Characterizing the evolutionary path(s) to early Homo. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Numerous studies suggest that the transition from Australopithecus to Homo was characterized by evolutionary innovation, resulting in the emergence and coexistence of a diversity of forms.
Lauren Schroeder +3 more
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Dental morphology in Homo habilis and its implications for the evolution of early Homo [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe phylogenetic position of Homo habilis is central to debates over the origin and early evolution of the genus Homo. A large portion of the species hypodigm consists of dental remains, but they have only been studied at the often worn enamel surface ...
Thomas W. Davies +10 more
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Broca’s area, variation and taxic diversity in early Homo from Koobi Fora (Kenya) [PDF]
eLife, 2023 Because brain tissues rarely fossilize, pinpointing when and how modern human cerebral traits emerged in the hominin lineage is particularly challenging.
Amélie Beaudet, Edwin de Jager
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Infant craniofacial diversity in Early Pleistocene Homo
Nature CommunicationsThe adult craniofacial diversity of early Pleistocene Homo species is relatively well-documented, but its developmental foundations is hindered by the scarcity of infant specimens with preserved skeletal features.
José Braga, Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi
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Homo heterogenus : Variability in early Pleistocene Homo environments
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 2023 Peer ...
Žliobaitė Indrė +4 more
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Ledi-Geraru strikes again: Morphological affinities of the LD 350-1 mandible with early Homo [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023 The origins of the genus Homo have been a focus of much debate in the paleoanthropological literature due to its importance in understanding the evolutionary trajectories that led to the appearance of archaic humans and our species.
WALTER NEVES +4 more
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Long-term patterns of body mass and stature evolution within the hominin lineage [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Body size is a central determinant of a species' biology and adaptive strategy, but the number of reliable estimates of hominin body mass and stature have been insufficient to determine long-term patterns and subtle interactions in these size components ...
Manuel Will +2 more
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Pelvic Morphology in Homo erectus and Early Homo [PDF]
The Anatomical Record, 2017 ABSTRACTThe evolution of the hominin pelvis is generally seen as involving two broad stages: the establishment of bipedal pelvic morphology by the mid‐Pliocene (or earlier), followed by architectural changes necessary to enlarge the birth canal in response to increased encephalization in Pleistocene members of the genus Homo.
Steven Emilio Churchill +1 more
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Taxonomic identification of Lower Pleistocene fossil hominins based on distal humeral diaphyseal cross-sectional shape [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 The coexistence of multiple hominin species during the Lower Pleistocene has long presented a challenge for taxonomic attribution of isolated postcrania.
Michael R. Lague
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First early hominin from central Africa (Ishango, Democratic Republic of Congo). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Despite uncontested evidence for fossils belonging to the early hominin genus Australopithecus in East Africa from at least 4.2 million years ago (Ma), and from Chad by 3.5 Ma, thus far there has been no convincing evidence of Australopithecus ...
Isabelle Crevecoeur +12 more
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