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{"title":"Parallel evolution in human populations: A biocultural perspective","authors":"Christina M. Balentine,&nbsp;Deborah A. Bolnick","doi":"10.1002/evan.21956","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21956","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Parallel evolution—where different populations evolve similar traits in response to similar environments—has been a topic of growing interest to biologists and biological anthropologists for decades. Parallel evolution occurs in human populations thanks to myriad biological and cultural mechanisms that permit humans to survive and thrive in diverse environments worldwide. Because humans shape and are shaped by their environments, biocultural approaches that emphasize the interconnections between biology and culture are key to understanding parallel evolution in human populations as well as the nuances of human biological variation and adaptation. In this review, we discuss how biocultural theory has been and can be applied to studies of parallel evolution and adaptation more broadly. We illustrate this through four examples of parallel evolution in humans: malaria resistance, lactase persistence, cold tolerance, and high-altitude adaptation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10799151","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":"Primatology and evolutionary anthropology at the 91st meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists","authors":"Natalia T. Grube,&nbsp;Christian M. Gagnon,&nbsp;Melissa A. Zarate","doi":"10.1002/evan.21951","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21951","url":null,"abstract":"Under a new banner, the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) made a welcomed return to in‐person format for the first time in 3 years with its 91st annual meeting in Denver, Colorado March 23rd–26th of 2022. Despite the ongoing and disruptive effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic, this year's conference gave its members a chance to once again engage face to face and share exciting research. Many precautions were taken to ensure the safety of the attendees and reduce the risk of transmission including vaccination requirements, the mandatory use of masks, and color‐coded badges to indicate each attendees comfort level with coming into close contact with others. For members unable to attend in‐person, the AABA also provided online access to the conference from March 24th to April 1. The mile‐high city provided a perfect setting for the conference with its vibrant social scene and beautiful mountain views. This year's conference attended by over 1000 members featured more than 750 individual peer‐reviewed scientific research projects, 9 workshops, 11 invited symposia, 18 contributed podium sessions, and 18 contributed poster sessions. As in previous years, the AABA was joined by co‐sponsors like the Human Biology Association, Dental Anthropology Association, American Association of Anthropological Genetics, Paleopathology Association, Paleoanthropology Society, and Paleoanthropology Association. The conference kicked off with the 12th annual Committee on Diversity Undergraduate Research Symposium followed by an opening reception welcoming members. The conference closed with a reception and student award ceremony where members could interact one last time before returning to their respective institutions.","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40349093","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":"Homo bodoensis and why it matters","authors":"Mirjana Roksandic,&nbsp;Predrag Radović,&nbsp;Xiu-Jie Wu,&nbsp;Christopher J. Bae","doi":"10.1002/evan.21954","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21954","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In our original paper, we proposed a new species, <i>Homo bodoensis</i>, to replace the problematical taxa <i>Homo heidelbergensis</i> and <i>Homo rhodesiensis</i>, with the goal of streamlining communication about human evolution in the Chibanian. We received two independent responses. Given their substantial overlap, we provide one combined reply. In this response: (1) we are encouraged that the primary proposal in our paper, to discontinue the use of <i>H. heidelbergensis</i> (as a junior synonym to <i>Homo neanderthalensis</i>) due to its' nomenclatural problems, is acknowledged. (2) we provide additional clarification about the rules governing taxonomic nomenclature as outlined by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and join the growing calls for a revision to these rules. (3) we discuss further why <i>H. rhodesiensis</i> should be abandoned, particularly in light of the current sensitivity to using culturally inappropriate names. We conclude that <i>H. bodoensis</i> is a better solution than the proposed alternatives.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40580624","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 process-based approach to hominin taxonomy provides new perspectives on hominin speciation.","authors":"Laura A van Holstein,&nbsp;Robert A Foley","doi":"10.1002/evan.21946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21946","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A longstanding debate in hominin taxonomy is that between \"lumpers\" and \"splitters.