Shallow-water food resources for early hominins

newpapyrus — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:14:57 GMT

Am J Phys Anthropol. 2009 Nov 3;140(4):630-642. [Epub ahead of print] Shallow-water habitats as sources of fallback foods for hominins. Wrangham R

Hominin tool use in grasslands

newpapyrus — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:45:51 GMT

Oldest Evidence of Toolmaking Hominins in a Grassland-Dominated Ecosystem By PLoS ONE • on October 21, 2009 Background Major biological and cultural

Hominin precision grip

newpapyrus — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:41:25 GMT

1: Folia Primatol (Basel). 2008;79(4):215-50. Epub 2008 Feb 15. [Click here to read]

Origins of Neandertal morphology

newpapyrus — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:37:22 GMT

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Sep 22;106(38):16028-33. Epub 2009 Sep 21. [Click here to read]

John Hawks on Ardipithecus & Oreopithecus

newpapyrus — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:57:26 GMT

One of the grottiest, most severely crushed parts of the Ardipithecus ARA-VP-6/500 skeleton is the pelvis. The left os coxa is nearly complete but badly

Re: HOMINOIDS

Anne Gilbert — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:25:08 GMT

Torfinn: A woman by the name of Myra Shackley claims that these "almas" are remnant Neandertals. Yikes! Anne G ... Taking another look... Is it almas you are

Re: HOMINOIDS

Torfinn Ørmen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:06:46 GMT

... Taking another look... Is it almas you are talking about? Don't mix Asian traditions with American ones. Even if there are elements in common, there are

Re: HOMINOIDS

Torfinn Ørmen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:55:27 GMT

... It is often used that way informally, but be aware that taxonomically it means something else. ... That's simple. A "hominoid" is an "ape" (including

Re: HOMINOIDS

Hewie — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:41:50 GMT

Thanks Jim, We need to know really a lot more than that, we need some defination of the possible differences between the creatures. OK hominid means basically

Re: New Ardipithecus finds ...

jim — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:03:52 GMT

Anne, Yes, they feel Ar. ramidus WAS bipedal and I do hope their conclusions to be correct. Perhaps future dicoveries will lend better evidence. I don't think

Re: New Ardipithecus finds ...

Anne Gilbert — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:40:03 GMT

Jim: Yes, the opposable feet are kind of apish-looking, to me, at least. OTOH, all I can say is, that according to White et al, Ar. ramidus walked, after a

Re: New Ardipithecus finds and new speculation ...

Torfinn Ørmen — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:33:34 GMT

... I am sorry, but it is not. ... Thy rock is sand. ... Cheers Torfinn

Re: New Ardipithecus finds and new speculation ...

alas_my_loves — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:28:28 GMT

Hominoid: post-split from Old World Monkeys Hylobatid: Asian lesser apes Pongid: Asian great apes Hominid: African great apes/hominins (includes Europe/Levant)

Re: New Ardipithecus finds and new speculation ...

Torfinn Ørmen — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:11:41 GMT

... (:)) ... Um, no, they don't insist on this. The majority of scientists who have thought about it at all actually agree with plomping the great apes inside

Re: New Ardipithecus finds and new speculation ...

jim — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:51:51 GMT

OK. Here we go: BIPEDALISM is a DEFINING FEATURE of the word "Hominid". Period. that is the rock I will continue to stand on. I know these arguments. I will

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Shallow-water food resources for early hominins

Hominin tool use in grasslands

Hominin precision grip

Origins of Neandertal morphology

John Hawks on Ardipithecus & Oreopithecus

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