Someone made very sophisticated wooden tools in China 300,000 years ago, and it might have been Denisovans or even Homo ...

Some researchers consider Homo erectus to be the immediate ancestor of our own species, Homo sapiens. U.S. World; ... did not make Mode II tools, or made them rarely," Rogers said. "For example, ...

Why Did the Most Successful Early Human Go Extinct? The Ancients host Tristan Hughes sits down with Professor John Mcnabb at ...

The age of these tools also suggests that displacement was very, very gradual. It hadn't spread far enough to be in use by the first members of Homo erectus that left Africa at about the same time ...

Archaeologists have discovered the earliest known bone tools, pushing back evidence of their use by around a million years. The find suggests early humans had more advanced tool-making skills than ...

There has long been a debate over when human language emerged, with dates ranging from almost 2 million years ago with Homo erectus to more recently with modern humans only 100,000 years ago.

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

Homo erectus lived between about 1.89 million years to 110,000 years ago. It is the longest surviving of our human ancestors, and is credited as the earliest hominin to have modern human-like ...

Our understanding of our ancestors gets pretty murky when you go far enough back in time. Still, scientists have discovered numerous tools associated with Homo erectus — widely regarded as a direct ...

Homo erectus adapted to desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, utilizing behavioral strategies such as repeatedly accessing freshwater sources and developing specialized stone tools.

Archaeologists working in Southeast Asia recovered 140,000-year-old Homo erectus bones from an extinct human species on the ocean floor, according to new studies. The bones were part of a cache of ...