Resolving the “muddle in the middle”: The case for Homo bodoensis sp. nov.

M Roksandic, P Radović, XJ Wu… - … : Issues, News, and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments in the field of palaeoanthropology necessitate the suppression of two
hominin taxa and the introduction of a new species of hominins to help resolve the current …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of homo in the middle and late Pleistocene

K Harvati, H Reyes-Centeno - Journal of Human Evolution, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle and Late Pleistocene is arguably the most interesting period in human
evolution. This broad period witnessed the evolution of our own lineage, as well as that of …

Genome-wide coancestry reveals details of ancient and recent male-driven reticulation in baboons

EF Sørensen, RA Harris, L Zhang, M Raveendran… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Baboons (genus Papio) are a morphologically and behaviorally diverse clade of catarrhine
monkeys that have experienced hybridization between phenotypically and genetically …

Merging morphological and genetic evidence to assess hybridization in Western Eurasian late Pleistocene hominins

K Harvati, RR Ackermann - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2022 - nature.com
Previous scientific consensus saw human evolution as defined by adaptive differences
(behavioural and/or biological) and the emergence of Homo sapiens as the ultimate …

Evolving human brains: paleoneurology and the fate of Middle Pleistocene

E Bruner - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2021 - Springer
In the evolutionary radiation of the human genus, we have observed changes in both brain
size and proportions. Some of these morphological differences are thought to be associated …

[HTML][HTML] The syngameon enigma

R Buck, L Flores-Rentería - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite their evolutionary relevance, multispecies networks or syngameons are rarely
reported in the literature. Discovering how syngameons form and how they are maintained …

[HTML][HTML] Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinction

L Slimak, T Vimala, A Seguin-Orlando, L Metz… - Cell genomics, 2024 - cell.com
Neanderthal genomes have been recovered from sites across Eurasia, painting an
increasingly complex picture of their populations' structure that mostly indicates that late …

Pan‐Africanism vs. single‐origin of Homo sapiens: Putting the debate in the light of evolutionary biology

A Meneganzin, T Pievani… - … : Issues, News, and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The scenario of Homo sapiens origin/s within Africa has become increasingly complex, with
a pan‐African perspective currently challenging the long‐established single‐origin …

Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies

J Fischer, JP Higham, SC Alberts, L Barrett… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Baboons, members of the genus Papio, comprise six closely related species distributed
throughout sub-Saharan Africa and southwest Arabia. The species exhibit more ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Were Neanderthals and Homo sapiens 'good species'?

A Meneganzin, M Bernardi - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Prior to the advent of whole-genome sequencing in ancient humans, the likelihood that
Homo sapiens and Neanderthals admixed has long been debated, mostly on the basis of …