The human fossil record is one of the most complete for any mammal. A basal ancestral
species, Australopithecus afarensis, exhibits a well-preserved postcranium that permits …

Reconstructing the transition to bipedality is key to understanding early hominin evolution.
Because it is the best‐known early hominin species, Australopithecus afarensis forms a …

Man the Hunted argues that primates, including the earliest members of the human family,
have evolved as the prey of any number of predators, including wild cats and dogs, hyenas …

Human birth follows a pattern which is unique among mammals. Distinctions include the
orientation of the fetus as it passes through the birth canal, the way the fetus emerges from …

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 …

The term 'obstetrical dilemma'was coined by Washburn in 1960 to describe the trade‐off
between selection for a larger birth canal, permitting successful passage of a big‐brained …

In the 1970s, mid‐Pliocene hominin fossils were found at the sites of Hadar in Ethiopia and
Laetoli in Tanzania. These samples constituted the first substantial evidence for hominins …

Jack Stern is Professor and Chair of Anatomical Sciences at the State University of New
York at Stony Brook. He began his career as a comparative primate anatomist and soon …

An abundant, balanced dietary intake of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids is an
absolute requirement for sustaining the very rapid expansion of the hominid cerebral cortex …

The pelvis is an anatomically complex and functionally informative bone that contributes
directly to both human locomotion and obstetrics. Because of the pelvis' important role in …