When scientists found the remains of a tiny hominid on an Indonesian island in 2004, they claimed they had found a totally new species of human ancestor (homo floresiensis) and nicknamed it a 'Hobbit.' Film crews rolled in and the little creature took the world by storm, but a g…
"[Book title] represents an excellent synthesis of recent research on the origins of humankind, the evolution of the human brain and the emergence of modern human cultures from a number of disciplines such as palaeoanthropology, genetics, primatology, and archaeology"--Back cove…
This collection of twenty-seven selected papers from a South African-French conference organised in honour of the well-known palaeo-anthropologist Phillip Tobias, provides a multidisciplinary overview of collaborative research of the palaeontological and archaeological evidence …
The temporal bone, because of the durability of the petrous and mastoid portions (thus increasing chance for recovery) and its proven utility in primate systematics, offers a valuable resource for those interested in hominid evolution. Most often, though, the developmental proce…
This dissertation seeks to illuminate Neanderthal behavioral variation based on a geoarchaeological approach to analyzing Neanderthal combustion features at the Middle Paleolithic site of El Salt, Spain. This approach involves investigations of Neanderthal combustion features, e…
Observations of the bipedal behavior of wild savanna chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes verus ) can provide insight into the evolution of habitual bipedalism in early hominids. This study provides data on the bipedal behavior of eight adult male chimpanzees at the Fongoli field site …
The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science and actually has religious roots in the deist concept of the Great Chain of Being. Yet, the metaphor has lodged itself in the contemporary imagination, and new fossil disc…
Featuring the earliest evidence in Eurasia of animal exploitation, this volume presents faunal analyses of medium-sized and large mammals at this Israeli site and provides taxonomic and actualistic data as well as beautifully illustrated studies in taphonomy.
