Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When
and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had …

In this review we attempt to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominin life history from
extant and fossil evidence. We utilize demographic life history theory and distinguish life …

Life history theory seeks to explain the evolution of the major features of life cycles by
analyzing the ecological factors that shape age-specific schedules of growth, reproduction …

Most of what we know about the timing of human enamel formation comes from radiographic
studies on children of known age. Here, we present new longitudinal data derived from a …

Humans have an unusual life history, with an early weaning age, long childhood, late first
reproduction, short interbirth intervals, and long lifespan. In contrast, great apes wean later …

Recent developmental studies demonstrate that early fossil hominins possessed shorter
growth periods than living humans, implying disparate life histories. Analyses of incremental …

Written by leading theorists and empirical researchers, this book presents new ways of
addressing the old question: Why did religion first emerge and then continue to evolve in all …

From birth to adulthood, the human brain expands by a factor of 3.3, compared with 2.5 in
chimpanzees [DeSilva J and Lesnik J (2006) Chimpanzee neonatal brain size: Implications …

Growth and development are both fundamental components of demographic structure and
life history strategy. Together with information about developmental timing they ultimately …

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 …