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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

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

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