If we restrict the use of Homo sapiens in the fossil record to specimens which share a
significant number of derived features in the skeleton with extant H. sapiens, the origin of our …

The fossil record of the human pelvis reveals the selective priorities acting on hominin
anatomy at different points in our evolutionary history, during which mechanical …

Two early Late Pleistocene (~ 105,000-to 125,000-year-old) crania from Lingjing, Xuchang,
China, exhibit a morphological mosaic with differences from and similarities to their western …

The Rise of Homo sapiens provides an unrivalled interdisciplinary introduction to the subject
of hominin cognitive evolution that is appropriate for general audiences and students in …

The 2007 discovery of fragmentary human remains (two molars and an anterior mandible) at
Zhirendong (Zhiren Cave) in South China provides insight in the processes involved in the …

Elucidating when Neanderthal populations disappeared from Eurasia is a key question in
paleoanthropology, and Belgium is one of the key regions for studying the Middle to Upper …

Uncertainties surround the timing of modern human emergence and occupation in East and
Southeast Asia. Although genetic and archeological data indicate a rapid migration out of …

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 …

In this book, Benoît Dubreuil explores the creation and destruction of hierarchies in human
evolution. Combining the methods of archaeology, anthropology, cognitive neuroscience …

Thirty-four elements of an early modern human (EMH) were found in Tianyuan Cave,
Zhoukoudian, China in 2003. Dated to 42,000–39,000 calendrical years before present by …