Other anthropologists don't buy the argument but say skull is important Fragments of humans’ ancient relatives are scattered across the globe. Sometimes a tooth or a few bones are all we have to tell ...

Discovery of the most intact female pelvis of Homo erectus may cause scientists to reevaluate how early humans evolved to successfully birth larger-brained babies. A reconstruction of the 1.2 ...

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Five skulls found within a 100-square foot area at the site of Dmanisi—the last of which (above) was recovered in 2005—illustrate the diversity of Homo erectus individuals. The findings might lead to ...

An entire skull belonging to an extinct hominin that lived 1.8 million years ago has been found in Georgia – the earliest completely preserved specimen ever found and confirmation that the species it ...

A recent discovery stemming from a massive construction project reveals evidence of a previously unknown group of Homo erectus that lived off the coast of Java, Indonesia, 140,000 years ago. Skull ...

The first ancestor of modern humans to have mastered the art of cooking was likely homo erectus, which evolved around 1.9 million years ago, according to a US study published Monday. The ability to ...

A newly found, million-year-old African skull is fueling an ongoing debate over whether Homo erectus was a single wide-ranging species or several localized ones. The skull appears similar to those ...

The biggest jump in body size among our ancestors happened around 2–2.5 million years ago, with the appearance of Homo ...