Striding bipedalism is a key derived behaviour of hominids that possibly originated soon
after the divergence of the chimpanzee and human lineages. Although bipedal gaits include …

This paper reviews information on past vegetation of tropical Africa during the Cenozoic,
focused upon the last 10Ma, a time spanning hominid record in Central and East Africa …

The Recursive Mind challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us
uniquely human. In this compelling book, Michael Corballis argues that what distinguishes …

The world's energy is in the “third major transformation period” from fossil energy to new
energy, and all countries in the world have formulated energy development strategies …

There is currently no calibration available for the whole human mtDNA genome,
incorporating both coding and control regions. Furthermore, as several authors have pointed …

A complete mitochondrial (mt) genome sequence was reconstructed from a 38,000 year-old
Neandertal individual with 8341 mtDNA sequences identified among 4.8 Gb of DNA …

Human skeletal research aimed at reconstructing past activities has had a long and
checkered history. In recent years, in fact, it has been embraced as a kind of “Holy Grail” by …

In this review of the evidence for and against taxic diversity within the hominin clade, we
begin by looking at the logic and the history of simple “ladder‐like” interpretations of the …

As predicted by Darwin, bipedal posture and locomotion are key distinguishing features of
the earliest known hominins,. Hominin axial skeletons show many derived adaptations for …

Does kinship still matter in today's globalized, increasingly mobile world? Do family
structures continue to influence the varied roles that men and women play in different …