Resolving the “muddle in the middle”: The case for Homo bodoensis sp. nov.

M Roksandic, P Radović, XJ Wu… - … : Issues, News, and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments in the field of palaeoanthropology necessitate the suppression of two
hominin taxa and the introduction of a new species of hominins to help resolve the current …

Hybridization in human evolution: Insights from other organisms

RR Ackermann, ML Arnold, MD Baiz… - … : Issues, News, and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
During the late Pleistocene, isolated lineages of hominins exchanged genes thus
influencing genomic variation in humans in both the past and present. However, the …

Apidima Cave fossils provide earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in Eurasia

K Harvati, C Röding, AM Bosman, FA Karakostis… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Two fossilized human crania (Apidima 1 and Apidima 2) from Apidima Cave, southern
Greece, were discovered in the late 1970s but have remained enigmatic owing to their …

A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel

I Hershkovitz, H May, R Sarig, A Pokhojaev… - Science, 2021 - science.org
It has long been believed that Neanderthals originated and flourished on the European
continent. However, recent morphological and genetic studies have suggested that they may …

The emergence of habitual ochre use in Africa and its significance for the development of ritual behavior during the Middle Stone Age

R Dapschauskas, MB Göden, C Sommer… - Journal of World …, 2022 - Springer
Over the last two decades, red ochre has played a pivotal role in discussions about the
cognitive and cultural evolution of early modern humans during the African Middle Stone …

Dental evolutionary rates and its implications for the Neanderthal–modern human divergence

A Gómez-Robles - Science advances, 2019 - science.org
The origin of Neanderthal and modern human lineages is a matter of intense debate. DNA
analyses have generally indicated that both lineages diverged during the middle period of …

Past extinctions of Homo species coincided with increased vulnerability to climatic change

P Raia, A Mondanaro, M Melchionna, M Di Febbraro… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
At least six different Homo species populated the World during the latest Pliocene to the
Pleistocene. The extinction of all but one of them is currently shrouded in mystery, and no …

The Neandertal nature of the Atapuerca Sima de los Huesos mandibles

R Quam, I Martínez, Y Rak, B Hylander… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The recovery of additional mandibular fossils from the Atapuerca Sima de los Huesos (SH)
site provides new insights into the evolutionary significance of this sample. In particular …

Moving away from" the Muddle in the Middle" toward solving the Chibanian puzzle

CJ Bae, LC Aiello, J Hawks, Y Kaifu… - Evolutionary …, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Moving away from "the Muddle in the Middle" toward solving the Chibanian puzzle Moving
away from "the Muddle in the Middle" toward solving the Chibanian puzzle Evol Anthropol. 2024 …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the Boxgrove and Atapuerca (Sima de los Huesos) human fossils: Do they represent distinct paleodemes?

AL Lockey, L Rodríguez, L Martín-Francés… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The early Middle Pleistocene human material from Boxgrove (West Sussex, UK)
consists of a partial left tibia and two lower incisors from a separate adult individual. These …