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 …

Eastern Africa preserves the most complete record of human evolution anywhere in the
world but we have little knowledge of how long-term biogeographic dynamics in the region …

Abstract Although the Turkana Basin is one of the driest regions of the East African Rift, its
Plio–Pleistocene sediments are rich in freshwater vertebrates and invertebrates, providing …

The diet of fossil herbivores inferred from enamel stable carbon isotopes is often used to
make paleoenvironmental reconstructions. While many studies have focused on using …

Selection and transport of materials for tools is ubiquitous throughout our species'
evolutionary history. Yet our understanding of early human material culture is heavily …

During the middle Pliocene (∼ 3.8–3.2 Ma), both Australopithecus afarensis and
Kenyanthropus platyops are known from the Turkana Basin, but between 3.60 and 3.44 Ma …

Abstract The East African Rift is one of Earth's largest continental landforms. It is recognized
as a critical region for understanding hominin evolution yet has also undergone important …

Historical biogeography provides crucial insights into understanding the evolutionary history
of hominins. We applied maximum-likelihood and biogeographical stochastic mapping to …

This paper presents fossil pollen data (39 samples) available for the Lower Pliocene
outcrops at five hominid sites in East Africa located within the intertropical region between 3◦ …

Cognitive Evolution provides an in-depth exploration of the natural history of cognition, from
the beginning of life on Earth to present-day humans. Drawing together evolutionary …