Καινοτομία

Findings from the largest study of hominin body sizes, involving 311 specimens dating from 4.4m years ago right through to the modern humans that followed the last ice age, show unexpected patterns of change.

Humans as a species are clearly varied but at the same time they are genetically very similar. Understanding the mechanisms which drive this variation remains one of the significant challenges in anthropology. Support to research done through the ADAPT project is helping to explain one key variable – stature and body mass.