Human cognitive abilities are extraordinary. Our large brains are significantly modified from
those of our closest relatives, suggesting a history of intense natural selection. The …

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 …

Abstract The Plio-Pleistocene site of Dmanisi, Georgia, has yielded a rich fossil and
archaeological record documenting an early presence of the genus Homo outside Africa …

Important changes in the brain have occurred during the course of human evolution. Both
absolute and relative size increases can be documented for species of Homo, culminating in …

We present a compilation of endocranial volumes (ECV) for 176 non-human primate species
based on individual data collected from 3813 museum specimens, at least 88% being wild …

Conventional wisdom concerning the extinction of Paranthropus suggests that these species
developed highly derived morphologies as a consequence of specializing on a diet …

The chimpanzee life span is shorter than that of humans, which is consistent with a faster
schedule of aging. We consider aspects of diet that may have selected for genes that …

Paranthropus boisei is a hominin taxon with a distinctive cranial and dental morphology. Its
hypodigm has been recovered from sites with good stratigraphic and chronological control …

In this worldwide survey, Clive Gamble explores the evolution of the human imagination,
without which we would not have become a global species. He sets out to determine the …

We bring together the quite different kinds of evidence available from palaeoanthropology
and primatology to better understand the origins of Plio-Pleistocene percussive technology …