Background Until recently, the evolution of the genus Homo has been interpreted in the
context of the onset of African aridity and the expansion of open grasslands. Homo erectus …

The discovery of a relatively complete Australopithecus sediba adult female skeleton permits
a detailed locomotor analysis in which joint systems can be integrated to form a …

To characterize further the Australopithecus sediba hypodigm, we describe 22 dental traits
in specimens MH1 and MH2. Like other skeletal elements, the teeth present a mosaic of …

Little is known about the timing of modern human emergence and occupation in Eastern
Eurasia. However a rapid migration out of Africa into Southeast Asia by at least 60 ka is …

Variation in terrestrial mammalian skull morphology is known to constrain feeding
performance, which in turn influences dietary habits and ultimately fitness. Among mustelids …

The discovery and description of Australopithecus sediba has reignited the debate over the
evolutionary history of the australopiths and the genus Homo. It has been suggested that A …

In various respects anthropology has developed along paths leading into isolation. It no
longer should hesitate to stake clear claims for all of primatology, now that the comforting old …

Despite its geographic primacy as the intersection of dispersal paths to Australasia,
mainland Southeast Asia has played little role in scenarios of early human migrations. Tam …

Australopithecus sediba has been hypothesized to be a close relative of the genus Homo.
Here we show that MH1, the type specimen of A. sediba, was not optimized to produce high …

New fossil discoveries and new analyses increasingly blur the lines between
Australopithecus and Homo, changing scientific ideas about the transition between the two …