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The taxonomy of Sahelanthropus tchadensis from a craniometric perspective [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Sahelanthropus tchadensis has raised much debate since its initial discovery in Chad in 2001, given its controversial classification as the earliest representative of the hominin lineage.
WALTER NEVES, GABRIEL ROCHA, MARIA H. SENGER, MARK HUBBE   +3 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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Bringing trees back into the human evolutionary story: recent evidence from extant great apes

Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2023
Hypotheses have historically linked the emergence and evolution of defining human characteristics such as bipedal walking to ground-dwelling, envisioning our earliest ancestors as living in treeless savannahs (i.e.
Rhianna C. Drummond-Clarke
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Geological and taphonomic context for the new hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

eLife, 2015
We describe the physical context of the Dinaledi Chamber within the Rising Star cave, South Africa, which contains the fossils of Homo naledi. Approximately 1550 specimens of hominin remains have been recovered from at least 15 individuals, representing ...
Paul HGM Dirks, Lee R Berger, Eric M Roberts, Jan D Kramers, John Hawks, Patrick S Randolph-Quinney, Marina Elliott, Charles M Musiba, Steven E Churchill, Darryl J de Ruiter, Peter Schmid, Lucinda R Backwell, Georgy A Belyanin, Pedro Boshoff, K Lindsay Hunter, Elen M Feuerriegel, Alia Gurtov, James du G Harrison, Rick Hunter, Ashley Kruger, Hannah Morris, Tebogo V Makhubela, Becca Peixotto, Steven Tucker   +23 more
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New opportunities rising

eLife, 2017
More fossil specimens and an eagerly awaited age for Homo naledi raise new questions and open fresh opportunities for paleoanthropologists.
Jessica C Thompson
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Newly identified hominin trackways from the Cape south coast of South Africa

South African Journal of Science, 2020
Three new Pleistocene hominin tracksites have been identified on the Cape south coast of South Africa, one in the Garden Route National Park and two in the Goukamma Nature Reserve, probably dating to Marine Isotope Stage 5.
Charles W. Helm, Martin G. Lockley, Hayley C. Cawthra, Jan C. De Vynck, Mark G. Dixon, Carina J.Z. Helm, Guy H.H. Thesen   +6 more
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What Is the Acheulean? [PDF]

Evol Anthropol
ABSTRACT The Acheulean represents the longest cultural period known to human history, lasting globally for more than 1.75 million years. It may have emerged as early as 1.95 Ma in Africa, spreading throughout much of the continent and then into Eurasia and lasting up to 350–200 ka in western Europe and South Asia, and even later in eastern Asia ...
Moncel M, Cucart‐Mora C, Arzarello M, Ashton N, Baena J, Barsky D, de la Torre I, Galanidou N, García‐Medrano P, Hertler C, Herzlinger G, Ingicco T, Li H, Ma D, Mosquera M, Ollé A, Pappu S, Pei S, Tian C, Wang W, Bae C.   +20 more
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Homo naledi and Pleistocene hominin evolution in subequatorial Africa

eLife, 2017
New discoveries and dating of fossil remains from the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, have strong implications for our understanding of Pleistocene human evolution in Africa.
Lee R Berger, John Hawks, Paul HGM Dirks, Marina Elliott, Eric M Roberts   +4 more
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Aridity and hominin environments [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017
SignificanceOxygen 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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The many mysteries of Homo naledi

eLife, 2015
More than 1500 fossils from the Rising Star cave system in South Africa have been assigned to a new human species, Homo naledi, which displays a unique combination of primitive and derived traits throughout the skeleton.
Chris Stringer
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