The life history of Homo sapiens is characterized by a lengthy period of juvenile
dependence that requires extensive allocare, short interbirth intervals with concomitantly …

Understanding the cause of late Quaternary mammal extinctions is the subject of intense
debate spanning the fields of archeology and paleontology. In the global context, the losses …

The emergence of lithic technology by∼ 2.6 million years ago (Ma) is often interpreted as a
correlate of increasingly recurrent hominin acquisition and consumption of animal remains …

The distinctly human ability for forceful precision and power “squeeze” grip** is linked to
two key evolutionary transitions in hand use: a reduction in arboreal climbing and the …

The picture of human evolution has been transformed by new evidence in recent years, but
contributing disciplines seem to have difficulty in sharing knowledge on a common basis …

Three geographically dispersed Middle and Later Stone Age cave sites in South Africa, and
a Middle Stone Age cave site in Ethiopia, share a similar taphonomic signature that includes …

In 2002, we assessed all sites known to us that had been suggested to provide evidence for
the association of Clovis-era archaeological material with the remains of extinct Pleistocene …

Bone surface modifications are foundational to the correct identification of hominin butchery
traces in the archaeological record. Until present, no analytical technique existed that could …

Recent fossil and archaeological finds have complicated our interpretation of the origin and
early evolution of genus Homo. Using an integrated data set from the fossil record and …

Abstract In 1989, Wynn and McGrew published an explicit comparison between Oldowan
technology and what was then known of chimpanzee technology. 1 They compared the …