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Selection of Effective Stone Tools by Wild Bearded Capuchin Monkeys
(CELL PRESS, 2009)
Appreciation of objects` affordances and planning is a hallmark of human technology. Archeological evidence suggests that Pliocene hominins selected raw material for tool making [1, 2]. Stone pounding has been considered ...
Relationship Among a Supernova, a Transition of Polarity of the Geomagnetic Field and the Pliocene-Pleistocene Boundary
(Springer, 2019)
After the Middle Miocene, two important climatic changes took place, consisting mainly of cooling in both hemispheres. One occurred between 7.0 and 5.4 Ma and another at the end of the Pliocene, which marked the beginning ...
Human evolution and transitions in individualityEvolution humana y transiciones en la individualidad
(Departamento de Filosofía, Universidad de Málaga, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 2014)
Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians
(Chelonian Research Foundation, 2015-04)
We provide a first checklist and review of all recognized taxa of the world’s extinct Pleistocene and Holocene (Quaternary) turtles and tortoises that existed during the early rise and global expansion of humanity, and ...
Mechanical analysis of infant carrying in hominoids
(SPRINGER, 2008)
In all higher nonhuman primates, species survival depends upon safe carrying of infants clinging to body hair of adults. In this work, measurements of mechanical properties of ape hair (gibbon, orangutan, and gorilla) are ...
The evolutionary roles of nutrition selection and dietary quality in the human brain size and encephalization
(2018-12-01)
Background: Humans and other primates have evolved particular morphological and biological traits (e.g., larger brains, slower growth, longer-lived offspring) that distinguish them from most other mammals. The evolution ...
The Evolutionary Radiation of Hominids: a Phylogenetic Comparative Study
(Nature Publishing Group, 2019-12)
Over the last 150 years the diversity and phylogenetic relationships of the hominoids have been one of the main focuses in biological and anthropological research. Despite this, the study of factors involved in their ...
Culture and transitions in individuality
(NEL/UFSC, 2014)