When did Homo erectus die out? A fresh look at the demise of an ...

Laziness could be behind the extinction of the Homo Erectus species

Laziness could explain the reason why Homo Erectus — a species of primitive humans — went extinct, a new research has shown ...

What will humans look like in a million years? - BBC Earth

... Homo erectus and modern humans, but more primitive anatomy than the later Neanderthal. ... If humans do end up colonising Mars, what would we evolve to look like?

Climatic Forcing and the Origin of the Human Genus - NCBI

This environmental shift appears to account for the evolution of Homo about 2.4 million years ago (Ma). Evolution could not have established the mode of ...

Nine Species of Human Once Walked Earth. Now There's Just One ...

Yet the extinction of Neanderthals, at least, took a long time – thousands of years. This was partly because early Homo sapiens lacked the ...

Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi ...

Now Berger et al. report the recent discovery of an extinct species from the genus Homo that was ... erectus were included in our comparisons.

Reports of Homo erectus' laziness are 'moronic' - Popular Science

If you're into ancient anthropology, you've probably seen a headline or two (or twelve) touting a new discovery about our long extinct human ...

Last Known Homo Erectus Died Out Long Before Modern Humans ...

A gap between H. erectus disappearance and modern humans' Asian arrival has two major implications. It means this is one species whose ...

When Did Cavemen Live? | Answers in Genesis

And popular interest has never died down. Days of Creation: A Popup Book. This new interactive book gives kids a fresh look at creation week. Get your copy ...

The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation? - Cowie - 2022

Did it begin with the first expansion of modern humans out of ... has been recorded recently from New Caledonia (Jäch & Balke, 2008)].

Homo sapiens is #9. Who were the eight other human species?

H. erectus: the enduring hiker (1.89 million to 110,000 years ago). As the name implies, Homo erectus is the first known Homo species that stood ...

Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human? - TheCollector

For 1.5 million years, Homo erectus ruled supreme as our human ancestors. Their remarkable adaptations were a great success in the long story of how our ...

Is Homo longi an Extinct Human Species? - Sapiens.org

Until now, Neanderthals were considered our closest relative. (According to the study, we split from Homo heidelbergensis some 1.3 million years ...

Archaeology shocker: Study claims humans reached the Americas ...

... Homo erectus, Neanderthals, maybe even Homo sapiens. If ... Scattered around the site were flakes that seem to have been chipped off ...

Ancient human species made 'last stand' 100000 years ago on ...

When modern humans arrived on Java, apparently about 40,000 years ago, H. erectus was probably long extinct, he adds. Aida Gómez-Robles, an ...

The last days of Homo erectus - Ars Technica

Anthropologists may have found the last H. erectus group to succumb to extinction.

First and Last Men Part I - Adam's Kindred - The Extinctions

By the Late Pleistocene, they were evidently the primary hominid lineage throughout most of Asia, and seemingly the sole representative in much ...

There used to be nine species of human. What happened to them?

Yet the extinction of Neanderthals, at least, took a long time – thousands of years. This was partly because early Homo sapiens lacked the ...

Human Ancestors Tamed Fire Earlier Than Thought | HISTORY

The stunning 1974 discovery offered proof that ancient hominins were walking around on two feet some 3.2 million years ago. Read more · Sue, the ...

Disappearance of the elephant caused rise of modern humans

In Africa, elephants disappeared from archaeological sites and Homo sapiens emerged much later -- only 200,000 years ago. The perfect food ...

The story of human evolution in Africa is undergoing a major rewrite

Did scientists discover the oldest Homo sapiens remains on record? Depends on your definition of what's human. by Brian Resnick.