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.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Three-million-year-old tools found in Kenya reveal early humans' ability to cut food, butcher meat, and adapt to new diets.

Learn more about how Homo erectus may have adapted to dryer, arid conditions before Homo sapiens.

Research on human evolution is advancing at a furious speed. Scholarly papers are being published constantly in scientific ...

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...

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

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances ...