In the 1970s, mid‐Pliocene hominin fossils were found at the sites of Hadar in Ethiopia and
Laetoli in Tanzania. These samples constituted the first substantial evidence for hominins …

Archaeologists generally agree that high-power computer technology constitutes the most
efficient venue for addressing many issues in archaeological research. Digital techniques …

The site of Dmanisi, Georgia, has yielded an impressive sample of hominid cranial and
postcranial remains, documenting the presence of Homo outside Africa around 1.8 million …

The study of cranial variation has a long, and somewhat difficult, history within anthropology.
Much of this difficulty is rooted in the historical use of craniometric data to justify essentialist …

The interpretation of genetic evidence regarding modern human origins depends, among
other things, on assessments of the structure and the variation of ancient populations …

Recent studies have demonstrated that the shape of the human temporal bone is particularly
strongly correlated with neutral genetic expectation, when compared against other cranial …

At least six different Homo species populated the World during the latest Pliocene to the
Pleistocene. The extinction of all but one of them is currently shrouded in mystery, and no …

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Human Evolution, we re-evaluate the
fossil record for early Homo (principally Homo erectus, Homo habilis, and Homo rudolfensis) …

The taxonomic status of Homo erectus sensu lato has been a source of debate since the
early 1980s, when a series of publications suggested that the early African fossils may …

Temporal bone shape has been shown to reflect molecular phylogenetic relationships
among hominoids and offers significant morphological detail for distinguishing taxa …