Our early human ancestors might have been more adaptable than previously thought: New research suggests Homo erectus was able ... me and be ready if we find food,’” says study co-author ...

Experts also believe this was the first species of hominids to migrate out of Africa, and possibly the first to cook food. We ...

The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and hippos reveals what scientists are calling a technological breakthrough for ...

resembling Homo erectus, particularly in its flat and underdeveloped nasal structure," explained María Martinón, director of the National Center for Research on Human Evolution and the study’s ...

The team suspects the specimens belonged to Homo erectus, a species well-known from fossils found in Africa and Asia but whose remains have never been conclusively found in Europe. The mountainous ...

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 ...

Spanish researchers have found the remains of a facial fragment in Atapuerca, in northern Spain, which has been identified as the oldest known face in Western Europe, with an age of between 1.1 ...