A reconstruction of Homo erectus - the first known human to walk fully upright An ancient relative of modern humans survived into comparatively recent times in South East Asia, a new study has ...

Many of us look down at our aching knees and curse them — wondering why they seemingly evolved to hurt so much. But the human ...

The remains recovered from the cave complex include the earliest example of Homo erectus - a direct human ancestor Two million years ago, three different human-like species were living side-by ...

This, combined with our light hair, allows the sweat to evaporate easily, which has a cooling effect," says Alex. Homo erectus is known for its controlled use of fire, advanced toolmaking skills and ...

New research suggests psilocybin mushrooms may have shaped human consciousness, supporting the Stoned Ape Hypothesis and ...

While scientists don't know yet whether the hobbits shrank from an earlier, taller human species called Homo erectus that lived in the area, or from an even more primitive human predecessor ...

or more like those of Homo erectus? It might seem surprising that Homo floresiensis was making such sophisticated stone tools, given that its brain was only one-third the size of ours! But a ...

Too bad for us. But at least it left us the vault." First discovered in 1891 in Indonesia, Homo erectus is one of the best known ancient hominids. In body size and limb proportions it was much ...

Homo Erectus This species, until recently known by a multiplicity of other names, was probably the immediate predecessor of modern man. It now seems possible that the transition took place some ...

In the ancient past, other hominins like Homo erectus and the diminutive Homo floresiensis made their way across the islands (some researchers believe that H. floresiensis is merely a ...

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 ...

habilis had a brain that was larger than the largest Autralopithecus brain, but smaller than the Homo erectus brain. The first example of Homo erectus, known as "Java Man," was discovered in ...