The naming of Australopithecus africanus in 1925, based on the Taung Child, heralded a
new era in human evolutionary studies and turned the attention of the then Eurasian-centric …

In 1994, Hunt published the 'postural feeding hypothesis'—a seminal paper on the origins of
hominin bipedalism—founded on the detailed study of chimpanzee positional behavior and …

Since the initial discovery of Paranthropus robustus at the site of Kromdraai in 1938, the
hypodigm of this species has been expanded by subsequent work at the localities of …

Ontogeny provides critical information about the evolutionary history of early hominin adult
morphology. We describe fossils from the southern African sites of Kromdraai and Drimolen …

Most fossil hominin species are sampled with spatial, temporal or anatomical biases that can
hinder assessments of their paleodiversity, and may not yield genuine evolutionary signals …

Abstract Kromdraai is a Plio-Pleistocene site located in the Cradle of Humankind (Gauteng
Province, South Africa). It has produced diverse and abundant faunal assemblages and key …

Abstract The Kromdraai site in South Africa has yielded numerous early hominin fossils
since 1938. As a part of recent excavations within Unit P, a largely complete early hominin …

Besides providing a unique archaeological assemblage that documents the early
emergence of complex behaviour in the human lineage, Border Cave (South Africa) is …

Homo erectus sl is key for deciphering the origin and subsequent evolution of genus Homo.
However, the characterization of this species is hindered by the existence of multiple …

The Kromdraai archaeological site is located in a fossiliferous paleokarst situated in the
UNESCO World Heritage Site referred to as the “Cradle of Humankind” in the Gauteng …