\" We argue that both approaches assume an unrealistically static model of speciation. Speciation is an extended process, of which fossils provide a record. Fossils should be interpreted in a more dynamic framework than is the norm. We introduce the process-based approach (PBA), in which we suggest that \"splitters\" recognize and name units at an earlier stage of speciation than \"lumpers\" do. The \"determinants\" of speciation can control the rate at which population isolates form, or the rate at which these complete the speciation process, or both. Embedded in the PBA, differences between existing lumped and split taxonomies are a heuristic tool to study these processes. We apply the PBA to show that not all hominin populations reached later stages of the speciation process and that populations have a disproportionate likelihood of doing so from ∼3.1 to ∼1.5 Ma. We outline and discuss resulting new research questions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40402235","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":"Pan-Africanism vs. single-origin of Homo sapiens: Putting the debate in the light of evolutionary biology.","authors":"Andra Meneganzin,&nbsp;Telmo Pievani,&nbsp;Giorgio Manzi","doi":"10.1002/evan.21955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21955","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The scenario of Homo sapiens origin/s within Africa has become increasingly complex, with a pan-African perspective currently challenging the long-established single-origin hypothesis. In this paper, we review the lines of evidence employed in support of each model, highlighting inferential limitations and possible terminological misunderstandings. We argue that the metapopulation scenario envisaged by pan-African proponents well describes a mosaic diversification among late Middle Pleistocene groups. However, this does not rule out a major contribution that emerged from a single population where crucial derived features-notably, a globular braincase-appeared as the result of a punctuated, cladogenetic event. Thus, we suggest that a synthesis is possible and propose a scenario that, in our view, better reconciles with consolidated expectations in evolutionary theory. These indicate cladogenesis in allopatry as an ordinary pattern for the origin of a new species, particularly during phases of marked climatic and environmental instability.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9540121/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10621934","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":"William Howard Kimbel (1954–2022)","authors":"Jeremiah E. Scott,&nbsp;Amy L. Rector,&nbsp;Brian Villmoare","doi":"10.1002/evan.21949","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21949","url":null,"abstract":"William H. Kimbel, known to his many friends and colleagues as Bill, passed away on April 17, 2022. When a prominent scholar is lost, it is customary for their obituaries to catalog the important papers written, the noteworthy discoveries made, the awards and honors earned, and the positions of leadership held. Bill had all of those accomplishments and more over his 45‐year career. He was theVirginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment at Arizona State University, the Director of the Institute of Human Origins, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and he served for 5 years as the North American editor of the Journal of Human Evolution, paleoanthropology's flagship journal. He authored or coauthored over 80 refereed journal articles and book chapters that have been collectively cited nearly 9000 times. But for those who knew him and worked with him, his value to the discipline was his unwavering love for what he did. Bill was a scientist in the best sense of the word: a scholar who was as rigorously critical of his own ideas as he was of his colleagues' work, who was careful and meticulous in his analysis and writing, who never went further than the evidence would allow, and who was always open to being convinced that he was wrong about something. Bill's passion for paleoanthropology was immense: he loved the learning of it, the historical details, the obscure papers, and the smallest scraps of fossils—every bit of it important for reconstructing our evolutionary history. Bill's formal scientific training started at Case Western Reserve University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology in 1976. He entered the graduate program in Biological Sciences at nearby Kent State University the following year, studying under Owen Lovejoy. One of Bill's professors at Case Western, an up‐and‐ coming paleoanthropologist named Donald Johanson, invited him to participate in the 1976 field season of the International Afar Research Expedition at the Hadar site in Ethiopia. By this time, Hadar had yielded a spectacular sample of fossils that would soon be attributed to the new species Australopithecus afarensis. This opportunity put Bill on a trajectory to becoming a leader of one of the most successful and productive paleoanthropological research projects in the closing decades of the twentieth century. His first major scholarly footprint came as part of his burgeoning collaboration with Johanson and other members of the team assembled to analyze and interpret the A. afarensis fossils. In a series of publications