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 …

The possibility of a causal relationship between Earth history processes and hominin
evolution in Africa has been the subject of intensive paleoanthropological research for the …

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

The phylogenetic position of Homo habilis is central to debates over the origin and early
evolution of the genus Homo. A large portion of the species hypodigm consists of dental …

A partial left femur (TM 266-01-063) was recovered in July 2001 at Toros-Menalla, Chad, at
the same fossiliferous location as the late Miocene holotype of Sahelanthropus tchadensis …

The concept of a 'human nature'or 'human natures' retains a central role in theorizing about
the human experience. In Homo sapiens it is clear that we have a suite of capacities …

Paleoanthropologists have long speculated about the role of environmental change in
sha** human evolution in Africa. In recent years, drill cores of late Neogene lacustrine …

The age of the earliest recovered fossil evidence of a hominin taxon is all too often equated
with that taxon's origination. However, the earliest known fossil record nearly always …

Eastern Africa preserves the most complete record of human evolution anywhere in the
world but we have little knowledge of how long-term biogeographic dynamics in the region …

Postcranial bones may provide valuable information about fossil taxa relating to their
locomotor habits, manipulative abilities and body sizes. Distinctive features of the …