Palaeontologists characterize mass extinctions as times when the Earth loses more than
three-quarters of its species in a geologically short interval, as has happened only five times …

The human cerebral cortex is vastly expanded relative to other primates and
disproportionately occupied by distributed association regions. Here we offer a hypothesis …

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 …

Using DNA extracted from a finger bone found in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia, we
have sequenced the genome of an archaic hominin to about 1.9-fold coverage. This …

Originally published in 1989, Karst Geomorphology and Hydrology became the leading
textbook on karst studies. This new textbook has been substantially revised and updated …

With the exception of Neanderthals, from which DNA sequences of numerous individuals
have now been determined, the number and genetic relationships of other hominin lineages …

Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island
environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are …

The propensity to make music is the most mysterious, wonderful, and neglected feature of
humankind: this is where Steven Mithen began, drawing together strands from archaeology …

Homo floresiensis, a primitive hominin species discovered in Late Pleistocene sediments at
Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia),,, has generated wide interest and scientific debate. A major …

Genetic evidence for anatomically modern humans (AMH) out of Africa before 75 thousand
years ago (ka) and in island southeast Asia (ISEA) before 60 ka (93–61 ka) predates …