A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...

Homo erectus outlived and outadapted other hominins by mastering life in extreme environments of Eastern Africa, a new study ...

Researchers discovered that Homo erectus adapted to hyperarid conditions in Tanzania one million years ago, challenging ...

Somehow, H. erectus was able to adjust to this new landscape. The early humans visited water holes that popped up after it ...

Explore the remarkable survival strategies of Homo erectus in extreme desert conditions. Discover how they thrived in harsh ...

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

New research suggests that early humans had the ability to thrive in a desert, indicating that they were more adaptable […] ...

Learn more about how Homo erectus may have adapted to dryer, arid conditions before Homo sapiens.

The capacity might explain how Homo erectus conquered Eurasia, but deepens the mystery about what took our own species so ...

The researchers analysed evidence from Engaji Nanyori in Tanzania’s Oldupai Gorge, revealing Homo erectus thrived in ...