Javanese Homo erectus on the move in SE Asia circa 1.8 Ma [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 The migration of Homo erectus in Southeast Asia during Early Pleistocene is cardinal to our comprehension of the evolution of the genus Homo. However, the limited consideration of the rapidly changing physical environment, together with controversial ...
Laurent Husson +11 more
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New reconstruction of DAN5 cranium (Gona, Ethiopia) supports complex emergence of Homo erectus [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe African Early Pleistocene is a time of evolutionary change and techno-behavioral innovation in human prehistory that sees the advent of our own genus, Homo, from earlier australopithecine ancestors by 2.8-2.3 million years ago.
Karen L. Baab +4 more
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New hominin remains and revised context from the earliest Homo erectus locality in East Turkana, Kenya [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2021 KNM-ER 2598 is one of the oldest known Homo erectus fossils but there are doubts about its age. Here, Hammond et al. trace the original location of the specimen, confirming an age >1.85 million years, and locating additional hominin fossils situated in a
Ashley S. Hammond +11 more
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Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago [PDF]
Communications Earth & EnvironmentQuestions about when early members of the genus Homo adapted to extreme environments like deserts and rainforests have traditionally focused on Homo sapiens.
Julio Mercader +27 more
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The Homo erectus Female Revisited. [PDF]
Am J Hum BiolABSTRACTThe Energetic Consequences of Being a Homo erectus Female was published in the American Journal of Human Biology over two decades ago. This paper drew attention to the high body‐size‐related reproductive costs of an H. erectus female if she retained the same reproductive schedule of smaller‐bodied earlier hominins modeled on the schedule for ...
Aiello LC.
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Rib Cross-Sectional Mineralized Area in Early Pleistocene Hominins: Insights From the Homo antecessor and H. erectus s. l. Fossil Record. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT Objectives Rib cross‐sectional mineralized area provides valuable insights into mechanical loading and bone growth and remodeling. Given the scarcity of Early Pleistocene costal remains in the context of human evolution, we aimed to study the cross‐sectional anatomy of fossil ribs from that period and compare them to a modern human ontogenetic
López-Rey JM +6 more
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Reading hominin life history in fossil bones and teeth: methods to test hypotheses regarding its evolution. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos SocABSTRACT Human life history is derived compared to that of our closest living relatives, the great apes. It has been suggested that these derived traits are causally related to aspects of our ecology, social behaviour and cognitive abilities. However, resolving this requires that we know the evolutionary trajectory of our distinctive pattern of growth,
Cerrito P, Burkart JM, van Schaik C.
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What the eastern African stone tool evidence tells us about Plio-Pleistocene hominin extinctions [PDF]
Cambridge Prisms: ExtinctionThis paper examines the stone tool evidence associated with extinctions among Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and Homo in Eastern Africa between 0.8 and 3.5 Ma.
John J. Shea
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Published as part of Prat, Sandrine, 2025, Singular or plural Oldowan tool-makers during the Lower Pleistocene in eastern Africa?, pp. 545-561 in Comptes Rendus Palevol 24 (27) on page 554, DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2025v24a27, http://zenodo.org/record ...
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Infant craniofacial diversity in Early Pleistocene Homo [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe adult craniofacial diversity of early Pleistocene Homo species is relatively well-documented, but its developmental foundations is hindered by the scarcity of infant specimens with preserved skeletal features.
José Braga, Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi
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