Investigations into how climate change shaped human evolution have begun to focus on
environmental dynamics, ie, the nature and tempo of climate and landscape variability, an …

Our view of H. erectus is vastly different today than when Pithecanthropus erectus was
described in 1894. Since its synonimization into Homo, views of the species and its …

Environmental theories of African faunal evolution state that important evolutionary changes
during the Pliocene–Pleistocene interval (the last ca. 5.3 million years) were mediated by …

Taphonomy plays diverse roles in paleobiology. These include assessing sample quality
relevant to ecologic, biogeographic, and evolutionary questions, diagnosing the roles of …

Development of the African Middle Stone Age (MSA) before 300,000 years ago raises the
question of how environmental change influenced the evolution of behaviors characteristic …

It is a challenge to make sense of who we are. Where did we come from? Why are we so
radically different from other animals and so surprisingly similar to others? Why do our …

The Siwalik formations of northern Pakistan consist of deposits of ancient rivers that existed
throughout the early Miocene through the late Pliocene. The formations are highly …

The study of human evolution has long sought to explain major adaptations and trends that
led to the origin of Homo sapiens. Environmental scenarios have played a pivotal role in this …

What makes us human? How did we develop language, thought and culture? Why did we
survive, and other human species fail? The past 12,000 years represent the only time in the …

Despite recent, compelling challenge, the evolution of Homo erectusis still commonly
attributed to big game hunting and/or scavenging and family provisioning by men. Here we …