Background Until recently, the evolution of the genus Homo has been interpreted in the
context of the onset of African aridity and the expansion of open grasslands. Homo erectus …

The fossil record of the human pelvis reveals the selective priorities acting on hominin
anatomy at different points in our evolutionary history, during which mechanical …

Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the
Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. This …

The brains of modern humans differ from those of great apes in size, shape, and cortical
organization, notably in frontal lobe areas involved in complex cognitive tasks, such as …

The groundbreaking theory of how fire and food drove the evolution of modern humans Ever
since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the evolution and world-wide dispersal of humans …

The site of Dmanisi, Georgia, has yielded an impressive sample of hominid cranial and
postcranial remains, documenting the presence of Homo outside Africa around 1.8 million …

The Acheulian is one of the first defined prehistoric techno-complexes and is characterized
by shaped bifacial stone tools,,. It probably originated in Africa, spreading to Europe and …

Despite a rich African Plio-Pleistocene hominin fossil record, the ancestry of Homo and its
relation to earlier australopithecines remain unresolved. Here we report on two partial …

50,000 years ago–merely a blip in evolutionary time–our Homo sapiens ancestors were
competing for existence with several other human species, just as their own precursors had …

While cooking has long been argued to improve the diet, the nature of the improvement has
not been well defined. As a result, the evolutionary significance of cooking has variously …