In this review of the evidence for and against taxic diversity within the hominin clade, we
begin by looking at the logic and the history of simple “ladder‐like” interpretations of the …

For several decades, it was largely assumed that stone tool use and production were
abilities limited to the genus Homo. However, growing palaeontological and archaeological …

New ages for flowstone, sediments and fossil bones from the Dinaledi Chamber are
presented. We combined optically stimulated luminescence dating of sediments with U-Th …

为解决溶液法难以实现的古老海相碳酸盐岩取样和超低U, Pb 含量样品测年的难题,
通过激光剥蚀进样系统与多接收电感耦合等离子体质谱仪的连用和对年龄为209.8 Ma …

Sterkfontein is the most prolific single source of Australopithecus fossils, the vast majority of
which were recovered from Member 4, a cave breccia now exposed by erosion and …

The cave infills at Sterkfontein contain one of the richest assemblages of Australopithecus
fossils in the world, including the nearly complete skeleton StW 573 ('Little Foot'),,, in its …

We describe the physical context of the Dinaledi Chamber within the Rising Star cave, South
Africa, which contains the fossils of Homo naledi. Approximately 1550 specimens of hominin …

People have been interested in caves for a very long time. Our distant ancestors used them
for shelter, as sources of water, and as places in which to conduct essential rituals. They …

Hand bones from a single individual with a clear taxonomic affiliation are scarce in the
hominin fossil record, which has hampered understanding the evolution of manipulative …

Newly exposed cave sediments at the Malapa site include a flowstone layer capping the
sedimentary unit containing the Australopithecus sediba fossils. Uranium-lead dating of the …