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Evolution of the Early Hominin Hand
2016Over the course of early hominin evolution, two fundamental changes in hand function occurred: the loss of a locomotor role and unparalleled intensification of manipulation, tool making, and tool use. In the context of these functional changes, early hominin hand anatomy evolved a number of derived characteristics within an otherwise primitive bauplan.
Richmond, B. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5014-5580 +2 more
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The significance of cooking for early hominin scavenging
Journal of Human Evolution, 2015Meat scavenged by early Homo could have contributed importantly to a higher-quality diet. However, it has been suggested that because carrion would normally have been contaminated by bacteria it would have been dangerous and therefore eaten rarely prior to the advent of cooking.
Alex R, Smith +3 more
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Measures of maturation in early fossil hominins: events at the first transition from australopiths to early Homo [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2016 An important question in palaeoanthropology is whether, among the australopiths and the first fossil hominins attributed to early Homo, there was a shift towards a more prolonged period of growth that can be distinguished from that of the living great ...
Christopher Dean
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The zooarchaeology and paleoecology of early hominin scavenging
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 2020AbstractQuestions about the timing, frequency, resource yield, and behavioral and biological implications of large animal carcass acquisition by early hominins have been a part of the “hunting‐scavenging debate” for decades. This article presents a brief outline of this debate, reviews the zooarchaeological and modern ecological evidence for a possible
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2006
During the period from 8–5 million years ago, the Earth experienced the beginning of a long-term drying and cooling trend. Due to the increasing dryness, forests were replaced with open woodland, and areas of grassland began to appear. Hominin evolution began in Africa at the time of these climatic changes.
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During the period from 8–5 million years ago, the Earth experienced the beginning of a long-term drying and cooling trend. Due to the increasing dryness, forests were replaced with open woodland, and areas of grassland began to appear. Hominin evolution began in Africa at the time of these climatic changes.
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The shape of the early hominin proximal femur
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2008AbstractPostcranial skeletal variation among Plio‐Pleistocene hominins has implications for taxonomy and locomotor adaptation. Although sample size constraints make interspecific comparisons difficult, postcranial differences between Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanus have been reported (McHenry and Berger: J Hum Evol 35 1998 1 ...
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When Early Hominins Got a Grip
Science, 2013Paleoanthropologists announced a modern feature in a rare, 1.4-million-year-old hand bone from Kenya, filling a 1-million-year gap in the fossil record and showing when key adaptations to toolmaking arose.
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Femoral neck structure and function in early hominins
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2013All early (Pliocene–Early Pleistocene) hominins exhibit some differences in proximal femoral morphology from modern humans, including a long femoral neck and a low neck‐shaft angle. In addition, australopiths (Au. afarensis, Au. africanus, Au. boisei, Paranthropus boisei), but not early Homo, have an “anteroposteriorly compressed” femoral neck and a ...
Christopher B, Ruff, Ryan, Higgins
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The Laetoli footprints and early hominin locomotor kinematics
Journal of Human Evolution, 2008A critical question in human evolution is whether the earliest bipeds walked with a bent-hip, bent-knee gait or on more extended hindlimbs. The differences between these gaits are not trivial, because the adoption of either has important implications for the evolution of bipedalism.
David A, Raichlen +2 more
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Assessing the function of early hominin bone tools
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2009Bone tools from early hominin sites in southern Africa continue to intrigue researchers interested in the development of early human technology and cognition. Sterkfontein, Swartkrans and Drimolen have all yielded bone tools dated to between 1 and 2 Mya associated with numerous Paranthropus robustus and few early Homo remains.
d'Errico, Francesco, Backwell, Lucinda
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