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Back(s) to basics: The concept of backing in stone tool technologies for tracing hominins' technical innovations Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Davide Delpiano, Brad Gravina, Marco Peresani
The evolution of Paleolithic stone tool technologies is characterized by gradual increase in technical complexity along with changes in the composition of assemblages. In this respect, the emergence of retouched‐backed tools is an important step and, for some, a proxy for “modern” behavior. However, backed tools emerge relatively early and develop together with major changes in Middle‐Upper Pleistocene
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Big brains and the human superorganism: Why special brains appear in hominids and other social Animals By Dr. Niccolo Leo Caldararo. (2017, reprint in 2020) Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, a Division of Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 1–196. Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Megan Wilkinson
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Were fewer boys born in the United States during the early months of the COVID‐19 pandemic? A test of the Trivers–Willard hypothesis Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Peyton Cleaver, Amy L. Non
The Trivers–Willard hypothesis predicts that mammalian parents in poor environmental conditions will favor the offspring sex with more reliable chance of reproductive success, which in humans is females. Three months following the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic in South Africa, England, and Wales, there were significant decreases in the sex ratio at birth (SRB) (male births/total live births). We analyzed
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Domestication as the evolution of interspecies cooperative breeding Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-11 Natalie G. Mueller, John C. Willman
We propose that domestication is the result of interspecies cooperative breeding. Considering domestication as an outcome of cooperative breeding can explain how domestication occurs in both plants and animals, encompass cases of domestication that do not involve humans, and shed light on why humans are involved in so many domesticatory relationships. We review the cooperative breeding model of human
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Eco‐geographic and sexual variation of the ribcage in Homo sapiens Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 José M. López‐Rey, Manuel D. D'Angelo del Campo, Verónica Seldes, Daniel García‐Martínez, Markus Bastir
Up to now, Allen and Bergmann's rules have been studied in modern humans by analyzing differences in limb length, height, or body mass. However, there are no publications studying the effects of latitude in the 3D configuration of the ribcage. To assess this issue, we digitally reconstructed the ribcages of a balanced sample of 109 adult individuals of global distribution. Shape and size of the ribcage
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On the scientific credibility of paleoanthropology: Reply to Villmoare and Kimbel Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-30 Richard J. Smith, Bernard Wood
Smith and Wood reply to Villmoare and Kimbel regarding the scientific credibility of problems in paleoanthropology that require causal explanations for unique historical events.
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On the scientific credibility of paleoanthropology. Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Brian Villmoare,William Kimbel
Smith and Smith and Wood proposed that the human fossil record offers special challenges for causal hypotheses because "unique" adaptations resist the comparative method. We challenge their notions of "uniqueness" and offer a refutation of the idea that there is something epistemologically special about human prehistoric data. Although paleontological data may be sparse, there is nothing inherent about
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Human musical capacity and products should have been induced by the hominin‐specific combination of several biosocial features: A three‐phase scheme on socio‐ecological, cognitive, and cultural evolution Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Masahito Morita, Yuri Nishikawa, Yudai Tokumasu
Various selection pressures have shaped human uniqueness, for instance, music. When and why did musical universality and diversity emerge? Our hypothesis is that “music” initially originated from manipulative calls with limited musical elements. Thereafter, vocalizations became more complex and flexible along with a greater degree of social learning. Finally, constructed musical instruments and the
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Terrestriality across the primate order: A review and analysis of ground use in primates Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Gene R. Estrada, Andrew J. Marshall
Terrestriality is relatively rare in the predominantly arboreal primate order. How frequently, and when, terrestriality appears in primate evolution, and the factors that influence this behavior, are not well understood. To investigate this, we compiled data describing terrestriality in 515 extant nonhuman primate taxa. We describe the geographic and phylogenetic distribution of terrestriality, including
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Smell throughout the life course Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-05 Alice C. Poirier, Amanda D. Melin
The sense of smell is an important mediator of health and sociality at all stages of life, yet it has received limited attention in our lineage. Olfaction starts in utero and participates in the establishment of social bonds in children, and of romantic and sexual relationships after puberty. Smell further plays a key role in food assessment and danger avoidance; in modern societies, it also guides
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Thirteenth annual meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Dalila De Caro, Megan A. Saunders, Brienna Eteson, Susan M. Mentzer, Judith Beier
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Janus faced: The co‐evolution of war and peace in the human species Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Hugo Meijer
