Fossil tooth fractures and microscopic detail of enamel offer new clues about human diet and evolution
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Ian Towle; Carolina Loch, and Thomas Loho, University of…
Ian Towle; Carolina Loch, and Thomas Loho, University of…
Living approximately between 2.6 million years ago and 0.6 million years ago, the Paranthropus genus is closely related to our…
For decades, anthropologists have attempted to solve the mystery of what hominins – early ancestors of humans – ate to survive.
I’m writing a review of the “robust” australopithecines, and I’m reminded of how drastically our understanding of these…
Hands evolved to punch faces. Faces evolved to take punches. That’s the hypothesis being bandied about by University of Utah…
A few weeks ago I discussed a recent paper that analyzed the carbon and oxygen isotope ratios from Australopithecus boisei…
A little over 2 million years ago there a major divergence of hominids, leading on the one hand to our earliest ancestors in…
The increase in hominin cranial capacity over time. Researchers think the ability to nourish our growing brains is what helped…
A brand new study in the open access journal PLoS One reports on the results of an analysis of the microwear on the teeth of…
El Paranthropus boisei es un homínido que se caracteriza por tener dientes duros, con el esmalte bien grueso, un cráneo y mandíbu…