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The fossil record stays silent: Confusions and conundrums for hominin pelvis evolution
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The evolution of the hominin pelvis is commonly modeled as a series of stages driven largely by the requirements of bipedal locomotion, reproduction, thermoregulation, and pelvic floor muscular support. These patterns are complicated by variation in canal dimensions in relationship with different changes in overall pelvic breadths. To quantify
Helen K. Kurki, Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler
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Zanadamu: An African hominin isotopic dataset
Data in Brief, 2023 The present article introduces Zanadamu, a comprehensive geo-temporal-referenced dataset that amalgamates all published stable isotope carbon and oxygen measurements on tooth enamel from African hominins, dated between 4.4 and 0.005 Ma.
Victor Iminjili, Ricardo Fernandes
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Reconstructing cranial evolution in an extinct hominin
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2021 Homo erectusis the first hominin species with a truly cosmopolitan distribution and resembles recent humans in its broad spatial distribution. The microevolutionary events associated with dispersal and local adaptation may have produced similar population structure in both species. Understanding the evolutionary population dynamics ofH.
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality have declined dramatically during the last century. Historical data are therefore important sources to study the evolutionary selection pressures related to childbirth and how they have fluctuated over time.
Mirella Woodert +7 more
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Hominin evolution: A review of bipedal adaptations and cranial capacity as a means of studying evolution and analyzing speciation [PDF]
, 2017 Hominin evolution and the field of paleoanthropology are cornerstones of paleontological inquiry. Much about hominin evolution has been learned since the discovery of the first Neandertal specimen in 1856, but increasing ambiguity regarding the ...
Appelt, Cassy Marie
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Evolutionary morphology of the haplorhine hamate
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Primates adopt a variety of hand postures during an impressive diversity of locomotor and manipulative behaviors. Morphological research has found that elements of the hand skeleton, such as the hamate, hold key information for inferring hand use and locomotor kinematics in extinct species.
Laura E. Hunter +4 more
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Growth and Investment in Hominin Life History Evolution: Patterns, Processes, and Outcomes
, 2011 The transitions from apes to lineages allied to humans are marked by shifts in the allocation of parental effort, associated with discontinuous changes in rates of infant and juvenile growth both prenatally and postnatally. Here, I assess growth and life
Lee, Phyllis C, Phyllis C. Lee
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South African Journal of ScienceSince discovery and description of the species, Sahelanthropus tchadensis has been at the centre of a great discussion around its classification as a hominin – the first of our lineage – or an ape.
Walter Neves +2 more
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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Hominin interbreeding and the evolution of human variation [PDF]
Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki, 2016 Mitochondrial Eve confirms the "out of Africa" theory, but the evidence also supports interbreeding between Homo sapiens and other hominins: Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo heidelbergensis. This article explains how interbreeding between early H. sapiens and archaic hominins occurred.
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