The human species presents a paradox. No other species possesses the propensity to carry out coalitionary lethal attacks on adult conspecifics coupled with the inclination to establish peaceful relations with genetically unrelated groups. What explains this seemingly contradictory feature? Existing perspectives, the “deep roots” and “shallow roots” of war theses, fail to capture the plasticity of human
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The biogeography of our evolutionary history JonathanKingdon Origin Africa: Safaris in Deep Time London: William Collins. 2023. Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 René Bobe
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The cuckoldry conundrum Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Brooke A. Scelza
Concerns about cuckoldry are a dominant theme in evolutionary studies of mating, frequently used to explain sex differences in reproductive strategies. However, studies in nonhuman species have shown that cuckoldry can be associated with important benefits. These insights have not been well integrated with the human literature, which continues to focus on anticuckoldry tactics and negative repercussions
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Cover Image Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Catherine K. Miller, Jeremy M. DeSilva
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Early anthropoid primates: New data and new questions Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Yaowalak Chaimanee, Olivier Chavasseau, Vincent Lazzari, Aung N. Soe, Chit Sein, Jean-Jacques Jaeger
Although the evolutionary history of anthropoid primates (monkeys, apes, and humans) appears relatively well-documented, there is limited data available regarding their origins and early evolution. We review and discuss here the earliest records of anthropoid primates from Asia, Africa, and South America. New fossils provide strong support for the Asian origin of anthropoid primates. However, the earliest
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Exploration and assessment of an introduction to primates Alfred L. Rosenberger Primates: An Introduction London and New York: Routledge. ISBN: 978103289918 Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Rose M. Hores
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The author declares no conflict of interest.
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Biomechanics in anthropology Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Michael Berthaume, Sarah Elton
Biomechanics is the set of tools that explain organismal movement and mechanical behavior and links the organism to the physicality of the world. As such, biomechanics can relate behaviors and culture to the physicality of the organism. Scale is critical to biomechanical analyses, as the constitutive equations that matter differ depending on the scale of the question. Within anthropology, biomechanics
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A lineage perspective on hominin taxonomy and evolution Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Jesse M. Martin, A. B. Leece, Stephanie E. Baker, Andy I. R. Herries, David S. Strait
An uncritical reliance on the phylogenetic species concept has led paleoanthropologists to become increasingly typological in their delimitation of new species in the hominin fossil record. As a practical matter, this approach identifies species as diagnosably distinct groups of fossils that share a unique suite of morphological characters but, ontologically, a species is a metapopulation lineage segment
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Child and adolescent foraging: New directions in evolutionary research Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Ilaria Pretelli, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Edmond Dounias, Sagan Friant, Jeremy Koster, Karen L. Kramer, Shani M. Mangola, Almudena Mari Saez, Sheina Lew-Levy
Young children and adolescents in subsistence societies forage for a wide range of resources. They often target child-specific foods, they can be very successful foragers, and they share their produce widely within and outside of their nuclear family. At the same time, while foraging, they face risky situations and are exposed to diseases that can influence their immune development. However, children's
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Human behaviors driving disease emergence Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Sagan Friant
Interactions between humans, animals, and the environment facilitate zoonotic spillover—the transmission of pathogens from animals to humans. Narratives that cast modern humans as exogenous and disruptive forces that encroach upon “natural” disease systems limit our understanding of human drivers of disease. This review leverages theory from evolutionary anthropology that situates humans as functional
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Male-philopatric nonhuman primates and their potential role in understanding the evolution of human sociality Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Krista M. Milich
In most primate species, males transfer out of their natal groups, resulting in groups of unrelated males. However, in a few species, including humans, males remain in their groups and form life-long associations with each other. This pattern of male philopatry is linked with cooperative male behaviors, including border patrols and predator defense. Because females in male-philopatric species form
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Developing evolutionary anthropology in local ecosystems Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Rachel E. Palkovitz, Richard R. Lawler
The traditional regional focus of evolutionary anthropology—typically defined as places where hominin fossils, nonhuman primates, and non-western populations reside—forms the basis of much evolutionary anthropological research. Using the highly biodiverse temperate region of Appalachia as an example, we suggest that evolutionary anthropologists have much to gain by stepping outside of this traditional
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In the light of evolution: Contemporary applications of evolutionary thought Norman A. Johnson Darwin's Reach: 21st Century Application of Evolutionary Biology(2022) Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 430pp. $59.95. ISBN: 9780429503962 Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Sofiya Shreyer
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The author declares no conflicts of interest.
