Archaeological discoveries of teeth provide remarkable information on humans, animals and
the health, hygiene and diet of ancient communities. In this fully revised and updated 2005 …

The site of Swartkrans provided the first evidence for the contemporaneity of two early
hominin genera, Paranthropus and Homo. In large measure, the fossils that are attributable …

Cognitive abilities and techno-economic behaviours of hominids in the time period between
2.6-2.3 Myr have become increasingly well-documented. This time period corresponds to …

This report documents greater variability in early hominin first molar dental trait frequencies
than previous research indicated. Specifically, frequencies of several M1 dental traits that …

Despite Scotland's complex genetic history, few physical anthropological studies have been
done. Since the original peopling (thought to have been from England, Ireland, or …

Phillip Tobias was intimately involved in the systematic analysis of two early hominin taxa,
Zinjanthropus (now Paranthropus) boisei and Homo habilis. This paper compares and …

The focus of this descriptive study was to explore the patterns of variation of base crown
areas for the four major cusps on the maxillary first and second permanent molars in a …