Scientists discovered a Homo erectus skull in the Madura Strait. The skull was buried under silt and sand around 140,000 years ago. Findings were published in the journal Quaternary Environments ...

Sand dredging off the coast of Java has recovered more than 6,000 bones, including two fragments of skulls of the early humans Homo erectus. H. erectus and the other animals found there lived on ...

A recent discovery stemming from a massive construction project reveals evidence of a previously unknown group of Homo erectus that lived off the coast of Java, Indonesia, 140,000 years ago.

Unlike their counterparts in Africa or Eurasia, the Javanese Homo erectus population lived in a warm and resource-rich environment, which may have allowed them to endure despite global climate ...

Who are the Homo Erectus? Homo erectus, emerging over 2 million years ago, was the first human species to migrate out of Africa and establish populations across Asia, including Java. They survived ...

Archaeologists have recovered 140,000-year-old Homo erectus bones from an extinct human species on the ocean floor in Southeast Asia, Live Science reported, citing four separate studies published ...

The skull of Homo erectus, an ancient human ancestor, was discovered over 140,000 years after it was first buried, preserved beneath layers of silt and sand in the Madura Strait between the ...

When sea levels rose, the land bridges between the islands of Sundaland were submerged, but this dredging has given us an unprecedented window into the life of Homo erectus in Indonesia.

They discovered the skull of Homo erectus, an ancient human ancestor, as well as 6,000 animal fossils of 36 species including those of Komodo dragons, buffalos, deer, and elephant. It is believed ...

Since joining CBS News in 2013, she has reported on major stories across Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Edward R. Murrow and Scripps Howard awards are among the many accolades Patta has ...

The residents of the Moroccan site weren’t quite the Homo sapiens of today ... What’s more, the Moroccan site is in northwest Africa, far from the sites in East and South Africa that have ...