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{"title":"The Meaning of Mangabey Molars (And Premolars)","authors":"Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg,&nbsp;W. Scott McGraw","doi":"10.1002/evan.70033","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The postcanine teeth of mangabeys (members of <i>Cercocebus</i> and <i>Lophocebus</i>) have figured prominently in discussions about the relationship between hard-object feeding and dental form. Grey-cheeked mangabeys (<i>Lophocebus albigena</i>) and sooty mangabeys (<i>Cercocebus atys</i>) both have thickly enameled posterior teeth. Thick enamel in the former is argued to be response to fallback consumption of hard-object foods, whereas in the latter, this feature is thought to have evolved in response to routine consumption of hard-object foods year-round. Our recent analyses reveal aspects of dental form beyond thick enamel that render <i>C. atys</i> posterior teeth better suited to process hard-object foods and resist fracture than those of <i>L. albigena</i>. We argue that the different feeding regimes of these two mangabey species had different effects on the evolution of their posterior teeth. Here, we detail these differences within the context of the fallback food paradigm. These results may ultimately help us detect modes of hard-object feeding in the fossil record.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"35 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13185477/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147976588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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{"title":"Expanding Homo erectus","authors":"Daniel Biggs,&nbsp;Braedon Farkas,&nbsp;Bernard Wood","doi":"10.1002/evan.70031","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.70031","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We focus on three researchers—Davidson Black, Franz Weidenreich and Ralph von Koenigswald—who have made major contributions to the recovery of the fossil record of the hominin taxon now known as <i>Homo erectus</i>. Black was responsible for the recognition of <i>Sinanthropus pekinensis</i> and for the recovery of the initial hypodigm from Choukoutien*. Almost all of the original <i>S</i>. <i>pekinensis</i> fossils were lost during the Second World War, but the precise documentation and meticulous descriptions prepared by Franz Weidenreich substantially mitigate their loss. An earlier article in this series focused on Eugène Dubois’ recovery of the type specimen of <i>Pithecanthropus erectus</i> from Trinil in Java, and while a few additional specimens from Trinil were recognized, the majority of the Javan hypodigm of <i>P. erectus</i> was recovered thanks to initiatives led or encouraged by Ralph von Koenigswald.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"35 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What Is the Acheulean?","authors":"Marie-Helene Moncel,&nbsp;Carolina Cucart-Mora,&nbsp;Marta Arzarello,&nbsp;Nick Ashton,&nbsp;Javier Baena,&nbsp;Deborah Barsky,&nbsp;Ignacio de la Torre,&nbsp;Nena Galanidou,&nbsp;Paula García-Medrano,&nbsp;Christine Hertler,&nbsp;Gadi Herzlinger,&nbsp;Thomas Ingicco,&nbsp;Hao Li,&nbsp;Dongdong Ma,&nbsp;Marina Mosquera,&nbsp;Andreu Ollé,&nbsp;Shanti Pappu,&nbsp;Shuwen Pei,&nbsp;Chun Tian,&nbsp;Wei Wang,&nbsp;Christopher J. Bae","doi":"10.1002/evan.70029","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Acheulean represents the longest cultural period known to human history, lasting globally for more than 1.75 million years. It may have emerged as early as 1.95 Ma in Africa, spreading throughout much of the continent and then into Eurasia and lasting up to 350–200 ka in western Europe and South Asia, and even later in eastern Asia. Originally defined in the 1870s, the term Acheulean is one of the earliest and most contested classifications in prehistoric archaeology. Almost 150 years after its first appearance, it remains a source of continuous debate. This paper summarizes roundtable discussions that took place at the <i>Musée de l'Homme</i> (Paris) in November 2025 that focused on the meaning of the Acheulean and the diversity of its manifestations across Eurasia. Some 20 researchers, from various institutions across Europe, Asia, and the Pacific participated in this event, during which it became clear that the Acheulean had different meanings to the participants. Among the major points raised during the meeting was the question of how different specialists differentiate the Acheulean from the older Oldowan techno-complex, with specificities emerging from each of their respective regions of study. The geographic origins and hominin species' attribution of the Acheulean toolmakers were also brought to the fore since important questions have been raised in the last decades by the growing record of hominin taxa that existed during this timeframe across Eurasia and the relatively late arrival of this techno-complex in Europe. These issues become even more important when we consider the recent evidence emanating out of Asia, which indicates that hominins were present well before their earliest appearance in Europe. The purpose of this paper is not only to make a statement regarding how to define the Acheulean, but also to illustrate its diversity across Eurasia.