The comparative method plays a central role in efforts to uncover the adaptive basis for
primate behaviors, morphological traits, and cognitive abilities. 1–4 The comparative method …

Many of the unresolved debates in palaeoanthropology regarding evolution of particular
locomotor or manipulative behaviours are founded in differing opinions about the functional …

The last decade's lemur research includes successes in discovering new living and extinct
species and learning about the distribution, biogeography, physiology, behavior, and …

The semicircular canal system of vertebrates helps coordinate body movements, including
stabilization of gaze during locomotion. Quantitative phylogenetically informed analysis of …

Molecular evidence indicates that the last common ancestor of the genus Pan and the
hominin clade existed between 8 and 4 million years ago (Ma). The current fossil record …

A nearly complete right hand of an adult hominin was recovered from the Rising Star cave
system, South Africa. Based on associated hominin material, the bones of this hand are …

Paleontological and neontological systematics seek to answer evolutionary questions with
different data sets. Phylogenies inferred for combined extant and extinct taxa provide novel …

For several decades, it was largely assumed that stone tool use and production were
abilities limited to the genus Homo. However, growing palaeontological and archaeological …

Phalangeal curvature has been widely cited in primate functional morphology and is one of
the key traits in the ongoing debate about whether the locomotion of early hominins included …

Prehistoric and recent extinctions of large-bodied terrestrial herbivores had significant and
lasting impacts on Earth's ecosystems due to the loss of their distinct trait combinations. The …