Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.

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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 ...

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 ...

NOVAs groundbreaking investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors Becoming Human explores the origins of us where modern humans and our capacities ...

The find is significant as it shows similarities to Homo erectus, adding crucial information to the history of human migration. Archaeological excavation work at the Sima del Elefante site in ...

The partial skull bears many similarities to Homo erectus, but there are also some anatomical differences, said study co-author Rosa Huguet, an archaeologist at the Catalan Institute of Human ...