Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a ...

A new study revealed that our ancestor Homo erectus survived extreme desert conditions over a million years ago, challenging ...

While new studies have reinforced the idea of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens admixture in Europe, the picture in South Asia ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus demonstrated remarkable adaptability by thriving in harsh desert environments, ...

Somehow, H. erectus was able to adjust to this new landscape. The early humans visited water holes that popped up after it ...

Learn more about how Homo erectus may have adapted to dryer, arid conditions before Homo sapiens.

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...

This finding had challenged the long-held belief that Homo sapiens were the first humans to adapt to such inhospitable terrains.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...