This conclusion overturns the long-standing assumption that only Homo sapiens, modern humans, had the ability to survive and flourish in extreme environments. Olduvai Gorge, often referred to as the ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still ...

The conventional belief held that only Homo sapiens could survive in these harsh ecosystems in the long term, with earlier hominins thought to be restricted to more limited ecological ranges.

according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first humans capable of living in such hostile terrain. The moment when the first members of the extended human ...

according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first humans capable of living in such hostile terrain. The moment when the first members of the extended human family ...

They also had bigger brains than earlier species, though not quite as large as the brains of today’s humans, Homo sapiens. H. erectus persisted for more than 1.5 million years before going ...

Previous research has frequently concluded that only Homo sapiens were able to adapt to such environments. Julio Mercader, Paul Durkin, and colleagues collected archaeological, geological ...

Homo sapiens, emerged. Mercader, who studies human evolution, explains that the archaeological research was done at Olduvai Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Tanzania. "By doing archeology ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

challenging the notion that only Homo sapiens were so adaptable. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Over a million years ago, Homo erectus demonstrated remarkable adaptability by thriving in harsh desert ...

“Debate has long centered on when the genus Homo acquired the adaptability to thrive in extreme environments,” said Dr. Abel Shikoni of the University of Dodoma in Tanzania. “Traditionally, only Homo ...