Somehow, H. erectus was able to adjust to this new landscape. The early humans visited water holes that popped up after it ...

A new study revealed that our ancestor Homo erectus survived extreme desert conditions over a million years ago, challenging ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a ...

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus demonstrated remarkable adaptability by thriving in harsh desert environments, ...

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 ...

This finding had challenged the long-held belief that Homo sapiens were the first humans to adapt to such inhospitable terrains.

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

A long-standing question about when archaic members of the genus Homo adapted to harsh environments such as deserts and rainforests has been answered in a new research paper.

Early humans adapted to harsh conditions over a million years ago, researchers find - Our early human ancestors had a much ...

Researcher Christopher J. Bae identified Homo juluensis, a new human species that coexisted with Denisovans in Asia. A ...