Definitions of our species as unique within the hominin clade have tended to focus on
differences in capacities for symbolism, language, social networking, technological …

Large-scale fluctuations in global climate and resulting changes in ecology had a profound
effect on human evolution and dispersal. Though hominin remains are scarce, studies …

The timing of the human control of fire is a hotly debated issue, with claims for regular fire
use by early hominins in Africa at∼ 1.6 million y ago. These claims are not uncontested, but …

The first publication to outline the complex global story of human migration and dispersal
throughout the whole of human prehistory. Utilizing archaeological, linguistic and biological …

Marked by a progressive increase in the amplitude of climate oscillations, an evolving
waveform, and a shift towards a quasi-100 ky frequency, the Early–Middle Pleistocene …

We propose a population model for Middle Pleistocene Europe that is based on
demographic “sources” and “sinks”. The former were a small number of “core” or populations …

The Sierra de Atapuerca sites offer a chronological sequence that allows the evolution of
technology at a local scale during the Early and Middle Pleistocene to be reconstructed. This …

Multiple large-bodied species went extinct during the Pleistocene. Changing climates and/or
human hunting are the main hypotheses used to explain these extinctions. We studied the …

The giant, short-faced hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris was the largest Hyaenidae ever
existed and the one that perfectly embodied the distinctive bone-cracking adaptations of this …

Establishing a reliable chronology on the extensive hominin remains at Sima de los Huesos
is critical for an improved understanding of the complex evolutionary histories and …