Obtaining accurate age control for fossils found on Java (Indonesia) has been and remains
challenging due to geochronologic and stratigraphic uncertainties. In the 1890s, Dubois …

The long-term diversification of the biosphere responds to changes in the physical
environment. Yet, over the continents, the nearly monotonic expansion of life started later in …

Organized flaking techniques to obtain predetermined stone tools have been traced back to
the early Acheulean (also known as mode 2) in Africa and are seen as indicative of the …

Two recently published analyses make cases for severe bottlenecking of human populations
occurring in the late Early Pleistocene, one case at about 0.9 Mya based on a genomic …

The route and speed of migration into Sahul by Homo sapiens remain a major research
question in archaeology. Here, we introduce an approach which models the impact of the …

The evolution of human language is a topic that has received undiminished attention.
Numerous hypotheses for the origin of human language have been proposed, including …

As a species, we have reached a tipping point for Earth derived from our unsustainable
resource use. While conservation efforts occurred early in human civilization, it was not until …

Java is one of the oldest places outside Africa which was occupied by early humans, from
the first 'archaic'Homo erectus after 1.8 ma to the progressive form around 70-40 ka. Up to …

With the discoveries of new hominin fossils from historically well-studied as well as poorly
sampled regions, and thanks to great advances in paleogenetic studies, Asian …

 Abstract Background Triatomines (kissing bugs) are natural vectors of trypanosomes, which
are single-celled parasitic protozoans, such as Trypanosoma cruzi, T. conorhini and T …