Research Reveals Our Ancestors Developed Tools and Intellectual Capacity to Survive in Extreme Dry Conditions 1.2 Million Years Ago New research indicated that our ancestors Homo erectus made ...

Advanced stone tool strategies: Researchers found that Homo erectus utilized Acheulean tools, including bifacial handaxes and cleavers, strategically sourcing raw materials from distant locations ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus defied the extreme conditions of African deserts. A recent study reveals how this ...

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive ... and developing specialized stone tools such as scrapers and notched tools (known as denticulates), which the authors suggest were probably used ...

Homo erectus had longer legs ... erectus fossils, as well as stone tools and fossilized grains of pollen. Researchers carefully analyzed these artifacts, as well as rocks, butchered animal ...

Specialised tools found at the site, such as hand axes, scrapers and cleavers, showed that Homo erectus had also worked out how to process animal carcasses. The bones of animals such as cows ...