If we restrict the use of Homo sapiens in the fossil record to specimens which share a
significant number of derived features in the skeleton with extant H. sapiens, the origin of our …

Abstract The Middle and Late Pleistocene is arguably the most interesting period in human
evolution. This broad period witnessed the evolution of our own lineage, as well as that of …

Accumulating genomic, fossil and archaeological data from Africa have led to a renewed
interest in models of modern human origins. However, such discussions are often discipline …

Humans are uniquely unique, in terms of the extreme differences between them and other
living organisms, and the impact they are having on the biosphere. The evolution of humans …

the last common ancestor, the name H. rhodesiensis would take priority if the Broken Hill
fossil is included. However, a study on Pleistocene and modern human mandibles argues …

It is often assumed that both our species and the last common ancestor (LCA) of
Neanderthals and modern humans originated in Africa, with all Eurasian Pleistocene …

Efforts to name and classify Middle Pleistocene Homo, often referred to as “Homo
heidelbergensis” are hampered by confusing patterns of morphology but also by conflicting …

Abstract Omo-Kibish I (Omo I) from southern Ethiopia is the oldest anatomically modern
Homo sapiens skeleton currently known (196±5 ka). A partial hipbone (os coxae) of Omo I …

There is considerable variation in mid-late Pleistocene hominin paranasal sinuses and in
some taxa distinctive craniofacial shape has been linked to sinus size. Extreme frontal sinus …

The cranium (Broken Hill 1 or BH1) from the site previously known as Broken Hill, Northern
Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) is one of the best preserved hominin fossils from the mid …