Pathways to humanity: Adaptive niche diversity at the origins of the human lineage

Project Information

NewHuman

Grant agreement ID: 819960

DOI

10.3030/819960

Project closed

EC signature date 18 February 2019

Start date 1 July 2019

End date 30 June 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 998 643,75

EU contribution

€ 1 998 643,75

Coordinated by

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV
Germany

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (51)

Early Homo erectus lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Achuelean tools

Author(s): Mussi, M, Skinner, MM, Melis, RT, Panera, J, Jara, SR, Thomas W Davies, Geraads, D, Bocherens, H, Briatico, G, Le Cabec, A, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Gidna, A, Bonnefille, R, Di Bianco, L, Méndez-Quintas, E
Published in: Science, 2023, ISSN 1095-9203
Publisher: AAAS
DOI: 10.1126/science.add9115

A computational framework for canonical holistic morphometric analysis of trabecular bone

Author(s): Sebastian Bachmann, Christopher J. Dunmore, Matthew M. Skinner, Dieter H. Pahr, Alexander Synek
Published in: Scientific Reports, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09063-6

New Neanderthal remains from Axlor cave (Dima, Biscay, northern Iberian Peninsula)

Author(s): Shara E. Bailey, Tom W. Davies, Mykolas D. Imbrasas, Talia Lazuen, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Jesus González-Urquijo
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, Issue 187, 2024, Page(s) 103483, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103483

Endostructural morphology in hominoid mandibular third premolars: Discrete traits at the enamel-dentine junction

Author(s): Thomas W. Davies, Lucas K. Delezene, Philipp Gunz, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Matthew M. Skinner
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, Issue 136, 2019, Page(s) 102670, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102670

Potential of Japanese Macaques for Understanding Etiology and Seasonality of Repetitive Linear Enamel Hypoplasia in Nonhuman Primates

Author(s): Mark Fretson Skinner, Mao Asami, Matthew M. Skinner, Akiko Kato
Published in: American Journal of Primatology, Issue 87, 2025, ISSN 0275-2565
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23713

Descriptive catalog of Homo naledi dental remains from the 2013 to 2015 excavations of the Dinaledi Chamber, site U.W. 101, within the Rising Star cave system, South Africa

Author(s): Lucas K. Delezene, Matthew M. Skinner, Shara E. Bailey, Juliet K. Brophy, Marina C. Elliott, Alia Gurtov, Joel D. Irish, Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi, Darryl J. de Ruiter, John Hawks, Lee R. Berger
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, 2023, ISSN 1095-8606
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103372

Linear enamel hypoplasia in<i>Homo</i><i>naledi</i>reappraised in light of new Retzius periodicities

Author(s): Mark Fretson Skinner, Lucas Kyle Delezene, Matthew M. Skinner, Patrick Mahoney
Published in: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Issue 184, 2024, ISSN 2692-7691
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24927

Australopithecus sediba: an internal dental perspective

Author(s): Thomas W. DAVIES
Published in: Comptes Rendus Palevol, Issue 24, 2025, ISSN 1777-571X
Publisher: Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle
DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2025v24a18

Testing the patterning cascade model of cusp development in Macaca fascicularis mandibular molars

Author(s): Simon A. Chapple, Tanya M. Smith, Matthew M. Skinner
Published in: Archives of Oral Biology, Issue 167, 2024, Page(s) 106067, ISSN 0003-9969
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2024.106067

Ontogenetic changes to metacarpal bone structure in mountain and western lowland gorillas

Author(s): Kim P. Deckers, Zewdi J. Tsegai, Matthew M. Skinner, Angel Zeininger, Tracy L. Kivell
Published in: Journal of Anatomy, 2022, ISSN 0021-8782
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/joa.13630

Cortical bone architecture of hominid intermediate phalanges reveals functional signals of locomotion and manipulation

Author(s): Samar M. Syeda, Zewdi J. Tsegai, Marine Cazenave, Matthew M. Skinner, Tracy L. Kivell
Published in: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Issue 184, 2024, ISSN 2692-7691
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24902

Variation and covariation of external shape and cross-sectional geometry in the human metacarpus.

