Homo erectus is associated with a number of firsts in its 2 million years of existence, including being the first hominin to ...

In her new show, Ella Al-Shamahi charts humanity's evolutionary odyssey. We sat down with her to discuss the path of our ...

An unusual skullcap and thousands of clues have created a southern twist to the story of human ancestors, in research published in Science on 3 April. The rolling hills northwest of Johannesburg are ...

It’s been almost 2 million years since the first archaic humans ventured out of their African homeland. Exactly whose idea it ...

Homo erectus – which this skull belonged to – was the first hominin species to leave Africa, around 2.1 million years ago. New research shows that when Homo erectus migrated from Africa the climate ...

The human family tree is being shuffled around again. A new study suggests that Homo erectus existed 100,000 to 200,000 years earlier than previously thought, meaning they lived alongside species they ...

The team discovered a lower jawbone around 62 miles southwest of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. Further examinations revealed the jawbone to be 1.8 million years old. The finding is valuable, as these ...

The 2-million-year-old skull fragment was mixed among fossils of two other extinct human species in Africa's 'Cradle of Humankind' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A reanalysis of an ancient fossil has shed new light on the adaptive behaviour of ancient humans in Africa. The fossil – of an infant jawbone – was uncovered in 1981 at the Melka Kunture ...

Google Doodle has reminded us that we are an evolution of the initial species that lived on Earth and that humans are from the "Homo Erectus" line. In 1984, researchers have found traces of skeleton ...

Our early human ancestors might have been more adaptable than previously thought: New research suggests Homo erectus was able to survive—and even thrive—after its home in East Africa shriveled up and ...