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A review of the distal femur in Australopithecus Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Catherine K. Miller, Jeremy M. DeSilva
In 1938, the first distal femur of a fossil Australopithecus was discovered at Sterkfontein, South Africa. A decade later, another distal femur was discovered at the same locality. These two fossil femora were the subject of a foundational paper authored by Kingsbury Heiple and Owen Lovejoy in 1971. In this paper, the authors discussed functionally relevant anatomies of these two fossil femora and
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Punctuated equilibrium at 50: Anything there for evolutionary anthropology? Yes; definitely Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Michael J. O'Brien, Sergi Valverde, Salva Duran-Nebreda, Blai Vidiella, R. Alexander Bentley
The theory of punctuated equilibrium (PE) was developed a little over 50 years ago to explain long-term, large-scale appearance and disappearance of species in the fossil record. A theory designed specifically for that purpose cannot be expected, out of the box, to be directly applicable to biocultural evolution, but in revised form, PE offers a promising approach to incorporating not only a wealth
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Moving away from "the Muddle in the Middle" toward solving the Chibanian puzzle. Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Christopher J Bae,Leslie C Aiello,John Hawks,Yousuke Kaifu,Joshua Lindal,María Martinón-Torres,Xijun Ni,Cosimo Posth,Predrag Radović,Denne Reed,Lauren Schroeder,Jeffrey H Schwartz,Mary T Silcox,Frido Welker,Xiu-Jie Wu,Clément Zanolli,Mirjana Roksandic
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Evolutionary medicine approaches to chronic disease: The case of irritable bowel syndrome Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Makenna B. Lenover, Mary K. Shenk
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a gastrointestinal disease, is a global phenomenon correlated with industrialization. We propose that an evolutionary medicine approach is useful to understand this disease from an ultimate perspective and conducted a scoping literature review to synthesize the IBS literature within this framework. Our review suggests five potential evolutionary hypotheses for the cause
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Homo heterogenus: Variability in early Pleistocene Homo environments Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Tegan I. F. Foister, Indrė Žliobaitė, Oscar E. Wilson, Mikael Fortelius, Miikka Tallavaara
To understand the ecological dominance of Homo sapiens, we need to investigate the origins of the plasticity that has enabled our colonization of the planet. We can approach this by exploring the variability of habitats to which different hominin populations have adapted over time. In this article, we draw upon and synthesize the current research on habitats of genus Homo during the early Pleistocene
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The use of chimpanzee-modified faunal assemblages to investigate early hominin carnivory Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Alex Bertacchi, David P. Watts
Chimpanzees regularly hunt and consume prey smaller than themselves. It seems therefore likely that early hominins also consumed small vertebrate meat before they started using and producing stone tools. Research has focused on cut marks and large ungulates, but there is a small body of work that has investigated the range of bone modifications produced on small prey by chimpanzee mastication that
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The wrong ape for early human origins: A skewed view of paleoanthropology and evolutionary theory M. Kay Martin The wrong ape for early human origins: The chimpanzee as a skewed ancestral model Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. ISBN: 9781666923872. Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Scott A. Williams
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The author declares no conflict of interest.
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Specimens as individuals: Four interventions and recommendations for great ape skeletal collections research and curation Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Alexandra E. Kralick, Stephanie L. Canington, Andrea R. Eller, Kate McGrath
Extensive discourse surrounds the ethics of human skeletal research and curation, but there has yet to be a similar discussion of the treatment of great ape skeletal remains, despite the clear interest in their ethical treatment when alive. Here we trace the history of apes who were killed and collected for natural history museums during the early 20th century and showcase how the guiding research
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Revisiting geophagy: An evolved sickness behavior to microbiome-mediated gastrointestinal inflammation Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Achsah F. Dorsey, Elizabeth M. Miller
Geophagy, the consumption of clay or similar substances, is known as an evolved behavior that protects vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women and children, against gastrointestinal injury. However, perplexing questions remain, like the presence of geophagy in the absence of overt gastrointestinal infection and the potential causal relationship between geophagy and iron deficiency anemia. In
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Beyond sex, gender, and other dilemmas: Human pelvic morphology from an integrative context Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Cara Wall-Scheffler, Helen Kurki
Recent research on the pelvis has clarified the flexibility of pelvic bones to manage nearly infinite possibilities in terms of selection and drift, while still maintaining excellent bipedalism. Despite this work, and the studies outlining the diversity of pelvic morphology across the hominin lineage, conversations continue to be stymied by distractions related to purported trade-offs that the different
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Selection and adaptation in human migration Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Adrian Viliami Bell
