An understanding of the structural complexity of mineralised tissues is fundamental for
exploration into the field of diagenesis. Here we review aspects of current and past research …

The bioarchaeological record has an abundance of scientific evidence based on skeletal
indicators of trauma to argue for a long history of internal and external group conflict …

Our understanding of the origin of the genus Homo has been hampered by a limited fossil
record in eastern Africa between 2.0 and 3.0 million years ago (Ma). Here we report the …

In this review of the evidence for and against taxic diversity within the hominin clade, we
begin by looking at the logic and the history of simple “ladder‐like” interpretations of the …

Hominin fossil evidence in the Turkana Basin in Kenya from ca. 4.1 to 1.4 Ma samples two
archaic early hominin genera and records some of the early evolutionary history of …

Body size directly influences an animal's place in the natural world, including its energy
requirements, home range size, relative brain size, locomotion, diet, life history, and …

The East African hominin Paranthropus boisei was characterized by a suite of craniodental
features that have been widely interpreted as adaptations to a diet that consisted of hard …

Sexual size dimorphism is generally associated with sexual selection via agonistic male
competition in nonhuman primates. These primate models play an important role in …

The transition to full-time terrestrial bipedality is a hallmark of human evolution. A key
correlate of human bipedalism is the development of longitudinal and transverse arches of …

The relationships among the living apes and modern humans have effectively been
resolved, but it is much more difficult to locate fossil apes on the tree of life because shared …