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 ...

New research suggests Homo erectus was able to survive—and even thrive—after its home in East Africa shriveled up and became a dry, barren landscape. H. erectus is a now-extinct species of ...

The study comes from an international team of researchers working at the Oldupai Gorge site in Tanzania, who analyzed various excavated items – including bones, plant fossils, sediment, and stone ...

Researchers reexamined the adaptability of Homo erectus in Africa, arguing that more than climatic factors shaped their ecological niche – it also involved overcoming cognitive and physiological ...

Homo erectus is believed to have evolved about 2 million years ago in Africa. They were the first to reach the stature of modern humans, and they had long slender legs to run on. Their brains were ...

Homo erectus was able ... and that H. erectus may have been a generalist species able to survive in a variety of landscapes in Africa and Eurasia.

“This adaptability expands Homo erectus’s potential range into the Saharo-Sindian region across Africa and into similar environments in Asia.” ...

"This adaptability expands Homo erectus's potential range into the Saharo-Sindian region across Africa and into similar environments in Asia." ...