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Evolution of the hominin brain: A review of variations in size and shape
, 2015 If we aim to understand the acquisition of human cognitive organization during hominin evolution, two fundamental and complementary lines of evidence must be taken into account: the first is paleoneurological, based on the analyses of brain "endocasts ...
Magherini S. +11 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Recent archaeological discoveries, reviewed in this essay, challenge traditional views on the emergence of human symbolic cognition. Once believed to have originated in Europe around 40,000 years ago, new evidence shows it emerged much earlier across diverse regions.
Francesco d'Errico +3 more
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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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The climate and vegetation backdrop to hominin evolution in Africa. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2022 Gosling WD, Scerri EML, Kaboth-Bahr S.
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A lineage perspective on hominin taxonomy and evolution
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and ReviewsAbstract An 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 ...
Jesse M. Martin +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 +3 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Gough's Cave is a key archaeological site that has been at heart of British archaeology for the past century. Professor Chris Stringer, whom this special issue honours, has been a key figure in excavations and research projects at the site for many decades.
William A. Marsh
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Variation in human 3D trunk shape and its functional implications in hominin evolution. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Bastir M +7 more
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The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps
NatureBipedalism is a human-defining trait1-3. It is made possible by the familiar, bowl-shaped pelvis, whose short, wide iliac blades curve along the sides of the body to stabilize walking and support internal organs and a large-brained, broad-shouldered baby4-6. The ilium changes compared with living primates are an evolutionary novelty7. However, how this
Gayani Senevirathne +18 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.The ‘Out of Africa’ model that has dominated palaeoanthropology for nearly three decades was originally based on five elements: a recent ancestry to human populations; an African origin for the ancestral population; limited or no gene flow among archaic hominins and no admixture between modern humans and Neanderthals; a marked difference between the ...
Robert A. Foley, Marta Mirazón Lahr
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