Hominin Evolution Group

The aim of the Hominin Evolution Group is to better understand the evolution of human life history (patterns of growth, maintenance, and reproduction) and how it co-evolved with our social, behavioural, and cognitive adaptations. Specifically our work is organized around two main topics:

1)    Increase our understanding of how and when the unique human reproductive pattern evolved by developing and applying novel analytical methods (histology, elemental analysis, etc.) to fossil remains that act as "recording structures" (teeth and bones) of an individual's life

2)    Leverage evolutionary convergences and adopt a developmental-comparative approach to elucidate the interplay between a species’ life-history profile and the aspects of its physiology, cognition, and communication that have been argued to both contribute to, and derive from, its life-history profile.