Modern humans are an anomaly in evolution, and the final key features occurred late in
human evolution. Ultimate explanations for this evolutionary trajectory are best attained …

The origins of warfare have long been of interest for researchers across disciplines. Did our
earliest ancestors engage in forms of organized violence that are appropriately viewed as …

There exists an undeniable chasm between the capacities of humans and those of animals.
Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that have changed the face of the …

There is consensus that the modern human lineage appeared in Africa before 100,000
years ago 1, 2. But there is debate as to when cultural and cognitive characteristics typical of …

It has been argued recently that the initial dispersal of anatomically modern humans from
Africa to southern Asia occurred before the volcanic “supereruption” of the Mount Toba …

This paper proposes that complex projectile weaponry was a key strategic innovation driving
Late Pleistocene human dispersal into western Eurasia after 50 Ka. It argues that complex …

The Primate Origins of Human Nature (Volume 3 in The Foundations of Human Biology
series) blends several elements from evolutionary biology as applied to primate behavioral …

Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan became an iconic Palaeolithic site following Ralph
Solecki's mid twentieth-century discovery of Neanderthal remains. Solecki argued that some …

We humans are the God species, both the creators and destroyers of life on this planet. As
we enter a new geological era-the Anthropocene-our collective power now overwhelms and …

Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology and Ecology synthesizes the current
knowledge about our sister species the Neandertals, combining data from a variety of …