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Increased ecological resource variability during a critical transition in hominin evolution. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2020
Potts R, Dommain R, Moerman JW, Behrensmeyer AK, Deino AL, Riedl S, Beverly EJ, Brown ET, Deocampo D, Kinyanjui R, Lupien R, Owen RB, Rabideaux N, Russell JM, Stockhecke M, deMenocal P, Faith JT, Garcin Y, Noren A, Scott JJ, Western D, Bright J, Clark JB, Cohen AS, Keller CB, King J, Levin NE, Brady Shannon K, Muiruri V, Renaut RW, Rucina SM, Uno K.   +31 more
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It Takes Two to Tango: A Pluralist Account for Building Comprehensive Explanations in Human Evolution

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 494-510, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The evolutionary study of human dispersal is a key topic in biological anthropology. However, recent research has revealed inconsistencies between molecular and anatomical data across different timescales and geographic regions. Despite increased interdisciplinary dialogue, these discordances are rarely analyzed in depth or interpreted for ...
Lumila Paula Menéndez, Sophie Veigl
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Water Beings and Capitalist Relations in India's Sundarbans Delta

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 595-606, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores entanglements between water cosmologies and capitalist transformation in the Sundarbans delta of West Bengal, India. It traces how “awakened” tidal creeks have been iteratively enclosed as private fisheries from the colonial period to the present, with particular focus on the expansion of commercial aquaculture over the ...
Calynn Dowler
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Modulating Hunting Atmospheres: Mud and Material Flows Beyond the Kill

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 629-639, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article argues that hunting is not a bounded event but a materially redistributed atmosphere that extends beyond the kill and across field, truck, clothing, and home. Drawing on long‐term ethnographic fieldwork with wild boar hunters in Uruguay, I show how mud, odors, blood, and bodily residues carry the sensory, affective, and material ...
Juan Martin Dabezies
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Political Animals: To Live & Die in More‐Than‐Human Worlds

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 660-667, September 2026.
ABSTRACT What does it mean to live—and therefore die—in a more‐than‐human world? This review essay explores that question through reflections on teaching Political Animals: Species, Class, Race, and Gender, an undergraduate course that introduces students to scholarship on human‐nonhuman relations.
Luísa Reis‐Castro
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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, Volume 249, Issue 3, Page 544-564, September 2026.
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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Functional Differences in Muscle Architecture Across the Pelvis and Hind Limb of Primates

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives Understanding the architectural diversity of primate musculature is essential for interpreting locomotor function and reconstructing evolutionary adaptations. This study examines whether interspecific differences in pelvic and hind limb muscle architecture reflect functional differentiation among major muscle groups.
Emma Guimaraes, Evie Vereecke, Ashleigh L. Wiseman   +2 more
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Dietary Adaptation in Paranthropus robustus Postcanine Teeth

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 4, August 2026.
Upper premolar enamel thickness in Paranthropus robustus increased significantly over time, especially in the occlusal region. ABSTRACT Objectives Recent studies of Paranthropus robustus crania identified temporal trends in features associated with increased bite force production, coinciding with environmental shifts toward more arid conditions.
M. C. O'Hara, S. Chapple, P. Mahoney, W. S. McGraw, Gary T. Schwartz, M. M. Skinner, D. Guatelli‐Steinberg   +6 more
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Relatively open vegetation landscapes promoted early Pleistocene hominin evolution

Communications Earth & Environment
Vegetation structure and landscape openness are key ecological factors influencing human behavioural and cultural adaptation strategies. However, there is ongoing debate and lack of quantitative assessment about which vegetation landscape and openness ...
Baoshuo Fan, Yuecong Li, Fagang Wang, Jiaxing Yang, Zhen Zhang, Qinghai Xu, Qingzhen Hao, Yawen Ge, Bing Li, Deke Xu, Fei Xie, Chenglong Deng, Houyuan Lu   +12 more
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Missing Landmark Estimation Using Reverse Engineering: Challenges and Potential Solutions for the Study of Hominin Long Bones

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Fragmentary preservation represents a fundamental limitation in palaeoanthropological research, particularly for postcranial elements where symmetry cannot be exploited and large portions of bone are frequently missing. Although a wide range of virtual reconstruction methods exist, many rely on strong anatomical priors, localized interpolation,
Lloyd A. Courtenay, Julia Aramendi
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