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A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.
In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...
In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...
Eugène Dubois’ 1891 discovery on Java (originally called Pithecanthropus erectus) was a key piece of evidence in supporting Darwin’s ideas of human evolution. The recent discovery of stone artefacts ...
A groundbreaking discovery in paleoanthropology has uncovered evidence that Homo erectus, one of our earliest human ancestors, coexisted with another distinct proto-human species, Paranthropus boisei, ...
Iceman may have come to an unfortunate end while crossing the Alps more than 5,000 years ago, but thanks to his ...
The oldest evidence of Homo erectus comes from an arid hillside near the border of Ethiopia and Kenya. Though the 1.9-million-year-old fossil is only a tiny shard, more complete, if more recent ...
The five-part BBC series examines how we, as Homo sapiens, went from being just one of many types of human to becoming the ...
Homo erectus walked as we do 1.5-million-year-old footprints provide window to the life of Homo erectus Date: July 12, 2016 Source: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft ...
What’s new — The study analyzed the impact of climate on six ancient hominin groups, including early African Homo (combining Homo habilis and Homo ergaster), Eurasian Homo erectus, Homo ...
Homo erectus was in the news over 2018 thanks to new discoveries in the Philippines and China, which have transformed our understanding of this not too distant family member.. So who was Homo ...