Major transitions in human evolution revisited: a tribute to ancient DNA.

abstract：:Non-human primates demonstrate food preferences much like humans. We have little insight, however, into how those preferences impact oral processing in primates. To begin describing this relationship, we conducted a preliminary analysis measuring food preference in two tufted capuchins (Cebus apella) and comparing ran...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Vinyard CJ,Thompson CL,Doherty A,Robl N

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines orangutan population history and evolution through a meta-analysis of seven loci collected from both Sumatran and Bornean orangutans. Within orangutans, most loci show that the Sumatran population is about twice as diverse as the Bornean population. Orangutans are more diverse than African apes and...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Steiper ME

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New radiocarbon dates from the sites of Bockstein-Törle, Geissenklösterle, Hohle Fels, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Sirgenstein, and Vogelherd in the Swabian Jura of southwestern Germany indicate that the Aurignacian of the region spans the period from ca. 40-30ka BP. If the situation at Vogelherd, in which skeletal remains fr...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Conard NJ,Bolus M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to resolve long-standing issues surrounding the age of the Skhul early modern humans, new analyses have been conducted, including the dating of four well-provenanced fossils by ESR and U-series. If the Skhul burials took place within a relatively short time span, then the best age estimate lies between 100 an...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Grün R,Stringer C,McDermott F,Nathan R,Porat N,Robertson S,Taylor L,Mortimer G,Eggins S,McCulloch M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we present the first full anatomical description of the 3.67 million-year-old Australopithecus skull StW 573 that was recovered with its skeleton from the Sterkfontein Member 2 breccia in the Silberberg Grotto. Analysis demonstrates that it is most similar in multiple key morphological characters to a group of fo...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Clarke RJ,Kuman K

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of clavicular curvatures projected onto two perpendicular planes to decompose the three dimensional shape into cranial and dorsal primary curvatures has shown that two morphological groups of clavicle exist within the genus Homo. The first one includes all species from Homo habilis to Neandertals, while the...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Voisin JL

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Africa's southern Cape is a key region for the evolution of our species, with early symbolic systems, marine faunal exploitation, and episodic production of microlithic stone tools taken as evidence for the appearance of distinctively complex human behavior. However, the temporally discontinuous nature of this evidenc...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Chase BM,Faith JT,Mackay A,Chevalier M,Carr AS,Boom A,Lim S,Reimer PJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three assemblages of fallow deer (Dama sp.) bones excavated from the early middle Pleistocene (oxygen isotope stage 18) layers of the Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel, furnish evidence of systematic and repeated exploitation of complete carcasses by hominins. The excellent state of preservation of the bo...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Rabinovich R,Gaudzinski-Windheuser S,Goren-Inbar N

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the genetic affinities of various modern human groupings using a multivariate analysis of morphometric data. Phylogenetic relationships among these groupings are also explored using neighbor-joining analysis of the metric data. Results indicate that the terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene fossils f...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Schillaci MA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations into the evolution of the primate brain have tended to neglect the role of connectivity in determining which brain structures have changed in size, focusing instead on changes in the size of the whole brain or of individual brain structures, such as the neocortex, in isolation. We show that the primate ...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Whiting BA,Barton RA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sterkfontein Caves is the single richest early hominin site in the world with deposits yielding one or more species of Australopithecus and possible early Homo, as well as an extensive faunal collection. The inability to date the southern African cave sites accurately or precisely has hindered attempts to integrate th...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Pickering R,Kramers JD

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of invertebrates in the evolution of human diet has been under-studied by comparison with vertebrates and plants. This persists despite substantial knowledge of the importance of the 'other faunivory', especially insect-eating, in the daily lives of non-human primates and traditional human societies, especial...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： McGrew WC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first cervical vertebra (atlas, C1) is an important element of the vertebral column because it connects the cranial base with the cervical column, thus helping to maintain head posture and contributing to neck mobility. However, few atlases are preserved in the fossil record because of the fragility of this verteb...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Palancar CA,Torres-Tamayo N,García-Martínez D,García-Tabernero A,Rosas A,Bastir M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have carried out a comprehensive ESR and U-series dating study on the Lake Mungo 3 (LM3) human skeleton. The isotopic Th/U and Pa/U ratios indicate that some minor uranium mobilization may have occurred in the past. Taking such effects into account, the best age estimate for the human skeleton is obtained through t...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Thorne A,Grün R,Mortimer G,Spooner NA,Simpson JJ,McCulloch M,Taylor L,Curnoe D

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of missing data is common in all fields of science. Various methods of estimating missing values in a dataset exist, such as deletion of cases, insertion of sample mean, and linear regression. Each approach presents problems inherent in the method itself or in the nature of the pattern of missing data. We ...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Holt B,Benfer RA Jr

