In this review we attempt to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominin life history from
extant and fossil evidence. We utilize demographic life history theory and distinguish life …

It has long been claimed that Homo sapiens is the only species that has language, but only
recently has it been recognized that humans also have an unusual pattern of growth and …

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 …

Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to
communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are processed in …

Most of what we know about the timing of human enamel formation comes from radiographic
studies on children of known age. Here, we present new longitudinal data derived from a …

Our knowledge of the migration routes of the first anatomically modern populations
colonising the European territory at the beginning of the Upper Palaeolithic, of their degree …

Humans have an unusual life history, with an early weaning age, long childhood, late first
reproduction, short interbirth intervals, and long lifespan. In contrast, great apes wean later …

Gestures are fundamental to the way we communicate, yet our understanding of this
communicative impulse is clouded by a number of ingrained assumptions. Are gestures …

Processing food extensively by thermal and nonthermal techniques is a unique and
universal human practice. Food processing increases palatability and edibility and has been …

Recent developmental studies demonstrate that early fossil hominins possessed shorter
growth periods than living humans, implying disparate life histories. Analyses of incremental …