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{"title":"Specimens as individuals: Four interventions and recommendations for great ape skeletal collections research and curation","authors":"Alexandra E. Kralick,&nbsp;Stephanie L. Canington,&nbsp;Andrea R. Eller,&nbsp;Kate McGrath","doi":"10.1002/evan.22002","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.22002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Extensive discourse surrounds the ethics of human skeletal research and curation, but there has yet to be a similar discussion of the treatment of great ape skeletal remains, despite the clear interest in their ethical treatment when alive. Here we trace the history of apes who were killed and collected for natural history museums during the early 20th century and showcase how the guiding research questions of the colonial era continue to influence scholarship. We discuss best practices for improving industry and academic standards of research on, and the curation of, ape remains. The suggested interventions involve restoring individual identity and narrative to great apes while engaging with contextual reflexivity and decolonial theory. The resulting recommendations include contextualizing the individual, piecing individuals back together, challenging/questioning the captive-wild dichotomy, and collaborative international conversations. Our objective is to encourage a conversation regarding ethical and theoretical considerations in great ape skeletal remains research.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"32 6","pages":"336-355"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41173478","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":"Revisiting geophagy: An evolved sickness behavior to microbiome-mediated gastrointestinal inflammation","authors":"Achsah F. Dorsey,&nbsp;Elizabeth M. Miller","doi":"10.1002/evan.22004","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.22004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Geophagy, the consumption of clay or similar substances, is known as an evolved behavior that protects vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women and children, against gastrointestinal injury. However, perplexing questions remain, like the presence of geophagy in the absence of overt gastrointestinal infection and the potential causal relationship between geophagy and iron deficiency anemia. In this review, we hypothesize that geophagy is an inflammation-mediated sickness behavior regulated via the vagus nerve. We further hypothesize that the gut microbiome plays a critical role in mediating the relationship between inflammation and geophagy. By including inflammation and the microbiome within the existing protection hypothesis, we can explain how subclinical gastrointestinal states induce geophagy. Furthermore, we can explain how gastrointestinal inflammation is responsible for both geophagy and iron-deficiency anemia, explaining why the two phenomena frequently co-occur. Ultimately, defining geophagy as a sickness behavior allows us to integrate the gut-brain axis into geophagy research.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"32 6","pages":"325-335"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10136797","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":"Beyond sex, gender, and other dilemmas: Human pelvic morphology from an integrative context","authors":"Cara Wall-Scheffler,&nbsp;Helen Kurki","doi":"10.1002/evan.22001","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.22001","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recent research on the pelvis has clarified the flexibility of pelvic bones to manage nearly infinite possibilities in terms of selection and drift, while still maintaining excellent bipedalism. Despite this work, and the studies outlining the diversity of pelvic morphology across the hominin lineage, conversations continue to be stymied by distractions related to purported trade-offs that the different functions the pelvis must either allow for (e.g., parturition) or directly perform (e.g., attachment sites of muscles). Here we show that tight constraints on morphology are not evident in the pelvic variation of multiple human populations. We thus provide further evidence that human pelves are not geometrically similar and that pelvic morphology successfully balances the intersection of population history, active selective, and drift.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"32 5","pages":"293-305"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/evan.22001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10532264","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":"Selection and adaptation in human migration","authors":"Adrian Viliami Bell","doi":"10.1002/evan.22003","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.22003","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article reviews the ways migration shapes human biology. This includes the physiological and genetic, but also socio-cultural aspects such as organization, behavior, and culture. Across disciplines I highlight the multiple levels of cultural and genetic selection whereby individuals and groups adapt to pressures along a migration timeline: the origin, transit, and destination. Generally, the evidence suggests that selective pressures and adaptations occur at the individual, family, and community levels. Consequently, across levels there are negotiations, interactions, and feedbacks that shape migration outcomes and the trajectory of evolutionary change. The rise and persistence of migration-relevant adaptations emerges as a central question, including the maintenance of cumulative culture adaptations, the persistence of “cultures of migration,” as well as the individual-level physiological and cognitive adaptations applied to successful transit and settlement in novel environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"32 6","pages":"308-324"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/evan.22003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10105395","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":"Hierarchies in the energy budget: Thyroid hormones and the evolution of human life history patterns","authors":"Stephanie B. Levy,&nbsp;Richard G. Bribiescas","doi":"10.1002/evan.22000","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.22000","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The evolution of human life history characteristics required dramatic shifts in energy allocation mechanisms compared with our primate ancestors. Thyroid hormones, such as thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), are sensitive to energy balance, and are significant determinants for both tissue-specific and whole-body metabolic rate. Thus, thyroid hormones are in part responsible for setting the body's overall energy budget and likely played an important role in the evolution of human life history patterns. We propose that the dynamics of mammalian T3 production, uptake, and action have evolved so that energy allocation prioritizes the high demands of brain development and functioning, often at the expense of growth and reproduction. This paper explores the role of thyroid hormone dynamics in the evolution of human encephalization, prolonged childhood and adolescence, long lifespans, reproduction, and human aging.