African ape carpal morphology is not too specialized to represent the ancestral hominin carpus
Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.Knuckle walking is one hypothesized behavior of the Pan‐Homo last common ancestor. We analyzed carpal morphology, including Euclidean distances between behavioral pairs, to investigate whether the carpals of knuckle‐walking taxa appear relatively specialized.
Laura E. Hunter +4 more
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Preliminary paleohistological observations of the StW 573 (‘Little Foot’) skull
eLife, 2021 Numerous aspects of early hominin biology remain debated or simply unknown. However, recent developments in high-resolution imaging techniques have opened new avenues in the field of paleoanthropology.
Amélie Beaudet +7 more
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Form and function in the hominoid tarsal skeleton. [PDF]
, 2003 This thesis explores form variation in the adult tarsal skeleton of extant and fossil hominoids. Three dimensional coordinate data were obtained from five bones of the foot: the calcaneus, talus, cuboid, navicular and medial cuneiform. The comparative
Harcourt-Smith, WEH
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Therapeutic Sociality: Empathy and care amongst distressed Ethiopian domestic workers
Ethos, Volume 54, Issue 3, September 2026.Abstract Ethiopian migrant domestic workers frequently experience violence and abuse during employment, which can lead to serious emotional and mental distress. After returning to Ethiopia, some distressed women receive care at residential facilities specifically dedicated to rehabilitating returned domestic workers.
Eva Melstrom
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Dietary Adaptation in Paranthropus robustus Postcanine Teeth
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 4, August 2026.Upper premolar enamel thickness in Paranthropus robustus increased significantly over time, especially in the occlusal region. ABSTRACT Objectives Recent studies of Paranthropus robustus crania identified temporal trends in features associated with increased bite force production, coinciding with environmental shifts toward more arid conditions.
M. C. O'Hara +6 more
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Skeletal indicators of hyperpronation in Australopithecus sediba and extant primates [PDF]
, 2016 Habitual bipedal striding locomotion is a distinctive feature of hominins. The human fossil record, however, shows diversity in lower limb anatomy suggesting functional-mechanical differences in locomotion across these fossil taxa.
Goldstein, Deanna
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Models for "Running performance in Australopithecus afarensis"
Repository includes the GaitSym (version 2017) model files and associated bone geometry (.obj) files for the MDA models of Australopithecus afarensis and a human, as described in the above publication.
Bates, Karl
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A History of Research on Human Evolution in South Africa from 1924 to 2016
Revue de Primatologie, 2017 South Africa has a rich palaeo-anthropological heritage. The very first Plio-Pleistocene specimen of Australopithecus, from the site of Taung, was described by Raymond Dart in 1925.
John Francis Thackeray
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Quantitative Analysis of Occlusal Microwear in Australopithecus and Paranthropus [PDF]
, 1986 Quantitative analysis of microwear features preserved on the occlusal surfaces of the M2s of southern African specimens of Australopithecus and Paranthropus (the so-called \u27gracile\u27 and \u27robust\u27 australopithecines) reveals that there is no ...
Grine, Frederick E.
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New hominin fossils from Kanapoi, Kenya, and the mosaic evolution of canine teeth in early hominins
South African Journal of Science, 2012 Whilst reduced size, altered shape and diminished sexual dimorphism of the canine-premolar complex are diagnostic features of the hominin clade, little is known about the rate and timing of changes in canine size and shape in early hominins. The earliest
Fredrick Manthi, J. Plavcan, Carol Ward
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