Proponents of the model known as the “human revolution” claim that modern human
behaviors arose suddenly, and nearly simultaneously, throughout the Old World ca. 40 …

This review begins by setting out the context and the scope of human evolution. Several
classes of evidence, morphological, molecular, and genetic, support a particularly close …

For paleoanthropologists working in the MiddlePleistocene, these are interesting times. New
discoveries of artifacts and human fossils have been reported from western Europe, so that it …

We report here on the results of a new cladistic analysis of early hominid relationships.
Ingroup taxa includedAustralopithecus afarensisAustralopithecus africanusAustralopithecus …

Recent discoveries of new fossil hominid species have been accompanied by several
phylogenetic hypotheses. All of these hypotheses are based on a consideration of hominid …

An abundant, balanced dietary intake of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids is an
absolute requirement for sustaining the very rapid expansion of the hominid cerebral cortex …

This study explores the significance of shape differences in the maxillary first molar crowns
of Neandertals and anatomically modern humans. It uses morphometric analysis to quantify …

Abstract The Hadar site in Ethiopia is a prolific source of hominid fossils attributed to the
species Australopithecus afarensis, which spans the period 3.4–3.0 million years (myr) in …

Since its introduction in the 18th century, the genus Homo has undergone a number of
reinterpretations, all of which have served to make it a more inclusive taxon. In this paper …

Research on Neandertal dentitions has been limited primarily to simple dental metrics,
dental proportions and a few dental traits that seem to distinguish these from anatomically …