Author(s): Tanner, SB, Bardo, A, Thomas W Davies, Chris J Dunmore, Johnston, RE, Owen, NJ, Tracy L Kivell, Skinner, MM
Published in: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2023, ISSN 2692-7691
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24866

Form, Function and the Evolution of the Human Hand

Author(s): Tracy L Kivell, Baraki, Niguss, Lockwood, VA, Williams-Hatala, Erin Marie, Wood, Bernard A
Published in: Yearbook of Biological Anthropology, 2022, ISSN 2692-7691
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24667

Challenges and perspectives on functional interpretations of australopith postcrania and the reconstruction of hominin locomotion

Author(s): Marine Cazenave, Tracy L. Kivell
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, 2023, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103304

Human-like enamel growth in Homo naledi

Author(s): Patrick Mahoney, Gina McFarlane, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Palesa P. Madupe, Mackie C. O'Hara, Keneiloe Molopyane, Enrico Cappellini, John Hawks, Matthew M. Skinner, Lee Berger
Published in: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2023, ISSN 2692-7691
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24893

Morphological integration and shape covariation between the trapezium and first metacarpal among extant hominids

Author(s): Ameline Bardo, Christopher J. Dunmore, Raphaël Cornette, Tracy L. Kivell
Published in: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2023, ISSN 2692-7691
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24800

Calcar femorale variation in extant and fossil hominids: implications for identifying bipedal locomotion in fossil hominins

Author(s): Marine Cazenave, Tracy L Kivell, Marta Pina, David R Begun, Matthew M Skinner
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, 2022, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103183

The deep trabecular structure of first metacarpals in extant hominids.

Author(s): Christopher J. Dunmore, Sebastian Bachmann, Alexander Synek, Dieter H. Pahr, Matthew M. Skinner, Tracy L. Kivell
Published in: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2023, ISSN 2692-7691
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24695

Distinct mandibular premolar crown morphology in Homo naledi and its implications for the evolution of Homo species in South Africa.

Author(s): Thomas W. Davies, Delezene, LK, Gunz, P, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Lee Berger, Gidna, A, Skinner, MM
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 10, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69993-x

Sign-oriented Dirichlet Normal Energy: alinging dental topography and dental function in the R-package molaR

Author(s): James D. Pampush, Paul E. Morse, Edward J. Fuselier, Matthew M. Skinner, Richard F. Kay
Published in: Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2022, ISSN 1064-7554
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-022-09616-6

The implications of thumb movements for Neanderthal and modern human manipulation

Author(s): Ameline Bardo, Marie-Hélène Moncel, Christopher J. Dunmore, Tracy L. Kivell, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Raphaël Cornette
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 10/1, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75694-2

Trabecular Architecture of the Proximal Tibia in Extant Hominids

Author(s): Andrea Lukova, Sebastian Bachmann, Alexander Synek, Dieter H. Pahr, Brandon Kilbourne, Christopher J. Dunmore, Tracy L. Kivell, Matthew M. Skinner
Published in: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Issue 187, 2025, ISSN 2692-7691
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.70084

Evidence for habitual climbing in a Pleistocene hominin in South Africa.

Author(s): Georgiou, L, Christopher J. Dunmore, Bardo, A, Buck, L, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Dieter Pahr, Stratford, D, Alexander Synek, Tracy L. Kivell, Skinner, MM
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1914481117

Primate tooth crown nomenclature revisited

Author(s): Simon Chapple, Matthew Skinner
Published in: PeerJ, 2023, ISSN 2167-8359
Publisher: PeerJ

Trabecular structure of the elbow reveals divergence in knuckle-walking biomechanical strategies of African apes.

Author(s): Arias-Martorell J, Zeininger A, Kivell TL
Published in: Evolution, 2021, ISSN 1558-5646
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14354

Reply to Haeusler et al.: Internal structure of the femur provides robust evidence for locomotor and taxonomic diversity at Sterkfontein

Author(s): Matthew M. Skinner, Leoni Georgiou, Dominic Stratford, Christopher J. Dunmore, Ameline Bardo, Laura T. Buck, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Dieter H. Pahr, Alexander Synek, Tracy L. Kivell
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 117/46, 2020, Page(s) 28570-28571, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016647117

The position of Australopithecus sediba within fossil hominin hand use diversity.

