"Lucy," our 3.2 million-year-old hominin relative, couldn't run very fast, according to a new study. But modeling her running ability has provided new insights into the evolution of human anatomy ...

His ribcage and shoulder girdle indicate that he could swing his arms when walking or running, as we do ... With the appearance Homo erectus/ergaster in the fossil record we also see the first ...

Like some present-day apes, this species had a "sagittal crest" (a ridge running from front to back ... but smaller than the Homo erectus brain. The first example of Homo erectus, known as ...

Researchers reached that conclusion after running copious tests on Pink’s remains and others ... whereas Pink’s facial features are more primitive, resembling Homo erectus, particularly in its flat ...

While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...

These skulls belong to Homo erectus, but they are much smaller than typical Homo erectus fossils, leading scientists to classify them as a subspecies known as Homo erectus georgicus. The Dmanisi ...

Researchers reached that conclusion after running copious tests on Pink’s remains and others ... whereas Pink’s facial features are more primitive, resembling Homo erectus, particularly in its flat ...