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Unravelling the functional biomechanics of dental features and tooth wear [PDF]

, 2013
Most of the morphological features recognized in hominin teeth, particularly the topography of the occlusal surface, are generally interpreted as an evolutionary functional adaptation for mechanical food processing.
Benazzi, Stefano, Hublin, Jean-Jacques, Kullmer, Ottmar, Nguyen, Huynh Nhu   +3 more
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Long-term patterns of body mass and stature evolution within the hominin lineage [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
Body size is a central determinant of a species' biology and adaptive strategy, but the number of reliable estimates of hominin body mass and stature have been insufficient to determine long-term patterns and subtle interactions in these size components ...
Manuel Will, Adrián Pablos, Jay T. Stock   +2 more
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The mournful ape: Conflating expression and meaning in the mortuary behaviour of Homo naledi [PDF]

, 2015
The Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star Cave has yielded 1550 identifiable fossil elements – representing the largest single collection of fossil hominin material found on the African continent to date.
Randolph-Quinney, Patrick
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SISA RANGKA MANUSIA DARI SITUS GUNUNG WINGKO

Berkala Arkeologi, 1987
Situs Gunung Wingko merupakan situs hunian pantai. Situs seperti ini juga ditemukan di luar Jawa, seperti di Gilimanuk (Bali), Gunung Piring (Lombok) dan Melolo (Sumba) (Nitihaminoto , 1982) .
Koeshardjono
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Palaeoanthropology: African origins [PDF]

Nature, 2011
Jean-Jacques Hublin enjoys a book supporting the idea that modern humans replaced Neanderthals.
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Cortical bone mapping: An application to hand and foot bones in hominoids [PDF]

, 2016
Bone form reflects both the genetic profile and behavioural history of an individual. As cortical bone is able to remodel in response to mechanical stimuli, interspecific differences in cortical bone thickness may relate to loading during locomotion or ...
Gee, Andrew, Kivell, Tracy L., Skinner, Matthew M., Stephens, Nicholas B., Treece, Graham, Tsegai, Zewdi J.   +5 more
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Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity: Breaking Old Paradigms [PDF]

, 2012
Innovation and creativity are two of the key characteristics that distinguish cultural transmission from biological transmission. This book explores a number of questions concerning the nature and timing of the origins of human creativity.
Bandura, Bar-Yosef, Barton, Barton, Brown, Bruner, Byrne, Caron, Coolidge, Coward, Decan, Defleur, Dunbar, Dunbar, Foley, Gamble, Gosden, Green, Grove, Henshilwood, Hill, Hoffecker, Lezak, Mania, Maynard Smith, Peyrony, Powell, Reader, Rogers, Schoenemann, Schwenninger, Shennan, Tixier, Zhang, Zilhão   +34 more
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Palaeoanthropology: Craniums with clout [PDF]

Nature, 2011
A look at two early human fossils reveals the prejudices in ideas about human evolution, finds Henry Gee.
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Measuring the shape. Performance evaluation of a photogrammetry improvement applied to the Neanderthal skull Saccopastore 1 [PDF]

, 2018
Several digital technologies are nowadays developed and applied to the study of the human fossil record. Here, we present a low-cost hardware implementation of the digital acquisition via photogrammetry, applied to a specimen of paleoanthropological ...
Buzi, Costantino, Conti, Jacopo, Cristiano, Walter, Di Vincenzo, Fabio, Grassetti, Roberto, Manzi, Giorgio, Micarelli, Ileana, Profico, Antonio, Tafuri, Mary Anne   +8 more
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Unpacking the ‘explorer’ narrative and its impacts on African palaeoanthropology

South African Journal of Science
The concepts of explorer, expedition, and the combination of the two into the myth of the explorer have been integral parts of Western mentality for more than 200 years.
Rebecca R. Ackermann, Keneiloe Molopyane, Sheela Athreya   +2 more
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