A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

From a recent Burnt Orange Productions press release: Austin, TX – Production recently began on Homo Erectus: A Caveman Comedy, a broad comedy set in prehistoric times written, directed by and ...

Compared with modern humans (Homo sapiens), who have been around for the past 300,000 years, Homo erectus, or "upright human," had a long reign. The ancient human species lived from 2 million years ...