The question as to why primates have evolved unusually large brains has received much
attention, with many alternative proposals all supported by evidence. We review the main …

The genus Homo evolved during the Pleistocene—an epoch of gradual cooling and
amplification of glacial cycles. The changing climates influenced early human survival …

Maintaining the high standards that made the previous editions such well-respected and
widely used references, Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology, Fourth Edition …

It is debated whether exercise-induced ROS production is obligatory to cause adaptive
response. It is also claimed that antioxidant treatment could eliminate the adaptive response …

A central goal of paleoanthropology is understanding the role of ecological change in
hominin evolution. Over the past several decades researchers have expanded the hominin …

Laetoli is a well-known palaeontological locality in northern Tanzania whose outstanding
record includes the earliest hominin footprints in the world (3.66 million years old) …

To investigate the role of vegetation and ecosystem diversity on hominin adaptation and
migration, we identify past human habitat preferences over time using a transient 3-million …

Technological innovations have allowed humans to settle in habitats for which they are
poorly suited biologically. However, our understanding of how humans produce complex …

Alloparental care is central to human life history, which integrates exceptionally short
interbirth intervals and large birth size with an extended period of juvenile dependency and …

Among mammals, the order Primates is exceptional in having a high taxonomic richness in
which the taxa are arboreal, semiterrestrial, or terrestrial. Although habitual terrestriality is …