This study examines the extent to which the major dimensions of the cranial base (maximum
length, maximum breadth, and flexion) interact with brain volume to influence major …

Resistance to malaria. Blue eyes. Lactose tolerance. What do all of these traits have in
common? Every one of them has emerged in the last 10,000 years. Scientists have long …

The retrieval of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from four Neandertal fossils from
Germany, Russia, and Croatia has demonstrated that these individuals carried closely …

The 2002 discovery of a robust modern human mandible in the Peştera cu Oase,
southwestern Romania, provides evidence of early modern humans in the lower Danubian …

The nature, timing, and location of the origin of modern humans has been the subject of
intense controversy for the last 15 years. 1–4 Genetic data and new radiometric dates for key …

Based on the most current information available on the Late Pleistocene
palaeoanthropology of Europe, this paper presents a revolutionary reassessment of the …

The replacement theory of modern human origins stipulates that populations outside of
Africa were replaced by a new African species of modern humans. Here we test the …

Debate continues concerning the role of the Neandertals in the emergence of early modern
Europeans. This paper presents one assessment of aspects of the morphological data …

Among recent humans brachial and crural indices are positively correlated with mean
annual temperature, such that high indices are found in tropical groups. However, despite …

New accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dates taken directly on human remains
from the Late Pleistocene sites of Vindija and Velika Pećina in the Hrvatsko Zagorje of …