Although the presence of a “chin” has long been recognized as unique to Homo sapiens
among mammals, both the ontogeny and the morphological details of this structure have …

Throughout human history, caves and rockshelters have been favored habitation places.
These unique environments preserve sediments derived from an assortment of geological …

The propensity to make music is the most mysterious, wonderful, and neglected feature of
humankind: this is where Steven Mithen began, drawing together strands from archaeology …

The social anthropology of death 21 Cross-cultural generalizations and the New
Archaeology's search for middle range theory 27 Funerary practices: agency, power and …

Humans are unique in that they expend considerable effort and ingenuity in disposing of the
dead. Some of the recognisable ways we do this are visible in the Palaeolithic archaeology …

The Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca) cranial remains found up to and including
the 1995 field season are described and compared with other fossils in order to assess their …

Homo neanderthalensis has a unique combination of craniofacial features that are distinct
from fossil and extant 'anatomically modern'Homo sapiens (modern humans). Morphological …

In this latest volume in the Human Evolution Series, Erik Trinkaus and his co-authors
synthesize the research and findings concerning the human remains found at the Sunghir …

This book presents the first comprehensive description of the lithic assemblages from
Qafzeh Cave, one of only two Middle Paleolithic sites in the Levant that has yielded multiple …

This study explores the significance of shape differences in the maxillary first molar crowns
of Neandertals and anatomically modern humans. It uses morphometric analysis to quantify …