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Deciphering African late middle Pleistocene hominin diversity and the origin of our species

Nature Communications, 2019
Late Middle Pleistocene (LMP) hominin fossils are scarce, limiting reconstruction of human evolution during this key period. Here, the authors use phylogenetic modelling to predict the modern human last common ancestor’s morphology and inform hypotheses ...
Aurélien Mounier, Marta Mirazón Lahr
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Out in the cold? A review of Early Middle Palaeolithic settlements in northern Central Europe, age data and geological preconditions for site formation and preservation

Boreas, EarlyView.
The characteristics of settlement of Neanderthals in northern Central Europe during the earlier phases of the Middle Palaeolithic (Marine Isotope Stage 8–6) have been a matter of debate for decades, specifically regarding the population dynamics at such latitudes during the coldest phases. In this paper, we review the known archaeological record of the
Gianpiero Di Maida, Jutta Winsemann, Malte Hoffmann, Tobias Lauer, Utz Böhner, Thomas Terberger   +5 more
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A bifacial paradise—The site of Ochtmissen, Germany, and its lithic assemblage in the context of the last glacial (early MIS 4) in the north‐central European Lowland

Boreas, EarlyView.
The Palaeolithic site of Ochtmissen (Lower Saxony, Germany) was excavated in fluvial terrace deposits during the winter of 1993/1994. The current study presents, for the first time, a thorough analysis of the lithic assemblage, encompassing its primary technological and typological characteristics, as well as the type and age of the fluvial deposits ...
Gianpiero Di Maida, Jutta Winsemann, Markus Fuchs, Niklas von Soest, Thomas Terberger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hominin cognitive and behavioural complexity in the Pleistocene: assessment through identity, intentionality and visual display

, 2011
The Social Brian Hypothesis predicts the cognitive ability of hominin species by utilising estimated brain and group sizes in relation to an ordinal scale of cognitive complexity expressed as orders of intentionality.
Cole, James Nathan
core  

On the variability of the dmanisi mandibles

, 2014
The description of a new skull (D4500) from the Dmanisi site (Republic of Georgia) has reopened the debate about the morphological variability within the genus Homo.
Bermúdez De Castro, J.M., Martín-Francés, L., Sier, M.J., NWO-ALW Open: Climate impact on human evolution: age calibration of hominin sites and paleolakes drilling project, Paleomagnetism, Martinón-Torres, M.   +5 more
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Frequency of arboreality is correlated with longer hand skeletons in Gorilla: Analysis of a new skeletal sample of Bwindi mountain gorillas

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Variation in arboreality across gorilla populations is associated with systematic differences in manual digital lengths. Using a new dataset of linear metrics from the Bwindi mountain gorillas, we quantify metacarpal and phalangeal lengths in eastern and western gorilla populations across all five rays. Consistent with quantified behavioral differences,
Elliot G. Greiner, Christopher B. Ruff, Charlotte King, Aventino Nkwasibwe, Thadee Muhire, Emmanuel Tibenda, Jason S. Massey, Juho‐Antti Junno, Rowan M. Sherwood, Jean Bosco Noheri, Fred Nizeyimana, Tierra Smiley Evans, Richard Muvunyi, Dennis Babaasa, Martha M. Robbins, Shannon C. McFarlin, Tracy L. Kivell   +16 more
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Variation in human 3D trunk shape and its functional implications in hominin evolution. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Bastir M, González Ruíz JM, Rueda J, Garrido López G, Gómez-Recio M, Beyer B, San Juan AF, Navarro E.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A lineage perspective on hominin taxonomy and evolution

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews
AbstractAn uncritical reliance on the phylogenetic species concept has led paleoanthropologists to become increasingly typological in their delimitation of new species in the hominin fossil record. As a practical matter, this approach identifies species as diagnosably distinct groups of fossils that share a unique suite of morphological characters but,
Jesse M. Martin, A. B. Leece, Stephanie E. Baker, Andy I. R. Herries, David S. Strait   +4 more
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Sacral Orientation in Hominin Evolution

Advances in Anthropology, 2013
Sagittal sacral orientation within the pelvic girdle of humans is a key component of posture and obstetrics. On the one hand, sacral orientation has direct influence on the lumbar curvature; while on the other hand, it has an impact on the dorsoventral dimension of the birth canal. In this study, we aim to explore the evolution of sacral orientation in
Ella Been, Hayuta Pessah, Smadar Peleg, Patricia A. Kramer   +3 more
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Atlas of cortical sulcal imprints on Pan endocasts

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
This comprehensive atlas documents the frequency, position, and variability of cortical sulcal imprints across 21 extant Pan endocasts, providing the first quantitative baseline for comparative paleoneurology. This atlas serves as a reference for distinguishing ancestral from derived features in hominin brain evolution.
Edwin J. de Jager, Emmanuel Gilissen, Laurent Risser, Céline Amiez, Caroline Fonta, Muriel Mescam, Amélie Beaudet   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source