Background Until recently, the evolution of the genus Homo has been interpreted in the
context of the onset of African aridity and the expansion of open grasslands. Homo erectus …

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 …

Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the
Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. This …

Some primates, including chimpanzees, throw objects occasionally,, but only humans
regularly throw projectiles with high speed and accuracy. Darwin noted that the unique …

The cave infills at Sterkfontein contain one of the richest assemblages of Australopithecus
fossils in the world, including the nearly complete skeleton StW 573 ('Little Foot'),,, in its …

Many ideas have been proposed to explain the origin of bipedalism in hominins and
suspension in great apes (hominids); however, fossil evidence has been lacking. It has been …

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 …

The life history of Homo sapiens is characterized by a lengthy period of juvenile
dependence that requires extensive allocare, short interbirth intervals with concomitantly …

A newly discovered partial hominin foot skeleton from eastern Africa indicates the presence
of more than one hominin locomotor adaptation at the beginning of the Late Pliocene epoch …

Laetoli is a well-known palaeontological locality in northern Tanzania whose outstanding
record includes the earliest hominin footprints in the world (3.66 million years old) …