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The use of Z-scores to facilitate morphometric comparisons between African Plio-Pleistocene hominin fossils: An example of method

South African Journal of Science, 2022
South Africa and East Africa each have a rich palaeoanthropological heritage, but the taxonomy of fossil hominins from these regions is controversial. In this study, two morphometric methods related to the quantification of variability in morphology have
J. Francis Thackeray, Ottmar Kullmer
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Bipedal locomotion in zoo apes: Revisiting the hylobatian model for bipedal origins

Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2022
Bipedal locomotion is a hallmark of being human. Yet the body form from which bipedalism evolved remains unclear. Specifically, the positional behaviour (i.e. orthograde vs. pronograde) and the length of the lumbar spine (i.e. long and mobile vs.
Kyle H. Rosen, Caroline E. Jones, Jeremy M. DeSilva   +2 more
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The evolution of hominin ontogenies [PDF]

Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2010
Since the beginnings of paleoanthropology, immature fossil hominin specimens have marked important but highly contested cornerstones of research. Long deemed as not representative of a fossil species’ morphology, immature hominins are now in the center of scientific attention, and an increasing interest in evolutionary developmental questions has made ...
Zollikofer, C P E, Ponce de León, M S
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Visual Depictions of Our Evolutionary Past: A Broad Case Study Concerning the Need for Quantitative Methods of Soft Tissue Reconstruction and Art-Science Collaborations

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Flip through scientific textbooks illustrating ideas about human evolution or visit any number of museums of natural history and you will notice an abundance of reconstructions attempting to depict the appearance of ancient hominins.
Ryan M. Campbell, Gabriel Vinas, Maciej Henneberg, Maciej Henneberg, Rui Diogo   +4 more
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Three-dimensional volumetric muscle reconstruction of the Australopithecus afarensis pelvis and limb, with estimations of limb leverage

Royal Society Open Science, 2023
To understand how an extinct species may have moved, we first need to reconstruct the missing soft tissues of the skeleton, which rarely preserve, with an understanding of segmental volume and muscular composition within the body.
Ashleigh L. A. Wiseman
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The first hominin of Europe [PDF]

Nature, 2008
The earliest hominin occupation of Europe is one of the most debated topics in palaeoanthropology. However, the purportedly oldest of the Early Pleistocene sites in Eurasia lack precise age control and contain stone tools rather than human fossil remains.
Carbonell, Eudald, Bermudez de Castro, Jose M., Pares, Josep M., Perez-Gonzalez, Alfredo, Cuenca-Bescos, Gloria, Olle, Andreu, Mosquera, Marina, Huguet, Rosa, van der Made, Jan, Rosas, Antonio, Sala, Robert, Vallverdu, Josep, Garcia, Nuria, Granger, Darryl E., Martinon-Torres, Maria, Rodriguez, Xose P., Stock, Greg M., Verges, Josep M., Allue, Ethel, Burjachs, Francesc, Caceres, Isabel, Canals, Antoni, Benito, Alfonso, Diez, Carlos, Lozano, Marina, Mateos, Ana, Navazo, Marta, Rodriguez, Jesus, Rosell, Jordi, Arsuaga, Juan Luis   +29 more
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Archaeogenomic insights into the adaptation of plants to the human environment : pushing plant–hominin co-evolution back to the Pliocene [PDF]

, 2015
The colonization of the human environment by plants, and the consequent evolution of domesticated forms is increasingly being viewed as a co-evolutionary plant–human process that occurred over a long time period, with evidence for the co-evolutionary ...
Kitchen, James, James L. Kitchen, Smith, Oliver, Ware, R., Allaby, Robin G., Smith, O., Robin G. Allaby, Gutaker, Rafał M., Kistler, L., Roselyn Ware, Allaby, R. G., Clarke, Andrew C., Andrew C. Clarke, Oliver Smith, Kitchen, J. L., Kistler, Logan, Kitchen, James L., Clarke, A. C., Logan Kistler, Ware, Roselyn, Gutaker, R. M., Rafal M. Gutaker, Gutaker, Rafal M.   +22 more
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Aridity and hominin environments [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017
Significance Oxygen isotopes in modern and fossil mammals can provide information on climate. In this study, we provide a new record of aridity experienced by early hominins in Africa. We show that past climates were similar to the climate in eastern Africa today, and that early hominins experienced highly variable climates over time.
Blumenthal, S, Levin, N, Brown, F, Brugal, J, Chritz, K, Harris, J, Jehle, G, Cerling, T   +7 more
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Hominin footprints from Early Pleistocene deposits at Happisburgh, UK [PDF]

, 2014
The research was funded by the Calleva Foundation as part of the Pathways to Ancient Britain Project. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Investigations at ...
Simon A. Parfitt, Hoare, Peter, Chris Stringer (67811), Williams Craig, Duffy, Sarah M., Simon A Parfitt, Lewis, M, Duffy, Sarah M, Peter Hoare, Peter Hoare (582679), De Groote, I, Parfitt, SA, Williams, Craig, Bates, M, Sarah M Duffy, Bates, R, Parfitt, Simon A, Isabelle De Groote, Martin Bates, Sarah M. Duffy (582676), Peglar, S, Duffy, SM, Ashton, N, Bates, Martin, Richard Bates (582678), Lewis, SG, Martin Bates (582677), Simon G Lewis, Chris Stringer, Lewis, Simon G, Parfitt, Simon A., Peglar, Sylvia, Isabelle De Groote (582675), Hoare Peter, Bates Richard, Williams, C, Sarah M. Duffy, Simon G. Lewis (582674), Simon G. Lewis, Stringer, C, Ashton, Nick, Mark Lewis, De Groote Isabelle, Duffy Sarah M., Hoare, P, Sylvia Peglar (582680), Craig Williams (582681), Ashton Nick, Sylvia Peglar, Stringer Chris, Stringer, Chris, Nick Ashton, Simon A. Parfitt (229984), Bates Martin, Bates, Richard, Bates, C. Richard, De Groote, Isabelle, Lewis Mark, Richard Bates, Parfitt Simon A., Nick Ashton (388306), Mark Lewis (393467), Lewis, Mark, Lewis, Simon G., Lewis Simon G., Peglar Sylvia, Craig Williams   +66 more
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The Chronology of Early Human Settlement in Three Gorges Region, China—Contribution of Coupled Electron Spin Resonance and Uranium-Series Dating Method

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022
The Three Gorges region (TGR) located in the geographic center of China, is a transition zone between mountain and plain areas, and a probable migration corridor for hominins and other mammals between South and North China.
Fei Han, Jean-Jacques Bahain, Qingfeng Shao, Xuefeng Sun, Pierre Voinchet, Ping Xiao, Manchen Huang, Mengqi Li, Gongming Yin   +8 more
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