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"32 5","pages":"275-292"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/evan.22000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10192098","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":"Tiny hominin limbs and collaboration with a giant in the field of paleoanthropology","authors":"Susan G. Larson,&nbsp;Caley Orr,&nbsp;Matt Tocheri","doi":"10.1002/evan.21998","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21998","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"32 4","pages":"177-179"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10336520","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":"The multifactor pelvis: An alternative to the adaptationist approach of the obstetrical dilemma","authors":"Anna Warrener","doi":"10.1002/evan.21997","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21997","url":null,"abstract":"The obstetrical dilemma describes the competing demands that a bipedally adapted pelvis and a large‐brained neonate place on human childbirth and is the predominant model within which hypotheses about the evolution of the pelvis are framed. I argue the obstetrical dilemma follows the adaptationist program outlined by Gould and Lewontin in 1979 and should be replaced with a new model, the multifactor pelvis. This change will allow thorough consideration of nonadaptive explanations for the evolution of the human pelvis and avoid negative social impacts from considering human childbirth inherently dangerous. First, the atomization of the pelvis into discrete traits is discussed, after which current evidence for both adaptive and nonadaptive hypotheses is evaluated, including childbirth, locomotion, shared genetics with other traits under selection, evolutionary history, genetic drift, and environmental and epigenetic influences on the pelvis.","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"32 5","pages":"260-274"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10277646","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":"Beyond the image: Interdisciplinary and contextual approaches to understanding symbolic cognition in Paleolithic parietal art","authors":"Isobel Wisher,&nbsp;Murillo Pagnotta,&nbsp;Eduardo Palacio-Pérez,&nbsp;Riccardo Fusaroli,&nbsp;Diego Garate,&nbsp;Derek Hodgson,&nbsp;John Matthews,&nbsp;Larissa Mendoza-Straffon,&nbsp;Blanca Ochoa,&nbsp;Felix Riede,&nbsp;Kristian Tylén","doi":"10.1002/evan.21996","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21996","url":null,"abstract":"Symbolic cognition—the ability to produce and use symbols, including (but not limited to) linguistic symbols—has often been considered a hallmark of human achievement. Given its importance, symbolic cognition has been a major topic of interest in many academic disciplines including anthropology, archeology, and the cognitive sciences. Paleolithic rock art holds vast potential for understanding the early roots of symbolically mediated behavior. Specifically, geographic and temporal differences in parietal motifs across sites may provide important evidence about the sociocognitive processes that occurred in the deep past of our lineage, how they varied across groups, and how they changed over time. However, the fragmentary nature of the rock art record often makes direct inferences about past symbolic behaviors difficult to assert. Additionally, because scholars working within different disciplines may differ in their interests, theories, methodologies, epistemologies, and terminology, interdisciplinary dialog can be challenging. If we accept the challenge, however, we believe that interdisciplinary dialogs can increase our understanding of this important topic. Through interdisciplinary approaches we can, for instance, integrate information from dating and materials used, with insights into the particular conditions and sociocultural contexts in which the art could have been made and experienced. The workshop Understanding the Development of Symbolic Cognition through Rock Art: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue was held on 15 and 16 May 2023 at the new rock art center in Puente Viesgo (Cantabria, Spain)—home to the Upper Paleolithic cave art sites of Monte Castillo. It was organized by the ERC project eSYMb: The Evolution of Early Symbolic Behaviour, and intended to bring together perspectives from diverse disciplines to discuss the different theoretical and empirical approaches that can be used to understand what rock art might indicate about the evolution of symbolic cognition in the Upper Paleolithic. Eleven participants attended the workshop (Figure 1) that had expertise from diverse disciplinary backgrounds (archeology, anthropology, art, semiotics, psychology, and cognitive science) and represented six different academic institutions from Denmark, Spain, Norway, and the United Kingdom. The Monte Castillo caves were a focal point of the workshop, with their rich and extensive record of Paleolithic art stimulating ideas and discussion among the participants. The different perspectives offered by the participants productively generated new discussions about interdisciplinary approaches to Paleolithic art and have encouraged future collaborations between the different disciplines.","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"32 5","pages":"256-259"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9888410","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":"Addressing the growing fossil record of subadult hominins by reaching across disciplines","authors":"Debra R. Bolter,&nbsp;Noel Cameron,&nbsp;John Hawks,&nbsp;Steven E. Churchill,&nbsp;Lee Berger,&nbsp;Robin Bernstein,&nbsp;Julia C. Boughner,&nbsp;Sarah Elton,&nbsp;A. B. Leece,&nbsp;Patrick Mahoney,&nbsp;Keneiloe Molopyane,&nbsp;Tesla A. Monson,&nbsp;Jill Pruetz,&nbsp;Lawrence Schell,&nbsp;Kyra E. Stull,&nbsp;Christopher A. Wolfe","doi":"10.1002/evan.21995","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21995","url":null,"abstract":"Department of Anthropology, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, California, USA Faculty of Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Department of Anthropology, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, California, USA School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK Anthropology Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Department of Explorer in Residence, National Geographic Society, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, University of the Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, Durham University, Durham, UK Palaeoscience, Department of Archaeology and History, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Geoarchaeology and Archaeometry Research Group, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia Skeletal Biology Research Centre, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK Department of Anthropology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA Department of Anthropology, Texas State University San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas, USA Department of Anthropology, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA Department of Anthropology, University of Reno, Reno, Nevada, USA","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"32 4","pages":"180-184"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10121132","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":"A tooth crown morphology framework for interpreting the diversity of primate dentitions","authors":"Simon A. Chapple,&nbsp;Matthew M. Skinner","doi":"10.1002/evan.21994","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21994","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Variation in tooth crown morphology plays a crucial role in species diagnoses, phylogenetic inference, and the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the primate clade. While a growing number of studies have identified developmental mechanisms linked to tooth size and cusp patterning in mammalian crown morphology, it is unclear (1) to what degree these are applicable across primates and (2) which additional developmental mechanisms should be recognized as playing important roles in odontogenesis. From detailed observations of lower molar enamel–dentine junction morphology from taxa representing the major primate clades, we outline multiple phylogenetic and developmental components responsible for crown patterning, and formulate a tooth crown morphology framework for the holistic interpretation of primate crown morphology. We suggest that adopting this framework is crucial for the characterization of tooth morphology in studies of dental development, discrete trait analysis, and systematics.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"32 5","pages":"240-255"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/evan.21994","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10262659","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}