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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

searching for clues to some of the deepest mysteries of human evolution: When did Homo sapiens arrive here? And what other humans did they encounter? A timelapse of John Gurche's months-long ...

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 ...