The first species to occupy multiple continents was Homo erectus, and the first fossil evidence we have ... in free access to information of public interest. Media ownership in Australia is one of the ...

In a system of caves in the Atapuerca Mountains in Spain, nearly 50 years of systematic archaeological excavations have unearthed evidence of ...

Instead, he resembles Homo erectus, a far more ancient human species which emerged in Africa two million years ago and was the first to walk on two legs like a modern human. The researchers believe ...

The Indonesian government has begun talks with Germany about repatriating seven or eight Homo erectus remains that ... of "stolen" artefacts in three of Australia's top museums, as well as in ...

Evidence suggests that early humans began using fire over 1 million years ago, with Homo erectus likely taking ... drills were prevalent in Africa and Australia. The oldest fire drills date ...

The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

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 ...

The study authors do not know the identity of the ancient species that make up the A and B groups, although fossil evidence suggests that species such as Homo erectus and Homo heidelbergensis ...

Early Homo sapiens shared the planet with other human species like Neanderthals and Homo erectus, but gradually emerged as the dominant species due to advancements in tools, social structures ...

Unlike Homo erectus and Homo naledi, who lived and thrived for thousands of years, these early humans began to think differently. They did not just survive; they started to ask why. Why are we here?

Original fossil of the midface of a hominin assigned to Homo aff. erectus recovered at level TE7 of the Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos). / Credit: Maria D. Guillén / IPHES-CERCA ...