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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 11, Page 2569-2584, November 2025.Abstract Reconstructing incomplete anatomical regions of extinct taxa is critical for understanding their ecological and evolutionary context, including their migration patterns, reproductive strategies and environmental adaptations. In hominins, the pelvis can be particularly challenging to reconstruct because crushing and fragmentation during ...
Nicole Torres‐Tamayo +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Recently, ambient occlusion, quantified through portion de ciel visible (PCV) was introduced as a method for quantifying dental morphological wear resistance and reconstructing diet in mammals.
Michael A Berthaume +2 more
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South African Journal of Science, 2010 The type specimen of Paranthropus robustus (TM 1517, including a partial cranium) was discovered at Kromdraai near Sterkfontein in 1938 and described by Robert Broom as a new species.
Zachary Cofran, J. Francis Thackeray
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 185, Issue 4, December 2024.Abstract Objectives Reconstruction of life histories for fossil and living primates draws on rate of enamel layering, termed Retzius periodicity (RP in days) expressed as surface perikymata, during dental crown formation. Disclosure of RP through thin sectioning is destructive; consequently, sample sizes are inadequate to detect the range of RPs ...
Mark Fretson Skinner, Xueping Ji
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Evolutionary selection and morphological integration in the hand of modern humans
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 185, Issue 3, November 2024.Abstract Objectives To enhance our understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of the modern human hand by analyzing the degree of integration and ability to respond to selection pressures of each phalanx and metacarpal bone. Materials and Methods The sample comprised 96 adult individuals, both female and male, from Euro‐American, Afro‐American, and ...
Mikel Arlegi, Carlos Lorenzo
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 185, Issue 2, October 2024.Abstract This paper presents a detailed analysis of the endocast of one of the most complete Paranthropus robustus crania known, DNH 7, from the Drimolen site (South Africa), and compares it with the morphology of other australopithecine endocasts. We focus on endocranial volume, the impressions of cortical sulci, cranial sutures, and the pattern of ...
Dean Falk, Assaf Marom
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The ear of the Sima de los Huesos hominins (Atapuerca, Spain)
The Anatomical Record, Volume 307, Issue 7, Page 2410-2424, July 2024.Abstract Previous studies on the morphology of the inner ear (semicircular canals and cochlea) in the Sima de los Huesos hominin sample have provided important results on the evolution of these structures in the Neandertal lineage. Similarly, studies of the anatomy of the external and middle ear cavities of the Sima de los Huesos hominins have also ...
Mercedes Conde‐Valverde +3 more
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Human‐like enamel growth in Homo naledi
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 184, Issue 1, May 2024.Abstract Objectives A modern pattern (rate and duration) of dental development occurs relatively recently during human evolution. Given the temporal overlap of Homo naledi with the first appearance of fossil Homo sapiens in Africa, this small‐bodied and small‐brained hominin presents an opportunity to elucidate the evolution of enamel growth in the ...
Patrick Mahoney +9 more
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, 2021 : The Early Pleistocene site of Swartkrans in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site has been significant for our understanding of the evolution of both early Homo and Paranthropus, as well as the earliest archaeology of southern Africa ...
Bruxelles, Laurent +14 more
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A lineage perspective on hominin taxonomy and evolution
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Volume 33, Issue 2, April 2024.Abstract 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 morphological characters but,
Jesse M. Martin +4 more
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