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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
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Ecological variability of Hippopotamus antiquus from the late Early–Middle Pleistocene of Megalopolis Basin (Greece): Evidence for dynamic habitats in a glacial microrefugium

Boreas, EarlyView.
This study investigates the ecology of the extinct European Hippopotamus from the late Early–Middle Pleistocene (c. 900–400 ka) sequence of the Megalopolis Basin, a glacial microrefugium for temperate taxa in southern Greece. Using stable carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) isotope analyses and microwear analyses of Hippopotamus dental elements, we ...
Effrosyni Roditi, Gabriele Russo, Hervé Bocherens, George E. Konidaris, Athanassios Athanassiou, Florent Rivals, Vangelis Tourloukis, Eleni Panagopoulou, Panagiotis Karkanas, Katerina Harvati   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Do larger molars and robust jaws in early hominins represent dietary adaptation?’ A New Study in Tooth Wear [PDF]

, 2013
Diet imposes significant constraints on the biology and behaviour of animals. The fossil record suggests that key changes in diet have taken place throughout the course of human evolution.
Clement, A
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Growing together: Developmental integration and modularity in the human talus–calcaneus complex

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
This study investigates morphological integration and trabecular bone development in the human talus–calcaneus complex during postnatal ontogeny. The two bones exhibit strong integration throughout development, with differing bone volume fraction trajectories presumably reflecting their distinct functional roles during bipedal gait acquisition ...
Carla Figus, Rita Sorrentino, Francesca Seghi, Maria Giovanna Belcastro, Kristian J. Carlson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of change in in the Plio-Pleistocene carnivorans of eastern Africa: Implications for hominin evolution

, 2007
This paper uses changes in origination and extinction rates and species richness of eastern African carnivorans through time to discuss issues related to the evolution of hominin behavior.
Lewis, Margaret E., Werdelin, Lars,
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The impact of footwear on human talar trabecular architecture

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Medial and lateral views of the human foot skeleton in the shod and unshod groups, with color maps representing mean relative trabecular bone volume fraction (rBV/TV) in the talus for each group. The shod group exhibited greater rBV/TV in the medial and posterior talus, whereas the unshod group had greater rBV/TV in the talar head and neck.
Hannah N. Farrell, Andrea Luková, Sebastian Bachmann, Karley Spriggs, Alexander Synek, Dieter H. Pahr, Zewdi J. Tsegai   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hominin Brain Evolution:The Only Way Is Up?

, 2018
Traditional views of human brain evolution focus on increases in brain size. However, the brain endocast of Homo naledi adds evidence that brain re-organisation played a significant role in hominin evolution.
Montgomery, Stephen
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The behavioural ecology of hominin locomotion: what can we learn from landscapes of fear and primate terrestriality?

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
A defining feature of the hominin clade is bipedality, often parcelled together with terrestriality. However, there is increasing evidence of locomotor diversity, both within the hominin clade and amongst the Miocene apes that came before them.
Philippa Hammond, René Bobe, René Bobe, René Bobe, Susana Carvalho, Susana Carvalho, Susana Carvalho   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Papers from the British Academy Lucy to Language: Archaeology of the Social Brain. Seminar Series on Palaeolithic Visual Display.

, 2012
ContentsThe Importance of Conveying Visual Information in Acheulean Society. The Background to the Visual Display HypothesisDr John McNabb, Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins (CAHO), Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton ...
Grove, Matt, Hodgson, Derek, McNabb, John, Cole, James, Coward, Fiona   +4 more
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Arboreal signals in the skeletal proportions of the Gorilla foot

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Differences in arboreal behavior among gorilla populations are correlated with the relative lengths of their pedal digital elements. Bwindi gorillas have third and fourth metatarsals relatively shorter than those of more arboreal western lowland gorillas and longer than those of more terrestrial Virunga gorillas, while hallux and proximal phalangeal ...
Elliot G. Greiner, Christopher B. Ruff, Andrea Lukova, Aventino Nkwasibwe, Thadee Muhire, Emmanuel Tibenda, Jason S. Massey, Juho‐Antti Junno, Samar M. Syeda, Jean Bosco Noheri, Fred Nizeyimana, Tierra Smiley Evans, Richard Muvunyi, Dennis Babaasa, Martha M. Robbins, Shannon C. McFarlin, Tracy L. Kivell   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source