This article focuses on the (functional) anatomy and biomechanics of the pelvic girdle and
specifically the sacroiliac joints (SIJ s). The SIJ s are essential for effective load transfer …

Striding bipedalism is a key derived behaviour of hominids that possibly originated soon
after the divergence of the chimpanzee and human lineages. Although bipedal gaits include …

Developmental Juvenile Osteology was created as a core reference text to document the
development of the entire human skeleton from early embryonic life to adulthood. In the …

Seventeen Middle Pleistocene crania from the Sima de los Huesos site (Atapuerca, Spain)
are analyzed, including seven new specimens. This sample makes it possible to thoroughly …

Accessible and engaging, this is the definitive textbook on using teeth to study the
demography and ways of life in ancient human communities. Based on extensive laboratory …

Group size covaries with relative neocortical volume in nonhuman primates. This regression
equation predicts a group size for modern humans very similar to that for hunter-gatherer …

The human skeletal form underlies bipedalism, but the genetic basis of skeletal proportions
(SPs) is not well characterized. We applied deep-learning models to 31,221 x-rays from the …

The identification of even the smallest human fetal bone can be vital to the success of a
criminal investigation or to the identification of the deceased. This book examines every …

Despite a rich African Plio-Pleistocene hominin fossil record, the ancestry of Homo and its
relation to earlier australopithecines remain unresolved. Here we report on two partial …

Winner, 2010 PROSE Award for Excellence in the Biological Sciences. Professional and
Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers In this unique book …