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.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

An early human species may have survived in Java, Indonesia, until 108,000 years ago. Homo erectus endured so long that individuals may have interbred with more recent hominins, like the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

National Lampoon has acquired worldwide rights to Adam Rifkin's "Homo Erectus." The prehistoric comedy, the film, written and directed by Rifkin, stars Rifkin and Ali Larter. By Staff report ...

"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 ...