Resolving the “muddle in the middle”: The case for Homo bodoensis sp. nov.

M Roksandic, P Radović, XJ Wu… - … : Issues, News, and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments in the field of palaeoanthropology necessitate the suppression of two
hominin taxa and the introduction of a new species of hominins to help resolve the current …

A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite chain of northern Laos

F Demeter, C Zanolli, KE Westaway… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The Pleistocene presence of the genus Homo in continental Southeast Asia is primarily
evidenced by a sparse stone tool record and rare human remains. Here we report a Middle …

A potential pitfall in studies of biological shape: does size matter?

D Outomuro, F Johansson - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The number of published studies using geometric morphometrics (GM) for analysing
biological shape has increased steadily since the beginning of the 1990s, covering multiple …

A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel

I Hershkovitz, H May, R Sarig, A Pokhojaev… - Science, 2021 - science.org
It has long been believed that Neanderthals originated and flourished on the European
continent. However, recent morphological and genetic studies have suggested that they may …

Dental morphology in Homo habilis and its implications for the evolution of early Homo

TW Davies, P Gunz, F Spoor, Z Alemseged… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
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 …

The middle Pleistocene (MIS 12) human dental remains from Fontana Ranuccio (Latium) and Visogliano (Friuli-Venezia Giulia), Italy. A comparative high resolution …

C Zanolli, M Martinón-Torres, F Bernardini, G Boschian… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The penecontemporaneous Middle Pleistocene sites of Fontana Ranuccio (Latium) and
Visogliano (Friuli-Venezia Giulia), set c. 450 km apart in central and northeastern Italy …

[HTML][HTML] Balkan Neanderthals: the late Pleistocene palaeoecological sequence of Pešturina cave (Niš, Serbia)

J Ochando, JS Carrión, D Magri… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Balkans are a key biogeographical region in Southern Europe,
influenced by a central European-Mediterranean climate, which acted as a refugium for flora …

Revising the hypodigm of Homo heidelbergensis: A view from the Eastern Mediterranean

M Roksandic, P Radović, J Lindal - Quaternary International, 2018 - Elsevier
The hominin mandible BH-1 from the Middle Pleistocene cave of Mala Balanica suggested
the possibility that human populations in this part of the continent were not subject to the …

The Neandertal nature of the Atapuerca Sima de los Huesos mandibles

R Quam, I Martínez, Y Rak, B Hylander… - The Anatomical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The recovery of additional mandibular fossils from the Atapuerca Sima de los Huesos (SH)
site provides new insights into the evolutionary significance of this sample. In particular …

Connections between the Levant and the Balkans in the late Middle Pleistocene: archaeological findings from Velika and Mala Balanica Caves (Serbia)

D Mihailović, SL Kuhn, K Bogićević… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
Major changes in the technological, economic, and social behavior of Middle Pleistocene
hominins occurred at the onset of the Middle Paleolithic, 400–200 ka. However, until …