They gathered large datasets from recently excavated areas, analyzed sedimentary layers, and established a precise chronological framework for Homo erectus fossils found during the 1960s.

Back then, many paleoanthropologists thought that present-day human populations evolved regionally from archaic hominins such as Homo erectus ... fossils into species could obscure the real ...

Homo erectus regularly returned to these strategic locations, demonstrating an ability to plan and adapt to environmental constraints. Isotopic analyses of fossils reveal a varied diet. Homo erectus ...

They also had bigger brains than earlier species, though not quite as large as the brains of today’s humans, Homo sapiens ... The site is rich in H. erectus fossils, as well as stone tools ...

The multidisciplinary analysis by researchers at UCalgary, the University of Manitoba and 17 other institutions around the world shows Homo erectus adapted ... remains and fossils that is telling ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — University of Hawaii at Manoa Anthropology Professor Christopher Bae likens his discovery to piecing together a giant puzzle, but with fossils. Get Hawaii’s latest morning ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization. The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed ...

Back then, many paleoanthropologists thought that present-day human populations evolved regionally from archaic hominins such as Homo erectus ... fossils into species could obscure the real ...

In this scenario, the Xujiayao fossils, and others with unusual features unearthed in China, were classified as intermediates between more primitive hominins such as Homo erectus and more modern ones.