Experts also believe this was the first species of hominids to migrate out of Africa, and possibly the first to cook food. We ...

Researchers also found additional relics like stone tools made from flint and quartz, as well as animal bones displaying cut ...

Our early human ancestors might have been more adaptable than previously thought: New research suggests Homo erectus was able ... me and be ready if we find food,’” says study co-author ...

Learn more about Homo affinis erectus, Western Europe’s oldest human ancestor.

While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...

An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and hippos reveals what scientists are calling a technological breakthrough for ...