Researchers in Australia recently discovered a 2 million ... a cousin species to our predecessors, Homo erectus. Many recent ...

Q: There is debate today (at least in some circles) regarding a possible Homo erectus genetic contribution to indigenous populations in Australia/Tasmania (citing cranial features such as ...

It was led by renowned Australian archeologist Michael John ... Kaifu and others believe this particular species of human evolved from Homo erectus, another extinct human species that lived ...

The team suspects the specimens belonged to Homo erectus, a species well-known from fossils found in Africa and Asia but whose remains have never been conclusively found in Europe. The mountainous ...

Homo erectus, the first early human species to leave Africa, reached Eurasia at least 1.8 million years ago, as evidenced by five skulls found in Dmanisi, Georgia. Until this discovery ...

But Pink's face is more "projected forward and more robust," the study co-author added. This means it bears some similarities ...

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 ...