Author(s): Dunmore, C, Skinner, MM, Bardo, A, Berger, L, Hublin, J, Pahr, D, Rosas, A, Stephens, N, Kivell, T
Published in: Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2020, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1207-5

Dental morphology in Homo habilis and its implications for the evolution of early Homo

Author(s): Thomas W. Davies, Philipp Gunz, Fred Spoor, Zeresenay Alemseged, Agness Gidna, Jean-Jacques Hublin, William H. Kimbel, Ottmar Kullmer, William P. Plummer, Clément Zanolli, Matthew M. Skinner
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44375-9

The morphology of the Late Pleistocene hominin remains from the site of La Cotte de St Brelade, Jersey

Author(s): Compton, T., Skinner, Matthew M., Humphrey, L., Pope, M., Bates, M., Davies, Thomas W., Plummer, W.P., Scott, B., Shaw, A., Stringer, Chris
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, 2020, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102939

Dental data challenge the ubiquitous presence of Homoin theCradle of Humankind

Author(s): Clement Zanollia, Thomas W. Davies, Renaud Joannes-Boyaud, Amelie Beaudet, Laurent Bruxelles, Frikkie de Beerk, Jakobus Hoffmank, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Kudakwashe Jakatam, Lazarus Kgasie, Ottmar Kullmero, Roberto Macchiarelli, Lei Pan, Friedemann Schrenk, Frederic Santosa, Dominic Stratford, Mirriam Tawane, Francis Thackeray, Song Xing, Bernhard Zipfel, Matthew M. Skinner
Published in: PNAS, 2022, ISSN 1091-6490
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2111212119

Hominin dental remains from the Pliocene localities at Lomekwi, Kenya (1982-2009)

Author(s): Skinner, MM, Leakey, ML, Leakey, LL, Manthi, F, Spoor, F
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, Issue 145, 2020, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102820

Accessory cusp expression at the enamel-dentine junction of hominin mandibular molars.

Author(s): Davies TW, Alemseged Z, Gidna A, Hublin J-J, Kimbel WH, Kullmer O, Spoor F, Zanolli C, Skinner MM
Published in: PeerJ, 2021, ISSN 2689-7733
Publisher: PeerJ
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11415

A new distal fibular fragment of <i>Homo floresiensis</i> and the first quantitative comparative analysis of proximal and distal fibular morphology in this species

Author(s): Annalisa Pietrobelli, Damiano Marchi, Sofwan Noerwidi, Nico Alamsyah, Thomas Sutikna, Tracy L. Kivell, Matthew M. Skinner, Matthew W. Tocheri
Published in: Journal of Anatomy, Issue 246, 2025, Page(s) 869-891, ISSN 0021-8782
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/joa.14194

Trabecular architecture of the distal femur in extant hominids

Author(s): Andrea Lukova, Christopher J. Dunmore, Sebastian Bachmann, Alexander Synek, Dieter H. Pahr, Tracy L. Kivell, Matthew M. Skinner
Published in: Journal of Anatomy, Issue 245, 2024, Page(s) 156-180, ISSN 0021-8782
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/joa.14026

Trabecular bone structure of the proximal capitate in extant and fossil hominins with implications for midcarpal joint loading and the dart-thrower’s motion

Author(s): Emma Bird, Tracy L Kivell, Christopher J Dunmore, Matthew W Tocheri, Matthew M Skinner
Published in: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2023, ISSN 2692-7691
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24824

Trabecular variation in the first metacarpal and manipulation in hominids

Author(s): Christopher J. Dunmore, Ameline Bardo, Matthew M. Skinner, Tracy L. Kivell
Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Issue 171/2, 2020, Page(s) 219-241, ISSN 0002-9483
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23974

A tooth crown morphology framework for interpreting the diversity of primate dentitions

Author(s): Simon Chapple, Matthew Skinner
Published in: Evolutionary Anthropology, 2023, ISSN 1060-1538
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21994

Phalangeal cortical bone distribution reveals different dexterous and climbing behaviors in <i>Australopithecus sediba</i> and <i>Homo naledi</i>

Author(s): Samar M. Syeda, Christopher J. Dunmore, Matthew M. Skinner, Lee R. Berger, Steven E. Churchill, Bernhard Zipfel, Tracy L. Kivell
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 11, 2025, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt1201

Patterns of internal bone structure and functional adaptation in the hominoid scaphoid, lunate, and triquetrum

