Researchers examining the Kenyan footprints found clear differences between the two species. Homo erectus left tracks that suggest a walking pattern similar to modern humans, with an efficient ...

The hominin is a direct ancestor of modern humans, experienced a changing climate, and moved out of Africa into other continents. The discovery of DNH 134 pushes the possible origin of Homo ...

"There are examples of 'Homo erectus' in Asia and Africa ... when the remains of an unpublished human species, 'Homo antecessor', were dug up at the Gran Dolina site. "When the fossils of ...

What does that overlap mean for the linear view of human evolution? It means Homo erectus and Homo habilis are really sister species, with a common ancestor older than 2 million years. We are ...

The researchers from the University of New England in Australia and the East Tennessee State University in the United States found that biting with high force risked damaging jaw joints, indicating ...

A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

"There are examples of 'Homo erectus' in Asia and Africa ... The first major discovery took place in the 1990s, when the remains of an unpublished human species, 'Homo antecessor', were dug up at the ...