Homo erectus has been credited with the longest reign of any of the species in the Homo genus, it is actually quite insane how long they were around. They emerged around 2 million years ago and the ...

A remarkable discovery in northern Kenya has provided the first direct evidence that two early human relatives, Homo erectus ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

Self-awareness enabled human dominance, but it now threatens survival. To endure, humanity must use its intelligence ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus defied the extreme conditions of African deserts. A recent study reveals how this ancestor of humanity thrived in arid environments, long before Homo sapiens.

Unlike Homo erectus and Homo naledi, who lived and thrived for thousands of years, these early humans began to think differently. They did not just survive; they started to ask why. Why are we here?