Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

According to Dr Baab, this may reflect the Gona population preserving traits from the earliest Homo erectus groups that left ...

The iconic Homo erectus fossil was welcomed home with a repatriation ceremony and a new museum exhibit in Jakarta.

Homo erectus was one of the most successful human species, surviving for nearly 2 million years across Africa and Eurasia.

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Researchers have uncovered the skulls of two individuals belonging to the species Homo erectus—one of our ancient ancestors—alongside various types of stone tool of differing complexity at a site in ...

Someone made very sophisticated wooden tools in China 300,000 years ago, and it might have been Denisovans or even Homo erectus. The digging sticks, curved root-slicers, and a handful of somewhat ...

Researchers have recovered Homo erectus bones from the seafloor, which points to an unknown hominin population hunting on land that is now underwater in Southeast Asia. When you purchase through links ...

The 'Ubeidiya site today is an expanse of grasses. Concealed from this view are slabs of fossilized pebbly clay, a source of ancient finds that have helped scholars learn about the journeys of Homo ...