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 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 …

A BILL GATES “BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR” A comprehensive account of how energy has
shaped 10,000 years of human history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through …

Sterkfontein is the most prolific single source of Australopithecus fossils, the vast majority of
which were recovered from Member 4, a cave breccia now exposed by erosion and …

Interaction of orbital insolation cycles defines a predictive model of alternating phases of
high-and low-climate variability for tropical East Africa over the past 5 million years. This …

The discovery of the earliest known stone tools at Lomekwi 3 (LOM3) from West Turkana,
Kenya, dated to 3.3 Ma, raises new questions about the mode and tempo of key adaptations …

Abstract The Afar Depression is a unique place on Earth where active rift processes can be
directly observed. It is believed to be close to continental breakup. The Afar hotspot has a …

Bipedal trackways discovered in 1978 at Laetoli site G, Tanzania and dated to 3.66 million
years ago are widely accepted as the oldest unequivocal evidence of obligate bipedalism in …

The cranial morphology of the earliest known hominins in the genus Australopithecus
remains unclear. The oldest species in this genus (Australopithecus anamensis, specimens …

The variation in molar tooth size in humans and our closest relatives (hominins) has strongly
influenced our view of human evolution. The reduction in overall size and disproportionate …