in the 1980s, Bill established himself as an authoritative voice on the taxonomic, phylogenetic, and paleobiological significance of cranial and mandibular variation in early hominins. His work on A. afarensis helped situate it as a pivotal species for interpreting the early part of the hominin fossil record, transforming paleoanthropology's understanding of the origin and diversificat","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40402234","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 naming of Homo bodoensis by Roksandic and colleagues does not resolve issues surrounding Middle Pleistocene human evolution","authors":"Eric Delson,&nbsp;Chris Stringer","doi":"10.1002/evan.21950","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21950","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Roksandic et al. (2022) proposed the new species name <i>Homo bodoensis</i> as a replacement name for <i>Homo rhodesiensis</i> Woodward, 1921, because they felt it was poorly and variably defined and was linked to sociopolitical baggage. However, the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature includes regulations on how and when such name changes are allowed, and Roksandic et al.'s arguments meet none of these requirements. It is not permitted to change a name solely because of variable (or erroneous) later use once it has been originally defined correctly, nor can a name be modified because it is offensive to one or more authors or to be politically expedient. We discuss past usage of <i>H. rhodesiensis</i> and the relevant nomenclatural procedures, the proposed evolutionary position of <i>H. bodoensis</i>, and issues raised about decolonizing paleoanthropology. We reject <i>H. bodoensis</i> as a junior synonym, with no value from its inception.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40403853","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":"Muddying the muddle in the middle even more","authors":"Esteban E. Sarmiento,&nbsp;Martin Pickford","doi":"10.1002/evan.21952","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21952","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In an <i>Evolutionary Anthropology</i> article Roksandic et al. (2022) propose a new middle Pleistocene hominin species <i>H. bodoensis</i> to replace a “poorly defined” <i>Homo heidelbergenis</i>. <i>Homo bodoensis</i> extends from the African Middle Pleistocene through the Levant to South-eastern Europe with all currently classified <i>H. heidelbergensis</i> fossils from western Europe subsumed into <i>Homo neandertalensis</i>. The authors claim their new species will be more clearly defined than <i>H. heidelbergensis</i> and will better describe hominin variation and evolution in the middle Pleistocene. Roksandic et al. are unable to account for some European fossils (i.e., Petralona and Arago) and provide no evidence as to how their new species meets their objectives. Fatally, they overlook the priority rule and fail to realize that <i>H. bodoensis</i> is both a junior synonym of <i>Homo rhodesiensis</i> and <i>Homo saldanensis</i>. Roksandic et al. conflate taxonomy with phylogeny, present hypotheses as facts, and harbor many systematic and evolutionary misconceptions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40400939","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":"Underappreciated pioneers","authors":"Kristin Carline,&nbsp;Suzanne Kunitz,&nbsp;Bernard Wood","doi":"10.1002/evan.21945","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21945","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This contribution focuses on a 1928 multiauthor paper reporting the discovery of a child's skull at Devil's Tower cave on the Rock of Gibraltar. It was ground-breaking. Two of the lead authors, Dorothy Garrod and Dorothea Bate, were women, and it was one of the earliest reports of a fossil hominin to incorporate and integrate detailed information about its stratigraphic and environmental context.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125673094","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":"Pathways to paternal care in primates","authors":"Stacy Rosenbaum,&nbsp;Joan B. Silk","doi":"10.1002/evan.21942","DOIUrl":"10.1002/evan.21942","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Natural selection will favor male care when males have limited alternative mating opportunities, can invest in their own offspring, and when care enhances males' fitness. These conditions are easiest to fulfill in pair-bonded species, but neither male care nor stable “breeding bonds” that facilitate it are limited to pair-bonded species. We review evidence of paternal care and extended breeding bonds in owl monkeys, baboons, Assamese macaques, mountain gorillas, and chimpanzees. The data, which span social/mating systems and ecologies, suggest that there are multiple pathways by which conditions conducive to male care can arise. This diversity highlights the difficulty of making inferences about the emergence of male care in early hominins based on single traits visible in the fossil record. We discuss what types of data are most needed and the questions yet to be answered about the evolution of male care and extended breeding bonds in the primate order.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132778800","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}