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Earliest evidence for fire use suggests Homo erectus may have transported flames 1.79 million years ago
Long before humans figured out how to make fire from scratch, they learned to transport burning embers from wildfires into ...
A new method that detects whether bones have been burned reveals Homo erectus brought fires into caves far earlier than ...
(Kamila Kozioł/iStock/Getty Images Plus) When it comes to phenomena that may have changed the course of human history, fire ...
An international team in South Africa has pinned the earliest known use of fire by Homo erectus back to between 1.07 and 1.79 ...
The ability to control fire was a monumental leap for early humans. It provided warmth during cold nights, protection from predators, and extended the hours of daylight. Eventually, it led to cooking, ...
An early human ancestor of our species successfully navigated harsher and more arid terrains for longer in Eastern Africa than previously thought, according to a new study published in Nature ...
A prehistoric human known as Homo erectus was the first of our forerunners to leave Africa, crossing continents and ultimately roaming the planet for almost 2 million years. But with scarce genetic ...
Scientists in China have uncovered new information from six Homo erectus tooth fossils dating back around 400,000 years, suggesting a potential connection between Homo erectus and modern humans, while ...
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