User:Glinkus/Archaic humans

Life-History Evolution

The ontogenetic development of archaic humans is of relevance to the emergence of modern human ontogeny.^[1] Comparisons of fossil hominin brain and tooth development to that of modern humans imply that Homo erectus ontogeny was similar that of modern chimpanzees rather than that of modern humans^[2], while neanderthals experienced a life-history similar to modern humans, possibly due to convergent evolution.^[1] Biological anthropologist Tanya Smith has argued that the use of modern humans and extant apes as references when studying the life-history of archaic humans is unreliable, as it assumes that extinct hominins developed similarly to either reference.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Neubauer, Simon; Gunz, Philipp (2015). "Brain ontogeny and life history in Pleistocene hominins". Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences. 370 (1663): 1–11. ISSN 0962-8436.
^ Schwartz, Gary T. (2012). "Growth, Development, and Life History throughout the Evolution of Homo". Current Anthropology. 53 (S6): S395–S408. doi:10.1086/667591. ISSN 0011-3204.
^ Smith, Tanya M. (2013). "Teeth and Human Life-History Evolution". Annual Review of Anthropology. 42: 191–208. ISSN 0084-6570.

[:0-1] Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Neubauer, Simon; Gunz, Philipp (2015). "Brain ontogeny and life history in Pleistocene hominins". Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences. 370 (1663): 1–11. ISSN 0962-8436.

[2] Schwartz, Gary T. (2012). "Growth, Development, and Life History throughout the Evolution of Homo". Current Anthropology. 53 (S6): S395–S408. doi:10.1086/667591. ISSN 0011-3204.

[3] Smith, Tanya M. (2013). "Teeth and Human Life-History Evolution". Annual Review of Anthropology. 42: 191–208. ISSN 0084-6570.

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