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Musings on Human Origins and Evolution
Matt & Cris
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- April 7, 2012
- 05:43 PM
- 139 views
Hominin Meat on Allopatric Speciation Bones
by Matt & Cris in Originus
It is a curious fact that one of the more powerful mechanisms for explaining allopatric speciation — that climate change …Continue reading »... Read more »
Stewart, J., & Stringer, C. (2012) Human Evolution Out of Africa: The Role of Refugia and Climate Change. Science, 335(6074), 1317-1321. DOI: 10.1126/science.1215627
Mayr, E., & O'Hara, R. (1986) The Biogeographic Evidence Supporting the Pleistocene Forest Refuge Hypothesis. Evolution, 40(1), 55. DOI: 10.2307/2408603
- March 21, 2012
- 12:13 PM
- 159 views
Science Integrators
by Matt & Cris in Originus
Andrew Moore, editor in chief of BioEssays, recently published a piece that makes so much sense it will probably never …Continue reading »... Read more »
Moore, Andrew. (2012) Have we produced enough results yet, sir?. BioEssays, 34(3), 163-163. DOI: 10.1002/bies.201290005
- March 15, 2012
- 05:58 PM
- 258 views
Red Deer Cave People — A New “Species” from China?
by Matt & Cris in Originus
Only those living in a cave could have missed yesterday’s announcement of a possible new human species, the “Red Deer …Continue reading »... Read more »
Curnoe, D., Xueping, J., Herries, A., Kanning, B., Taçon, P., Zhende, B., Fink, D., Yunsheng, Z., Hellstrom, J., Yun, L.... (2012) Human Remains from the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition of Southwest China Suggest a Complex Evolutionary History for East Asians. PLoS ONE, 7(3). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031918
- March 9, 2012
- 12:26 PM
- 211 views
New Evidence for Neanderthal Symbolism?
by Matt & Cris in Originus
Two days ago my twitter stream lit up with the exciting news that Neanderthals were using symbols 90,000 years ago. …Continue reading »... Read more »
Morin, E., & Laroulandie, V. (2012) Presumed Symbolic Use of Diurnal Raptors by Neanderthals. PLoS ONE, 7(3). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032856
- February 24, 2012
- 03:01 PM
- 210 views
This Old Hut (Gimme Shelter)
by Matt & Cris in Originus
Humans have been seeking shelter for a long time. While caves sometimes provided it, the idea that caves were the …Continue reading »... Read more »
Maher, L., Richter, T., Macdonald, D., Jones, M., Martin, L., & Stock, J. (2012) Twenty Thousand-Year-Old Huts at a Hunter-Gatherer Settlement in Eastern Jordan. PLoS ONE, 7(2). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031447
- February 22, 2012
- 04:35 PM
- 198 views
Human Evolutionary Storytelling
by Matt & Cris in Originus
In evolutionary science, storytelling is suspect. This is due, in large part, to the proliferation of “just so” stories which …Continue reading »... Read more »
Landau, Misia. (1984) Human Evolution as Narrative: Have Hero Myths and Folktales Influenced Our Interpretations of the Evolutionary Past?. American Scientist, 72(3), 262-268. info:/
- February 12, 2012
- 03:28 PM
- 202 views
Big Brains in Evolutionary History
by Matt & Cris in Originus
In 1985 I visited the Soviet Union with a small group of Austrian tourists (I was studying in Vienna at …Continue reading »... Read more »
Gross, C. (1993) Huxley versus Owen: the hippocampus minor and evolution. Trends in Neurosciences, 16(12), 493-498. DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(93)90190-W
- November 30, 1999
- 12:00 AM
- 134 views
The Fragile Monument of Hominin Diet
by Matt Sponheimer in Originus
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Grine, F., Ungar, P., Teaford, M., & El-Zaatari, S. (2006) Molar microwear in Praeanthropus afarensis: Evidence for dietary stasis through time and under diverse paleoecological conditions. Journal of Human Evolution, 51(3), 297-319. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.04.004
Ungar, P., Grine, F., & Teaford, M. (2008) Dental Microwear and Diet of the Plio-Pleistocene Hominin Paranthropus boisei. PLoS ONE, 3(4). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002044
Jolly, C. (1970) The Seed-Eaters: A New Model of Hominid Differentiation Based on a Baboon Analogy. Man, 5(1), 5. DOI: 10.2307/2798801
Cerling, T., Mbua, E., Kirera, F., Manthi, F., Grine, F., Leakey, M., Sponheimer, M., & Uno, K. (2011) From the Cover: Diet of Paranthropus boisei in the early Pleistocene of East Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(23), 9337-9341. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104627108
Ungar, P., & Sponheimer, M. (2011) The Diets of Early Hominins. Science, 334(6053), 190-193. DOI: 10.1126/science.1207701
- November 30, 1999
- 12:00 AM
- 187 views
Evolution of "Natural" Sleep
by Cris Campbell in Originus
If you slept well last night and do so regularly, chances are you don’t give sleep much thought. It happens, is pleasurable, and you are refreshed. If you didn’t sleep well last night and do so irregularly, chances are you have given sleep a great deal of thought. It doesn’t happen, isn’t pleasurable, and you are fatigued.... Read more »
Wolf-Meyer, Matthew. (2011) Natural Hegemonies: Sleep and the Rhythms of American Capitalism. Current Anthropology, 52(6), 876-895. DOI: 10.1086/662550
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