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 was …

Recent fossil and archaeological finds have complicated our interpretation of the origin and
early evolution of genus Homo. Using an integrated data set from the fossil record and …

Three morphologically distinct populations of Peruvian crania (n = 130) were metrically
analysed to quantify changes resulting from intentional artificial vault deformation. Two of these …

Archaeological excavations at the site of Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia have uncovered
two partial early Pleistocene hominid crania. The new fossils consist of a relatively …

Our view of H. erectus is vastly different today than when Pithecanthropus erectus was
described in 1894. Since its synonimization into Homo, views of the species and its distribution …

Sites in eastern Africa have shed light on the emergence and early evolution of the genus
Homo 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 . The best known early hominin species, H. habilis and H. erectus, …

Hominid fossils from Ngandong and Sambungmacan, Central Java, are considered the
most morphologically advanced representatives of Homo erectus. Electron spin resonance (ESR…

▪ Abstract The worldwide distribution of our species, Homo sapiens, has its roots in the early
Pleistocene epoch. However, evidence has been sufficient only in the past decade to …

We use new data on the timing and extent of the early Pleistocene dispersal of Homo erectus
to estimate diffusion coefficients of early Homo from Africa. These diffusion coefficients …

Since its discovery in 1972 (ref. 1 ), the cranium KNM-ER 1470 has been at the centre of the
debate over the number of species of early Homo present in the early Pleistocene epoch 2 …