To reconstruct the environmental conditions during the time of Homo erectus, the research team used advanced modeling ...

There is sparse vegetation and little shade. The terrain is often rough, and to top it all off, there is minimal water. Desert inhabitants must be adaptable to survive these harsh conditions. As ...

A million years ago, researchers have found, an extinct species of human relatives known as Homo erectus thrived in a harsh desert landscape once considered off limits before Homo sapiens came along.

A pilot project to scan the surface material of an Iraqi desert revealed 850 different artifacts from the Old and Middle ...

New research suggests modern humans aren’t the only hominin species ... the research painted a picture of Engaji Nanyori as a dry, semi-desert environment, with little water and few plants.

Homo erectus outlived and outadapted other hominins by mastering life in extreme environments of Eastern Africa, a new study ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts ...

A recent study published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment reveals that Homo erectus, an early human ancestor, successfully adapted to harsh desert-like environments in Eastern Africa ...

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The moment when the first members of the extended human family called hominins adapted to life in desert or tropical forests marks “a turning point in the history of human survival and expansion ...

Paris (AFP) – Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens ...