—and the finding, reported today in Nature, indicates that the human population in Europe turned over at the end of the Early Pleistocene.

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 ...