This article reviews the ways migration shapes human biology. This includes the physiological and genetic, but also socio-cultural aspects such as organization, behavior, and culture. Across disciplines I highlight the multiple levels of cultural and genetic selection whereby individuals and groups adapt to pressures along a migration timeline: the origin, transit, and destination. Generally, the evidence
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Hierarchies in the energy budget: Thyroid hormones and the evolution of human life history patterns Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Stephanie B. Levy, Richard G. Bribiescas
The evolution of human life history characteristics required dramatic shifts in energy allocation mechanisms compared with our primate ancestors. Thyroid hormones, such as thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), are sensitive to energy balance, and are significant determinants for both tissue-specific and whole-body metabolic rate. Thus, thyroid hormones are in part responsible for setting the body's
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The multifactor pelvis: An alternative to the adaptationist approach of the obstetrical dilemma Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Anna Warrener
The obstetrical dilemma describes the competing demands that a bipedally adapted pelvis and a large-brained neonate place on human childbirth and is the predominant model within which hypotheses about the evolution of the pelvis are framed. I argue the obstetrical dilemma follows the adaptationist program outlined by Gould and Lewontin in 1979 and should be replaced with a new model, the multifactor
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Beyond the image: Interdisciplinary and contextual approaches to understanding symbolic cognition in Paleolithic parietal art. Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Isobel Wisher,Murillo Pagnotta,Eduardo Palacio-Pérez,Riccardo Fusaroli,Diego Garate,Derek Hodgson,John Matthews,Larissa Mendoza-Straffon,Blanca Ochoa,Felix Riede,Kristian Tylén
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Addressing the growing fossil record of subadult hominins by reaching across disciplines Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Debra R. Bolter, Noel Cameron, John Hawks, Steven E. Churchill, Lee Berger, Robin Bernstein, Julia C. Boughner, Sarah Elton, A. B. Leece, Patrick Mahoney, Keneiloe Molopyane, Tesla A. Monson, Jill Pruetz, Lawrence Schell, Kyra E. Stull, Christopher A. Wolfe
The field of paleoanthropology lacks a coherent methodology to study ontogeny in extinct hominins. During the past two decades in this field, several factors have served as an impetus to better define this subfield of study within human evolution. First is the increased recovery of immature hominin remains that span multiple genera—Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and Homo.
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A tooth crown morphology framework for interpreting the diversity of primate dentitions Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Simon A. Chapple, Matthew M. Skinner
Variation in tooth crown morphology plays a crucial role in species diagnoses, phylogenetic inference, and the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the primate clade. While a growing number of studies have identified developmental mechanisms linked to tooth size and cusp patterning in mammalian crown morphology, it is unclear (1) to what degree these are applicable across primates and (2)
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Deconstructing Eurocentrism in skin pigmentation research via the incorporation of diverse populations and theoretical perspectives Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Yemko Pryor, John Lindo
The evolution of skin pigmentation has been shaped by numerous biological and cultural shifts throughout human history. Vitamin D is considered a driver of depigmentation evolution in humans, given the deleterious health effects associated with vitamin D deficiency, which is often shaped by cultural factors. New advancements in genomics and epigenomics have opened the door to a deeper exploration of
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Hunter-gatherer diets and activity as a model for health promotion: Challenges, responses, and confirmations Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Melvin Konner, S. Boyd Eaton
Beginning in 1985, we and others presented estimates of hunter-gatherer (and ultimately ancestral) diet and physical activity, hoping to provide a model for health promotion. The Hunter-Gatherer Model was designed to offset the apparent mismatch between our genes and the current Western-type lifestyle, a mismatch that arguably affects prevalence of many chronic degenerative diseases. The effort has
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William L. Jungers, a gentle giant in Madagascar. Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-01 Laurie R Godfrey,David A Burney
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The estimation and evolution of hominin body mass Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Christopher B. Ruff, Bernard A. Wood
Body mass is a critical variable in many hominin evolutionary studies, with implications for reconstructing relative brain size, diet, locomotion, subsistence strategy, and social organization. We review methods that have been proposed for estimating body mass from true and trace fossils, consider their applicability in different contexts, and the appropriateness of different modern reference samples
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Male–male relationships in chimpanzees and the evolution of human pair bonds Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-03 Aaron A. Sandel
The evolution of monogamy has been a central question in biological anthropology. An important avenue of research has been comparisons across “socially monogamous” mammals, but such comparisons are inappropriate for understanding human behavior because humans are not “pair living” and are only sometimes “monogamous.” It is the “pair bond” between reproductive partners that is characteristic of humans