Author(s): Emma Bird, Tracy L Kivell, Matthew M Skinner
Published in: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2021, ISSN 0002-9483
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24449

Kinetics of stone tool production among novice and expert tool makers

Author(s): Erin Marie Williams‐Hatala, Kevin G. Hatala, Alastair Key, Christopher J. Dunmore, Margaret Kasper, McKenzie Gordon, Tracy L. Kivell
Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2020, ISSN 0002-9483
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24159

Cortical bone distribution of the proximal phalanges in great apes: implications for reconstructing manual behaviours

Author(s): Samar M. Syeda, Zewdi J. Tsegai, Marine Cazenave, Matthew M. Skinner, Tracy L. Kivell
Published in: Journal of Anatomy, 2023, ISSN 0021-8782
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/joa.13918

Wild chimpanzee behavior suggests that a savanna-mosaic habitat did not support the emergence of hominin terrestrial bipedalism

Author(s): Rhianna C Drummon-Clarke, Tracy L. Kivell, Lauren Sarringhaus, Fiona A Stewart, Tatyana Humle, Alex K. Piel
Published in: Science Advances, 2022, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: AAAS
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add9752

A Density-Dependent Target Stimulus for Inverse Bone (Re)modeling with Homogenized Finite Element Models

Author(s): SEBASTIAN BACHMANN, DIETER H. PAHR, ALEXANDER SYNEK
Published in: Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2023, ISSN 0090-6964
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-022-03104-x

On the earliest Acheulean in Britain: first dates and in-situ artefacts from the MIS 15 side of Fordwich (Kent, UK)

Author(s): Alastair JM Key, Tobias R Lauer, Matthew M Skinner, Matthew Pope, David Bridgland, Laurie Noble, Thomas Proffitt
Published in: Royal Society Open Science, 2022, ISSN 2054-5703
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211904

The Homo naledi pollical metacarpal shaft morphology is distinctive and intermediate between that of australopiths and other members of the genus Homo.

Author(s): Bowland LA, Scott JE, Kivell TL, Patel BA, Tocheri MW, Orr CM
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, 2021, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.103048

Hip joint load prediction using inverse bone remodeling with homogenized FE models: Comparison to micro-FE and inuence of material modeling strategy

Author(s): Sebastian Bachmann, Dieter H. Pahr, Alexander Synek
Published in: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2023, ISSN 1872-7565
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107549

Cortical and trabecular bone structure of the hominoid capitate.

Author(s): Bird EE, Kivell TL, Skinner MM
Published in: Journal of Anatomy, 2021, ISSN 1469-7580
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/joa.13437

Get a grip: Variation in human hand grip strength and implications for human evolution.

Author(s): Bardo A, Kivell TL, Towne K, Donati G, Ballieux H, Stamate C, Edginton T, Forrester G
Published in: Symmetry, 2021, ISSN 2073-8994
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/sym13071142

Maxillary molar enamel thickness of Plio-Pleistocene hominins

Author(s): Annabelle L. Lockey, Zeresenay Alemseged, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Matthew M. Skinner
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, Issue 142, 2020, Page(s) 102731, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102731

A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos

Author(s): Fabrice Demeter, Clement Zanolli, Kira E. Westaway, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Philippe Duringer, Mike W. Morley, Frido Welker, Patrick L. Rüther, Matthew M. Skinner, Hugh McColl, Charleen Gaunitz, Lasse Vinner, Tyler E. Dunn, Jesper V. Olsen, Martin Sikora, Jean-Luc Ponche, Eric Suzzoni, Sébastien Frangeul, Quentin Boesch, Pierre-Olivier Antoine, Lei Pan, Song Xing, Jian-Xin Zhao, Richard M. Bailey,
Published in: Nature Communications, 2022, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29923-z

Enamel thickness variation in the deciduous dentition of extant large-bodied hominoids.

Author(s): Ortiz, A, Schander-Triplett, K, Bailey, SE, Skinner, MM, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Schwartz, GT
Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Issue 173, 2020, Page(s) 500-13, ISSN 0002-9483
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24106

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Enhancement of biomechanical and morphometric tools for the inference of habitual activity from bone microstructure

Author(s): Sebastian Bachmann
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Technische Universität Wien
DOI: 10.34726/hss.2023.108281