Drimolen cranium DNH 155 documents microevolution in an early hominin species (project)

10.7934/p3477 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Martin ◽  
A Leece ◽  
S Neubauer ◽  
S Baker ◽  
C Mongle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Hominin

Can we use chimpanzee behavior to model early hominin hunting?

2012 ◽  
pp. 174-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Travis Rayne Pickering ◽  
Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo
Keyword(s):  
Early Hominin

scholarly journals When Did Archaic Humans Control Fire?

Eos ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Morton
Keyword(s):  
Early Hominin

A familiar geochemical technique shines a new spotlight on early hominin use of fire.

scholarly journals Functional morphology, biomechanics and the retrodiction of early hominin diets

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 613-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick E. Grine ◽  
David J. Daegling
Keyword(s):  
Functional Morphology ◽  
Early Hominin

scholarly journals Early Pleistocene conifer macrofossils from Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, and their environmental implications for early hominin occupation

2020 ◽  
Vol 232 ◽  
pp. 106115
Author(s):  
Aljos Farjon ◽  
David J. Horne ◽  
Simon A. Parfitt ◽  
Philip I. Buckland ◽  
Mark D. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Environmental Implications ◽  
Early Hominin

scholarly journals Sporadic sampling, not climatic forcing, drives observed early hominin diversity

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (19) ◽  
pp. 4891-4896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon J. Maxwell ◽  
Philip J. Hopley ◽  
Paul Upchurch ◽  
Christophe Soligo
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Hominin Evolution ◽  
Rock Exposure ◽  
Early Hominin ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Taxic Diversity ◽  
Diversity Estimates

The role of climate change in the origin and diversification of early hominins is hotly debated. Most accounts of early hominin evolution link observed fluctuations in species diversity to directional shifts in climate or periods of intense climatic instability. None of these hypotheses, however, have tested whether observed diversity patterns are distorted by variation in the quality of the hominin fossil record. Here, we present a detailed examination of early hominin diversity dynamics, including both taxic and phylogenetically corrected diversity estimates. Unlike past studies, we compare these estimates to sampling metrics for rock availability (hominin-, primate-, and mammal-bearing formations) and collection effort, to assess the geological and anthropogenic controls on the sampling of the early hominin fossil record. Taxic diversity, primate-bearing formations, and collection effort show strong positive correlations, demonstrating that observed patterns of early hominin taxic diversity can be explained by temporal heterogeneity in fossil sampling rather than genuine evolutionary processes. Peak taxic diversity at 1.9 million years ago (Ma) is a sampling artifact, reflecting merely maximal rock availability and collection effort. In contrast, phylogenetic diversity estimates imply peak diversity at 2.4 Ma and show little relation to sampling metrics. We find that apparent relationships between early hominin diversity and indicators of climatic instability are, in fact, driven largely by variation in suitable rock exposure and collection effort. Our results suggest that significant improvements in the quality of the fossil record are required before the role of climate in hominin evolution can be reliably determined.

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