The immune system is a crucial biological interface between humans and our environments. This dimension of human evolution has long been of interest to human geneticists, through analysis of variation of HLA, blood types, and other polymorphisms. Immunity has become accessible to study directly in …
Citation: Hurst, S., Holloway, R., Garvin, H., Bocko, G., Garcia, K., Cofran, Z., Hawks, J., & Berger, L. (2025). A reanalysis of the Taung endocranial surface: Comparison with large samples of living hominids. Journal of Human Evolution, 200, 103637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2024.103637My …
Citation: Chapman, T. J., Walker, C., Churchill, S. E., Marchi, D., Vereecke, E. E., DeSilva, J. M., Zipfel, B., Hawks, J., Jan, S. V. S., Berger, L. R., & Throckmorton, Z. (2025). Long legs and small joints: The locomotor capabilities of Homo naledi. Journal of Anatomy, (early online).https://doi.…
The recognition of the fossil child from Taung, South Africa, was one of the momentous events in science. One little skull was the first fossil evidence that our ancestors’ place in the Tree of Life began in Africa. The discovery helped to motivate exploration of fossil deposits across the continen…
