Background Research on human extreme cold climate adaptations has benefitted from a
recent resurgence since Ted Steegmann laid out his Human Cold Adaptation Agenda in …

Human impacts contribute to the reduction of biodiversity. To describe biodiversity loss and
identify its causes, biologists (in particular ecologists) use a wide range of models …

Ancient DNA analyses have shown that interbreeding between hominin taxa occurred
multiple times. Although admixture is often reflected in skeletal phenotype, the relationship …

This study analyzes the effects of bioclimate and masticatory factors on the regional
variability of human cranial forms across 150 ethnic groups worldwide. Morphometric …

Aim Understanding patterns and processes of geographic genetic variation within and
among closely related species is the essence of phylogeography. Japanese macaques, also …

Objectives Geographic variation is an important feature among primates, but the
mechanisms underlying it are not well understood. Macaques are geographically …

Understanding the factors shaping human crania has long been a goal of biological
anthropology, and climate, diet, and population history are three of the most well-established …

Understanding the impact that climate had in shaping cranial variation is critical for inferring
the evolutionary mechanisms that played a role in human diversification. Here, we provide a …

Objectives Magnitudes of morphological integration may constrain or facilitate craniofacial
shape variation. The aim of this study was to analyze how the magnitude of integration in the …

Questions regarding our ancestral species have always appealed to our curious side. Our
first ancestral species lived in arboreal settings before gradually adapting to a more open …