In this review, we present on the evolution of the locomotor adaptation of hominins in the
Late Miocene to Late Pliocene, with emphasis on some of the prominent advances and …

The ca. 300 ka Paleolithic sites of Schöningen in northern Germany yielded a number of
localities with archeological and paleontological remains representing a rich …

Ground-penetrating radar is a near-surface geophysical technique that can provide three-
dimensional maps and other images of buried archaeological features and associated …

For much of the Pliocene and Pleistocene, multiple hominin species coexisted in the same
regions of eastern and southern Africa. Due to the limitations of the skeletal fossil record …

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The cold and hypoxic environment of the Tibetan Plateau was a major challenge for its
prehistoric human occupants. The earliest known hominin occupation (or visitation) of the …

The naming of Australopithecus africanus in 1925, based on the Taung Child, heralded a
new era in human evolutionary studies and turned the attention of the then Eurasian-centric …

In 1994, Hunt published the 'postural feeding hypothesis'—a seminal paper on the origins of
hominin bipedalism—founded on the detailed study of chimpanzee positional behavior and …

Objectives Musculoskeletal modeling is a powerful approach for studying the biomechanics
and energetics of locomotion. Australopithecus (A.) afarensis is among the best represented …

Footprints represent a relevant vestige providing direct information on the biology,
locomotion, and behaviour of the individuals who left them. However, the spatiotemporal …