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

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

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

To reconstruct the environmental conditions during the time of Homo erectus, the research team used advanced modeling ...

Evidence collected from the Engaji Nanyori site in the gorge suggests that Homo erectus adapted to this hostile environment ...

It's long been thought our species was unique in its ability to adapt to harsh climates like bone-dry deserts or thick-set ...

Study: Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago In a recent article in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, researchers investigated when Homo ...

An early human ancestor of our species successfully navigated harsher and more arid terrains for longer in Eastern Africa ...

Evidence collected from the Engaji Nanyori site in the gorge suggests that Homo erectus adapted to this hostile environment "by focusing on ecological focal points such as river confluences where ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first ...