Hominin life history: reconstruction and evolution

SL Robson, B Wood - Journal of Anatomy, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
In this review we attempt to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominin life history from
extant and fossil evidence. We utilize demographic life history theory and distinguish life …

“Lucy” redux: A review of research on Australopithecus afarensis

WH Kimbel, LK Delezene - American journal of physical …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Paleobiological Implications of the Ardipithecus ramidus Dentition

G Suwa, RT Kono, SW Simpson, B Asfaw, CO Lovejoy… - science, 2009‏ - science.org
The Middle Awash Ardipithecus ramidus sample comprises over 145 teeth, including
associated maxillary and mandibular sets. These help reveal the earliest stages of human …

[ספר][B] On the origin of societies by natural selection

JH Turner, A Maryanski - 2015‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Kinship, religion, and economy were not" natural" to humans, nor to species of apes that had
to survive on the African savanna. Society from its very beginnings involved an uneasy …

Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins

KG Hatala, NT Roach, AK Behrensmeyer… - Science, 2024‏ - science.org
For much of the Pliocene and Pleistocene, multiple hominin species coexisted in the same
regions of eastern and southern Africa. Due to the limitations of the skeletal fossil record …

Variation in enamel thickness within the genus Homo

TM Smith, AJ Olejniczak, JP Zermeno… - Journal of human …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Recent humans and their fossil relatives are classified as having thick molar enamel, one of
very few dental traits that distinguish hominins from living African apes. However, little is …

Dental microwear and stable isotopes inform the paleoecology of extinct hominins

FE Grine, M Sponheimer, PS Ungar… - American Journal of …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Determining the diet of an extinct species is paramount in any attempt to reconstruct its
paleoecology. Because the distribution and mechanical properties of food items may impact …

Gelada feeding ecology in an intact ecosystem at Guassa, Ethiopia: variability over time and implications for theropith and hominin dietary evolution

PJ Fashing, N Nguyen… - American Journal of …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent evidence suggests that several extinct primates, including contemporaneous
Paranthropus boisei and Theropithecus oswaldi in East Africa, fed largely on grasses and …

Innovative approaches to the relationship between diet and mandibular morphology in primates

CF Ross, J Iriarte-Diaz, CL Nunn - International Journal of Primatology, 2012‏ - Springer
Attempts to establish relationships between mandibular morphology and either traditional
dietary categories or geometric and material properties of primate diets have not been …

[HTML][HTML] We are what, when, and how we eat: the evolutionary impact of dietary shifts on physical and cognitive development, health, and disease

NL Bragazzi, D Del Rio, EA Mayer, P Mena - Advances in Nutrition, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract “We are what, when, and how we eat”: the evolution of human dietary habits mirrors
the evolution of humans themselves. Key developments in human history, such as the …