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here the well-preserved dentognathic remains of an Afropithecus individual from the early Miocene site of Kalodirr in northern Kenya. The specimen includes a nearly complete dentition in which most of the crowns are undamaged and unworn. The new information gleaned from this specimen adds to our knowledge ...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Rossie JB,MacLatchy L

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the "nocturnal visual predation hypothesis" (NVPH), the convergent eyes and orbits of primates result from selection for improved stereoscopic depth perception to facilitate manual capture of prey at night. Within primates, haplorhines share additional derived orbital morphologies, including a postorbital...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Menegaz RA,Kirk EC

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent success in the amplification of ancient DNA (aDNA) from fossil humans has led to calls for further tests to be carried out on similar material. However, there has been little systematic research on the survival of DNA in the fossil record, even though the environment of the fossil is known to be of paramount im...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Smith CI,Chamberlain AT,Riley MS,Stringer C,Collins MJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ESR and U-series analyses of teeth from the palaeoanthropological site of Hexian which contained Homo erectus remains, illustrate the limited effectiveness of stand-alone ESR and U-series age estimates on faunal materials. The problem lies in the unknown U-uptake history causing very large uncertainties in the age res...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Grün R,Huang PH,Huang W,McDermott F,Thorne A,Stringer CB,Yan G

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies on Pleistocene samples have shown that within-group cranial variation was greater than that seen today. The three anatomically modern Upper Cave crania (UC 101, UC 102, and UC 103) from Zhoukoudian, China provide one of the best samples available for addressing the issue of the antiquity of the modern...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Cunningham DL,Wescott DJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early Miocene catarrhine fossil record of East Africa represents a diverse and extensive adaptive radiation. It is well accepted that these taxa encompass a dietary range similar to extant hominoids, in addition to some potentially novel dietary behaviour. There have been numerous attempts to infer diet for these ...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Deane AS

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stratigraphy of Tabun Cave (Mt. Carmel), which comprises one of the longest sequences of Lower and Middle Paleolithic of the Near East, is widely used as a reference in debates on the evolution of Paleolithic industries and on the origin of modern humans and their relationship to the Neandertals. Considering the m...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Mercier N,Valladas H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Space use in Middle Paleolithic (MP) camps has been suggested as a source of information on the intensity and repetition of occupations and, by extension, of demographics. In the Levant, clear evidence for differential intrasite use and maintenance was important in viewing the late MP Neanderthal sites as base camps i...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Yeshurun R,Malkinson D,Crater Gershtein KM,Zaidner Y,Weinstein-Evron M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aeolian sand unit overlies the Middle Stone Age deposits at Blombos Cave on the southern Cape coast. These deposits contained culturally-important artefacts, including bone tools and pieces of engraved ochre, as well as a large number of worked lithics. The aeolian sand and two other remnants of the sand dune forme...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Jacobs Z,Wintle AG,Duller GA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enamel fragment from the Border Cave 5 specimen was analysed with non-destructive ESR combined with laser ablation ICP-MS for uranium profiling. We obtained an age of 74+/-5 ka which fits exactly into the chronological framework that has been previously established for Border Cave by a variety of dating techniques....

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Grün R,Beaumont P,Tobias PV,Eggins S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 90% of the human population is right-handed. The emergence of this hand preference in humans is thought to be linked to the ability to execute complex tasks and habitual bipedalism. In order to test these hypotheses, the present study explored, for the first time, hand preference in relation to both body...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Bardo A,Pouydebat E,Meunier H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Buia Homo site, also known as Wadi Aalad, is an East African paleoanthropological site near the village of Buia that, due to its very rich yield from the late Early Pleistocene, has been intensively investigated since 1994. In this paper, which reports on the finds of the 2010-2011 excavations, we include new foss...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Rook L,Ghinassi M,Carnevale G,Delfino M,Pavia M,Bondioli L,Candilio F,Coppa A,Martínez-Navarro B,Medin T,Papini M,Zanolli C,Libsekal Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examine the labial and occlusal surfaces of incisors and canines of hominins recovered from the Sima de los Huesos (SH), middle Pleistocene site, in order to establish the possible extra-masticatory use of anterior teeth. We have compared the microwear of these fossils with microwear from the anterior...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Lozano M,Bermúdez de Castro JM,Carbonell E,Arsuaga JL

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Atapuerca Site (Burgos, N. Spain) is an extensive archaeological site which has yielded numerous human fossil remains. The Gran Dolina section, one of the open-air excavations and subject of this study, consists of a sedimentary infilling of 18 m thickness in a gallery originated by karstification of the host Cret...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Parés JM,Pérez-González A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Xujiayao site in the Nihewan Basin (North China) is one of the most important Paleolithic sites in East Asia. Twenty Homo fossils, which were previously assigned to an archaic Homo sapiens group, have been excavated along with more than 30,000 lithic artifacts and ∼5000 mammalian fossil specimens. Dating of the Xu...

journal_title：Journal of human evolution

authors： Ao H,Liu CR,Roberts AP,Zhang P,Xu X

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00