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 …

The age of the earliest recovered fossil evidence of a hominin taxon is all too often equated
with that taxon's origination. However, the earliest known fossil record nearly always …

In Africa, the scarcity of hominin remains found in direct association with stone tools has
hindered attempts to link Homo habilis and Homo erectus with particular lithic industries …

Quantifying speciation times during human evolution is fundamental as it provides a
timescale to test for the correlation between key evolutionary transitions and extrinsic factors …

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Human Evolution, we re-evaluate the
fossil record for early Homo (principally Homo erectus, Homo habilis, and Homo rudolfensis) …

Australopithecus anamensis is a pivotal species in human evolution. It is likely to be the
direct ancestor of Australopithecus afarensis and the species that may have given rise to the …

Despite advances in our understanding of the geographic and temporal scope of the
Paleolithic record, we know remarkably little about the evolutionary and ecological …

Objective analytical identification methods are still a minority in the praxis of paleobiological
sciences. Subjective interpretation of fossils and their modifications remains a nonreplicable …

Reliable estimates of when hominin taxa originated and went extinct are central to
addressing many paleoanthropological questions, including those relating to …

Hippopotamids represent a common element within the large mammal assemblages in the
Pleistocene of Africa. However, fossil hippopotamus taxonomy, distribution and relationships …