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"35 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13066721/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147647092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Attachements: Enquête sur nos liens au-delà de l'humain [Attachments: An Inquiry Into Our Bonds Beyond the Human] By Charles Stépanoff, Paris: La Découverte, 2024. 640 pp. Paperback. 27 Euros. ISBN: 10: 234808113X","authors":"Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra","doi":"10.1002/evan.70030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.70030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"35 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Attachements: Enquête sur nos liens au-delà de l'humain [Attachments: An Inquiry Into Our Bonds Beyond the Human] By Charles Stépanoff, Paris: La Découverte, 2024. 640 pp. Paperback. 27 Euros. ISBN: 10: 234808113X","authors":"Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra","doi":"10.1002/evan.70030","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.70030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"35 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biomechanics and Evolution of the Primate Tongue","authors":"Yeganeh Sekhavati,&nbsp;Kaleb C. Sellers,&nbsp;Callum F. Ross","doi":"10.1002/evan.70026","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.70026","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Primate tongue morphology and function are critical to understanding the evolution of feeding, swallowing, and vocalization. In this paper, we examine the primate tongue as a muscular hydrostat with regionally specialized neuromuscular compartments. We integrate anatomical, kinematic, and biomechanical modeling approaches to analyze how muscle architecture and fiber orientation drive complex tongue deformations during functional behaviors. We evaluate the hydraulic mechanisms underlying tongue-base retraction, highlight species-specific adaptations in macaques and humans, and review primate tongue kinematics across distinct feeding stages. Finally, we synthesize recent advances in biomechanical modeling and experimental studies of tongue kinematics and their contributions to advancing three-dimensional analyses of tongue movement during feeding and speech.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"35 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13045644/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147595502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lithic Miniaturization Provides a Signature of an MIS4-3 Southern Dispersal of Homo sapiens","authors":"Ceri Shipton","doi":"10.1002/evan.70027","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.70027","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Fossil and artefactual evidence shows <i>Homo sapiens</i> in Eurasia well before 75 ka. However, genetic evidence suggests all extant non-African populations derive almost all of their ancestry from a dispersal that only diverged in the last 60–50 ka. In northern Eurasia, the Upper Paleolithic with its laminar blade knapping provides an archeological signature of this dispersal, but no equivalent is yet established for southern Asia, Wallacea, and Sahul. This paper suggests that lithic miniaturization may provide such a signature as it appears across these southern regions from around 50 ka. It can be traced back to the southwestern edge of Asia at 55 ka, and then coastal east Africa at 68 ka. In both these cases it is also associated with laminar blade technology. Lithic miniaturization is implicated in behaviors including bow-and-arrow hunting, compound tools, hair-shaving, and scarification. The ecological and social implications of these behaviors may have given later <i>Homo sapiens</i> a competitive advantage over both other hominins and earlier dispersals of our own species.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12965195/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147367058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Databases, Biobanks and International Consortia: Major Resources for Human Population Genomics and Biological Anthropology","authors":"Sergio Aguado,&nbsp;Candela L. Hernández","doi":"10.1002/evan.70025","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Human Genome Project, together with the subsequent advent of diverse repositories for storing, sharing, and analyzing biological data, represented a revolution in the way genetic research is conducted. The overwhelming landscape of omics data resources available today provides an exceptional opportunity to drive innovations in human genetics. Here, we report an updated compilation of 117 open-access and active resources containing DNA, RNA, protein and phenotypic data, viewed through the lens of a population geneticist. A deep inspection of these resources from both spatial and temporal perspectives allows us to identify trends in the use of large-scale biological data, as well as the current and future challenges in the field—including the implementation of new technologies, the call for greater diversity in the sampled populations, and the imperative role of bioethics. Addressing these issues requires the integration of biology and medicine, along with the crucial insights gained from population-based research.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146144075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}