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Evolution, revolution or saltation scenario for the emergence of modern cultures? by d'Errico, Francesco, Stringer, Chris B.

“…Crucial questions in the debate on the origin of quintessential human behaviours are whether modern cognition and associated innovations are unique to our…”
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Deciphering the Denisovans by Stringer, Chris B., Barnes, Ian

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Unconstrained cranial evolution in Neandertals and modern humans compared to common chimpanzees by Weaver, Timothy D., Stringer, Chris B.

“…A variety of lines of evidence support the idea that neutral evolutionary processes (genetic drift, mutation) have been important in generating cranial…”
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An Upper Palaeolithic engraved human bone associated with ritualistic cannibalism by Bello, Silvia M, Wallduck, Rosalind, Parfitt, Simon A, Stringer, Chris B

“…Cut-marked and broken human bones are a recurrent feature of Magdalenian (~17-12,000 years BP, uncalibrated dates) European sites. Human remains at Gough's…”
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Middle Stone Age human teeth from Magubike rockshelter, Iringa Region, Tanzania by Willoughby, Pamela R, Compton, Tim, Bello, Silvia M, Bushozi, Pastory M, Skinner, Anne R, Stringer, Chris B

“…In 2006, six isolated hominin teeth were excavated from Middle Stone Age (MSA) deposits at the Magubike rockshelter in southern Tanzania. They comprise two…”
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Earliest directly-dated human skull-cups by Bello, Silvia M, Parfitt, Simon A, Stringer, Chris B

“…The use of human braincases as drinking cups and containers has extensive historic and ethnographic documentation, but archaeological examples are extremely…”
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Close correspondence between quantitative- and molecular-genetic divergence times for Neandertals and modern humans by Weaver, Timothy D, Roseman, Charles C, Stringer, Chris B

“…Recent research has shown that genetic drift may have produced many cranial differences between Neandertals and modern humans. If this is the case, then it…”
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New genetic and morphological evidence suggests a single hoaxer created ‘Piltdown man’ by De Groote, Isabelle, Flink, Linus Girdland, Abbas, Rizwaan, Bello, Silvia M., Burgia, Lucia, Buck, Laura Tabitha, Dean, Christopher, Freyne, Alison, Higham, Thomas, Jones, Chris G., Kruszynski, Robert, Lister, Adrian, Parfitt, Simon A., Skinner, Matthew M., Shindler, Karolyn, Stringer, Chris B.

“…In 1912, palaeontologist Arthur Smith Woodward and amateur antiquarian and solicitor Charles Dawson announced the discovery of a fossil that supposedly…”
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Homo heidelbergensis by Buck, Laura T., Stringer, Chris B.

“…Who is Homo heidelbergensis? H. heidelbergensis is a critical human species in the Middle Pleistocene (~130-780 thousand years ago (ka)). We know from several…”
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Extreme glacial cooling likely led to hominin depopulation of Europe in the Early Pleistocene by Margari, Vasiliki, Hodell, David A, Parfitt, Simon A, Ashton, Nick M, Grimalt, Joan O, Kim, Hyuna, Yun, Kyung-Sook, Gibbard, Philip L, Stringer, Chris B, Timmermann, Axel, Tzedakis, Polychronis C

“…The oldest known hominin remains in Europe [~1.5 to ~1.1 million years ago (Ma)] have been recovered from Iberia, where paleoenvironmental reconstructions have…”
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Having the stomach for it: a contribution to Neanderthal diets? by Buck, Laura T., Stringer, Chris B.

“…Due to the central position of diet in determining ecology and behaviour, much research has been devoted to uncovering Neanderthal subsistence strategies. This…”
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Geometric morphometric study of the regional variation of modern human craniofacial form by Hennessy, Robin J., Stringer, Chris B.

“…The regional variability of the modern human craniofacial form is of importance to debates about human origins. The study of craniofacial form has generally…”
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Cannibalism versus funerary defleshing and disarticulation after a period of decay: comparisons of bone modifications from four prehistoric sites by Bello, Silvia M., Wallduck, Rosalind, Dimitrijević, Vesna, Živaljević, Ivana, Stringer, Chris B.

“…Objectives Humanly induced modifications on human and non‐human bones from four archaeological sites of known funerary rituals (one interpreted as cannibalism…”
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The morphological affinity of the Early Pleistocene footprints from Happisburgh, England, with other footprints of Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene age by Wiseman, Ashleigh L.A., Stringer, Chris B., Ashton, Nick, Bennett, Matthew R., Hatala, Kevin G., Duffy, Sarah, O'Brien, Thomas, De Groote, Isabelle

“…Fossil hominin footprints provide a direct source of evidence of locomotor behavior and allow inference of other biological data such as anthropometrics. Many…”
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Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe by Ashton, Nick M, Parfitt, Simon A, Lewis, Simon G, Abel, Richard L, Coope, G. Russell, Field, Mike H, Gale, Rowena, Hoare, Peter G, Larkin, Nigel R, Lewis, Mark D, Karloukovski, Vassil, Maher, Barbara A, Peglar, Sylvia M, Preece, Richard C, Whittaker, John E, Stringer, Chris B

“…The dispersal of early humans from Africa by 1.75 Myr ago led to a marked expansion of their range, from the island of Flores in the east to the Iberian…”
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Correction to ‘New genetic and morphological evidence suggests a single hoaxer created ‘Piltdown Man’’ by De Groote, Isabelle, Flink, Linus Girdland, Abbas, Rizwaan, Bello, Silvia M., Burgio, Lucia, Buck, Laura Tabitha, Dean, Christopher, Freyne, Alison, Higham, Thomas, Jones, Chris G., Kruszynski, Robert, Lister, Adrian, Parfitt, Simon A., Skinner, Matthew M., Shindler, Karolyn, Stringer, Chris B.

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160328.]…”
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New hominin teeth from Stajnia Cave, Poland by Nowaczewska, Wioletta, Binkowski, Marcin, Benazzi, Stefano, Vazzana, Antonino, Nadachowski, Adam, Stefaniak, Krzysztof, Żarski, Marcin, Talamo, Sahra, Compton, Tim, Stringer, Chris B., Hajdinjak, Mateja, Hublin, Jean-Jacques

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The evolutionary history of the human face by Lacruz, Rodrigo S., Stringer, Chris B., Kimbel, William H., Wood, Bernard, Harvati, Katerina, O’Higgins, Paul, Bromage, Timothy G., Arsuaga, Juan-Luis

“…The face is the most distinctive feature used to identify others. Modern humans have a short, retracted face beneath a large globular braincase that is…”
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The biting performance of Homo sapiens and Homo heidelbergensis by Godinho, Ricardo Miguel, Fitton, Laura C., Toro-Ibacache, Viviana, Stringer, Chris B., Lacruz, Rodrigo S., Bromage, Timothy G., O'Higgins, Paul

“…Modern humans have smaller faces relative to Middle and Late Pleistocene members of the genus Homo. While facial reduction and differences in shape have been…”
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Investigating the Effect of the Environment on Prey Detection Ability in Humans by Allen, Peter J., Wiener, Jan M., Gatzidis, Christos, Stringer, Chris B., Stewart, John R.

“…Visual search experiments used in the field of psychology may be applied to investigate the relationship between environments and prey detection rates that…”
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