Stone tools recently discovered in Ukraine could potentially rewrite history as the oldest evidence of human presence in ...

In eastern China, archaeologists brushed away layers of soil to reveal something astonishing: a 7,000-year-old fire-drilling ...

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Homo erectus is thought to have lived in hunter gatherer societies and there is some evidence that suggests they used fire and made basic stone tools.

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

Homo erectus laid the groundwork for all other human species that came after it, they were the first to travel continents, to use and create fire, possibly creating shelters, clothing and possibly ...

While experts haven’t confirmed Pink’s exact hominin species just yet, they may belong to our famous evolutionary relative, Homo erectus. Hominins began migrating into Eurasia at least 1.8 ...

Homo erectus was probably the first hominid to use fire. Also known as Homo heidelbergensis, this species has a brain that was larger than H. erectus' and smaller than that of a modern human.

Long before Michelin-starred chefs perfected the art of cooking, Homo erectus was already experimenting with fire. One of the earliest hominins to control fire, this species revolutionised the way ...