Long before the rise of the Homo sapiens civilization, our ancestors walked the valleys of East Africa over a million years ...

Homo erectus laid the groundwork for all other human species that came after it, they were the first to travel continents, to use and create fire, possibly creating shelters, clothing and possibly ...

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

Homo erectus was probably the first hominid to use fire. Also known as Homo heidelbergensis, this species has a brain that was larger than H. erectus' and smaller than that of a modern human.

Stone tools recently discovered in Ukraine could potentially rewrite history as the oldest evidence of human presence in ...

The fire flickered in the center ... the genetic code that set Homo sapiens apart from their ancestors. Unlike Homo erectus and Homo naledi, who lived and thrived for thousands of years, these ...

Original fossil of the midface of a hominin assigned to Homo aff. erectus recovered at level TE7 ... more familiar human body proportions and use fire and tools. Remains of the species have ...