The temporal association of hominid evolution with a period of global climatic instability and
cooling is suggestive of a causal relationship. A number of authors have proposed a climatic …

Explanations for both the origins of humans and the pattern of human evolution have been
diverse, imaginative and often erroneous. The problems associated with both single factor or …

From a palaeobiological perspective seasonality offers both a positive and a negative
dimension. On the positive side is the fact that hominid evolution coincides with a marked …

We provide the basis for a scenario of hominid evolution that complies with both the Habitat
Theory of Vrba (1992) and early hominid biogeography. It expresses the association …

The social sciences were profoundly affected by the discovery of the" Zinjanthropus" skull by
Mary Leakey in 1959 and the subsequent potassium-argon dating of this fossil to a hoary …

Early hominid cranial, mandibular and dental remains prior to one million years were
reviewed morphometrically, on the basis of a maximum of 140 cranial, 28 mandibular and …

Various aspects of scaling to body size, physiological time and life history parameters are
reviewed. The White & Gould (1965) scale factor, significance of allometric residuals, and …

The history of phylogenetic reconstruction in palaeoanthropology shows considerable
variation in the number of taxa recognized. Recent and current interpretations allow a range …

Over the last 150 years the number of hominin fossils discovered has increased, and with it
the taxonomic diversity recognised. There are currently claims for at least 26 hominin …

Paleoanthropology is not a discipline in which novel ways of viewing the world gain early
acceptance. Reluctant to allow perturbation of their mainstream preoccupation with adaptive …