From birth to adulthood, the human brain expands by a factor of 3.3, compared with 2.5 in
chimpanzees [DeSilva J and Lesnik J (2006) Chimpanzee neonatal brain size: Implications …

INTRODUCTION The consensus view on the peopling of the Americas is that ancestors of
modern Native Americans entered the Americas from Siberia via the Bering Land Bridge …

The brains of modern humans differ from those of great apes in size, shape, and cortical
organization, notably in frontal lobe areas involved in complex cognitive tasks, such as …

The site of Dmanisi, Georgia, has yielded an impressive sample of hominid cranial and
postcranial remains, documenting the presence of Homo outside Africa around 1.8 million …

Previous research in Chad at the Toros-Menalla 266 fossiliferous locality (about 7 million
years old) uncovered a nearly complete cranium (TM 266-01-60-1), three mandibular …

Homo neanderthalensis has a unique combination of craniofacial features that are distinct
from fossil and extant 'anatomically modern'Homo sapiens (modern humans). Morphological …

Kennewick Man, referred to as the Ancient One by Native Americans, is a male human
skeleton discovered in Washington state (USA) in 1996 and initially radiocarbon dated to …

The bony pelvis of adult humans exhibits marked sexual dimorphism, which is traditionally
interpreted in the framework of the “obstetrical dilemma” hypothesis: Giving birth to large …

The St. Césaire 1 Neanderthal skeleton of a young adult individual is unique in its
association with Châtelperronian artifacts from a level dated to ca. 36,000 years ago …

The dispersal of modern humans from Africa is now well documented with genetic data that
track population history, as well as gene flow between populations. Phenetic skeletal data …