Australopithecus sediba: A New Species of Homo-Like Australopith from South Africa
- L. Berger, D. D. de Ruiter, J. Kibii
- Environmental Science, GeographyScience
- 9 April 2010
Combined craniodental and postcranial evidence demonstrates that this new species of Australopithecus shares more derived features with early Homo than any other australopith species and thus might help reveal the ancestor of that genus.
Postcranial robusticity in Homo. II: Humeral bilateral asymmetry and bone plasticity.
- E. Trinkaus, S. Churchill, C. Ruff
- BiologyAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology
- 1994
Skeletal samples of normal modern Euroamericans, prehistoric and early historic Amerindians, and prehistoric Japanese show moderate median asymmetry in diaphyseal cross-sectional areas and polar second moments of area, whereas the tennis-player sample, with pronounced unilateral physical activity, exhibits median asymmetries of 28-57% in the same parameters.
Makers of the early Aurignacian of Europe.
- S. Churchill, F. Smith
- Geography, Environmental ScienceAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology
- 2000
The overall picture is one of an extended period of cultural contact, involving some degree of genetic exchange, between Neandertals and early modern Europeans, and perhaps for 8,000-10,000 years or longer.
Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa
Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. This species is characterized…
Experimental Evidence Concerning Spear Use in Neandertals and Early Modern Humans
- D. Schmitt, S. Churchill, W. Hylander
- Environmental Science
- 2003
Abstract Can a bimanual activity such as thrusting a spear during hunting produce bilateral asymmetries in the strength of the upper limbs? This question is important to arguments about the predatory…
Bioenergetic perspectives on Neanderthal thermoregulatory and activity budgets
- S. Churchill
- Biology
- 2006
Estimating Neanderthal SA can be used to model Neanderthal daily energy budgets, and form the basis of evaluating the costs/benefits of hypothesized morphological and behavioral benefits of cold-adapted morphology in Neanderthals.
Australopithecus sediba Hand Demonstrates Mosaic Evolution of Locomotor and Manipulative Abilities
- T. Kivell, J. Kibii, S. Churchill, P. Schmid, L. Berger
- Environmental Science, GeographyScience
- 9 September 2011
The hand of Australopithecus sediba, a rare example in the hominid fossil record, shows short fingers and a long thumb consistent with improved precision gripping while retaining strength for climbing, suggesting at least two distinct hand morphotypes around the Plio-Pleistocene transition.
Weapon Technology, Prey Size Selection, and Hunting Methods in Modern Hunter‐Gatherers: Implications for Hunting in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic
- S. Churchill
- Environmental Science
- 1993
The ethnographic and ethnohistoric literature on a global sample of 96 recent hunting peoples was surveyed to explore the relationships between weapons, prey body-size, and terrestrial hunting…
The Lower Limb and Mechanics of Walking in Australopithecus sediba
- J. DeSilva, K. Holt, L. Berger
- BiologyScience
- 12 April 2013
The lower limb anatomy of Au.
Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology, and Ecology
- S. Churchill
- Environmental Science
- 6 October 2014
The book promotes the idea that Neanderthals and modern humans had similar cognitive abilities and that social and demographic factors prevented its consistent expression, and develops a model to explain their demise.
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