Archaeologists in Israel unearthed prehistoric hand axes that Homo erectus crafted from stones including fossils and crystals ...

Homo erectus may have deliberately selected rocks embedded with fossils and crystals to craft their hand axes.

The fat stored in Elephant bones, which is rich in essential nutrients, is thought to have played a role in supporting the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "There are a lot of firsts associated with Homo erectus," Karen Baab, a biological anthropologist at Midwestern University in ...

The bones were part of a cache of more than 6,000 recovered fossils. Archaeologists have recovered 140,000-year-old Homo erectus bones from an extinct human species on the ocean floor in Southeast ...

New evidence reveals Homo erectus mastered survival in Tanzania’s ancient deserts, proving they were adaptable generalists long before modern humans emerged. Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Image Credit: t.m ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Researchers say the remains are “a mosaic of primitive and derived traits never seen before.” Dental remains dating back 300,000 years, which were discovered at a well-known Chinese archaeological ...

A figure of Homo erectus, whose ruggedness and capabilities may have been going underestimated - Copyright AFP SAUL LOEB A figure of Homo erectus, whose ruggedness ...

Well if there's one thing genomic analysis has taught us, it's that no hominid is ever really gone. Seriously though. We've got, what, two Denisovan sites and there is already evidence for possible ...