Addressing the growing fossil record of subadult hominins by reaching across disciplines

The field of paleoanthropology lacks a coherent methodology to study ontogeny in extinct hominins. During the past two decades in this field, several factors have served as an impetus to better define this subfield of study within human evolution. First is the increased recovery of immature hominin remains that span multiple genera-Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and Homo.

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Lack of coherent methodology in studying ontogeny in extinct hominins. Increased recovery of immature hominin remains spanning multiple genera has prompted a better definition of this subfield within human evolution over the past two decades.