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Evolution of the hominin knee and ankle
Journal of Human Evolution, 2017The dispersal of the genus Homo out of Africa approximately 1.8 million years ago (Ma) has been understood within the context of changes in diet, behavior, and bipedal locomotor efficiency. While various morphological characteristics of the knee and ankle joints are considered part of a suite of traits indicative of, and functionally related to ...
Frelat, Mélanie +5 more
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Rethinking the ecological drivers of hominin evolution
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021A central goal of paleoanthropology is understanding the role of ecological change in hominin evolution. Over the past several decades researchers have expanded the hominin fossil record and assembled detailed late Cenozoic paleoclimatic, paleoenvironmental, and paleoecological archives.
J. Tyler Faith +6 more
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Environmental hypotheses of hominin evolution
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1998The study of human evolution has long sought to explain major adaptations and trends that led to the origin of Homo sapiens. Environmental scenarios have played a pivotal role in this endeavor. They represent statements or, more commonly, assumptions concerning the adaptive context in which key hominin traits emerged.
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Archeological insights into hominin cognitive evolution
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 2016How did the human mind evolve? How and when did we come to think in the ways we do? The last thirty years have seen an explosion in research related to the brain and cognition. This research has encompassed a range of biological and social sciences, from epigenetics and cognitive neuroscience to social and developmental psychology.
Thomas, Wynn, Frederick L, Coolidge
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Evolution of the Early Hominin Hand
2016Over the course of early hominin evolution, two fundamental changes in hand function occurred: the loss of a locomotor role and unparalleled intensification of manipulation, tool making, and tool use. In the context of these functional changes, early hominin hand anatomy evolved a number of derived characteristics within an otherwise primitive bauplan.
Richmond, B. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5014-5580 +2 more
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Evolution of hominin cranial ontogeny
2012Hominin evolution is characterized by two main trends, transition to bipedality and increase in brain size. Fossil evidence shows that both trends had a major impact on the structure and function of the hominin skull. This chapter asks how evolutionary modification of the cranial ontogenetic program led to morphological reorganization of the hominin ...
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Homo floresiensis and the evolution of the hominin shoulder
Journal of Human Evolution, 2007The holotype of Homo floresiensis, diminutive hominins with tiny brains living until 12,000 years ago on the island of Flores, is a partial skeleton (LB1) that includes a partial clavicle (LB1/5) and a nearly complete right humerus (LB1/50). Although the humerus appears fairly modern in most regards, it is remarkable in displaying only 110 degrees of ...
Susan G, Larson +7 more
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Modelling hominin evolution requires accurate hominin data
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2022Carrie S. Mongle +3 more
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Evolution of the Prefrontal Cortex in the Hominins
2021Abstract When body weight is taken into account, there was a rapid expansion of the brain during the evolution of the hominins, with the greatest increase occurring from around 400,000 years ago. After this time there is evidence of the bulging of the frontal lobe indicating the further expansion of the prefrontal (PF) cortex.
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Major Events in Hominin Evolution
2016The hominin footprint record spans ~3.6 Ma, from Late Pliocene to Holocene, and thus also spans a temporal duration corresponding to many of the major events in hominin evolution. While the oldest (~3.6 Ma) tracks from Laetoli (Tanzania) have been attributed, provisionally, to genus Australopithecus, all others are attributed to various species of the ...
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