Background Until recently, the evolution of the genus Homo has been interpreted in the
context of the onset of African aridity and the expansion of open grasslands. Homo erectus …

This review is a follow up to Grün et al.(2006): Direct Dating of Human Fossils. Since that
time there has been progress on the experimental side of the geochronological analyses …

In Biocultural Creatures, Samantha Frost brings feminist and political theory together with
findings in the life sciences to recuperate the category of the human for politics. Challenging …

The first publication to outline the complex global story of human migration and dispersal
throughout the whole of human prehistory. Utilizing archaeological, linguistic and biological …

Although the diminutive Homo floresiensis has been known for a decade, its phylogenetic
status remains highly contentious. A broad range of potential explanations for the evolution …

Pleistocene water crossings, long thought to be an innovation of Homo sapiens, may extend
beyond our species to encompass Middle and Early Pleistocene Homo. However, it remains …

The Acheulean is the longest cultural tradition ever practised by humans, lasting for over 1.5
million years. Yet, its end has never been accurately dated; only broad 300–150 thousand …

Recent fossil and genetic data poses new questions about the degree of variability of the
Late Pleistocene fossils from China and the possible interaction of modern humans with …

The extremely small endocranial volume (ECV) of LB1, the type specimen of Homo
floresiensis, poses a challenge in our understanding of human brain evolution. Some …

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Human Evolution, we re-evaluate the
fossil record for early Homo (principally Homo erectus, Homo habilis, and Homo rudolfensis) …