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Amazonian Monkeys and Kafka's Ape at the German Primate Center Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Bernardo Urbani, Gabriel Robinson-González
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Mental health and well-being in primatology: Breaking the taboos Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Joanna M. Setchell, Steve Unwin, Susan M. Cheyne
We hope to raise awareness of mental health and well-being among primatologists. With this aim in mind, we organized a workshop on mental health as part of the main program of the Winter meeting of the Primate Society of Great Britain in December 2021. The workshop was very well received. Here, we review the main issues raised in the workshop, and supplement them with our own observations, reflections
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Benchmarking methods and data for the whole-outline geometric morphometric analysis of lithic tools Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Renata P. Araujo, Felix Riede, Mercedes Okumura, Astolfo G. M. Araujo, Alice Leplongeon, Colin Wren, José R. Rabuñal, Marcelo Cardillo, María B. Cruz, David N. Matzig
1 INTRODUCTION Originally developed for the quantitative analysis of organismal shapes, both two-dimensional (2D) and 3D geometric morphometric methods (GMMs) have recently gained some prominence in archaeology for the analysis of stone tools1-3—unquestionably the primary deep-time data source for the earliest periods of human cultural evolution.4 The key strength of GMM rests in its ability to statistically
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Primatology at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology. Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-30 Chris Claypool
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Human consumption of large herbivore digesta and its implications for foraging theory Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Raven Garvey
Vegetal matter undergoing digestion in herbivores' stomachs and intestines, digesta, can be an important source of dietary carbohydrates for human foragers. Digesta significantly increases large herbivores' total caloric yield and broadens their nutritional profile to include three key macronutrients (protein, fat, and carbohydrates) in amounts sufficient to sustain small foraging groups for multiple
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Not just in the past: Racist and sexist biases still permeate biology, anthropology, medicine, and education Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Rui Diogo, Adeyemi Adesomo, Kimberly S. Farmer, Rachel J. Kim, Fatimah Jackson
In the past decades, it has been increasingly recognized that some areas of science, such as anthropology, have been plagued by racist, Western-centric, and/or sexist biases. Unfortunately, an acculturation process to racism and sexism has been occurring for generations leading to systemic inequities that will take a long time to disappear. Here, we highlight the existence of current examples of racism
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A sensitive and open-mind genetic perspective on the origin and history of Native Americans Jennifer Raff Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas(2022) New York, USA: Twelve, Hachette Book Group. ISBN 978-1-53874-971-5, $30.00. Hardcover. Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Lumila Paula Menéndez
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The author declares no conflict of interest.
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The eighth annual Northeastern Evolutionary Primatologists (NEEP) meeting. Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-01 Thomas C Wilson
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The Australopithecus assemblage from Sterkfontein Member 4 (South Africa) and the concept of variation in palaeontology Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Amélie Beaudet
Interpreting morphological variation within the early hominin fossil record is particularly challenging. Apart from the fact that there is no absolute threshold for defining species boundaries in palaeontology, the degree of variation related to sexual dimorphism, temporal depth, geographic variation or ontogeny is difficult to appreciate in a fossil taxon mainly represented by fragmentary specimens
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The sensory ecology of primate food perception, revisited Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Carrie C. Veilleux, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Amanda D. Melin
Twenty years ago, Dominy and colleagues published “The sensory ecology of primate food perception,” an impactful review that brought new perspectives to understanding primate foraging adaptations. Their review synthesized information on primate senses and explored how senses informed feeding behavior. Research on primate sensory ecology has seen explosive growth in the last two decades. Here, we revisit
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Kamoya Kimeu (c.1939-2022): Fossil finder and field-worker extraordinaire. Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2022-12-11 Bernard Wood
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Judith Masters 1955-2022 and Fabien Génin 1971-2022. Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Massimiliano Delpero,Ian Tattersall
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Biocultural perspectives of infectious diseases and demographic evolution: Tuberculosis and its comorbidities through history Evolutionary Anthropology (IF 4.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-27 Taylor P. van Doren
Anthropologists recognize the importance of conceptualizing health in the context of the mutually evolving nature of biology and culture through the biocultural approach, but biocultural anthropological perspectives of infectious diseases and their impacts on humans (and vice versa) through time are relatively underrepresented. Tuberculosis (TB) has been a constant companion of humans for thousands