The research challenges the long-held belief that only Homo sapiens had the capacity to thrive in extreme environments.

Homo erectus, not sapiens, first humans to survive desert: 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 ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly ... which has played a key role in the understanding of human evolution, was actually a desert steppe, according to the study published ...

A million years ago, researchers have found, an extinct species of human relatives ... were like during our evolution. Their models, like the new study, suggest that Homo erectus may have thrived ...

"Now extinct, Homo erectus existed more than an estimated 1.5 million years, marking them as a species survival success in the human evolution story when compared with our own estimated existence of ...

“Now extinct, Homo erectus existed more than an estimated 1.5 million years, marking them as a species survival success in the human evolution story when compared with our own estimated ...