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Fossil #hominin remains are often distorted when we find them, by natural weathering, moisture, or the weight of sediments that build above them. Sterkfontein, South Africa, has a complex array of depositional environments that left their mark on the fossils. #paleoanthropology

Pleistocene humans had bodies within the same range of sizes as living people. This hip bone from Arago, France, came from an individual of around 80 kg, not far from the weight of French men today. #hominin #paleoanthropology

Mary Leakey's team excavated the OH 13 partial skull in 1962. More recent work at the site has placed this #hominin skull as the last known appearance of Homo habilis. The species earliest appearance at Olduvai is only around 180,000 years earlier. #paleoanthropology

LES1 is the most complete known for Homo naledi so far. Its morphology holds clues about the life of this #hominin individual that we are still working to understand. #paleoanthropology #FossilFriday

The AL 333 locality at Hadar is a striking assemblage of at least 13 #hominin individuals attributed to Australopithecus afarensis, including at least 4 children. How these individuals came to rest together is still not known, taphonomy rules out a flash flood. #paleoanthropology

The fossil hominins from Zhoukoudian, China, are among the best known Homo erectus samples. Approximately the same age as fossils from Spain attributed to H. antecessor, the connection between these #hominin populations is currently unknown. #paleoanthropology

The Krapina 58 mandible has a rotated left premolar, a trait found in a curiously high fraction of this large Neandertal sample. It may reflect the genetics of this local population #hominin #paleoanthropology

Paranthropus boisei is one of the best-known fossil #hominin species. Part of a branch that existed for more than 1.5 million years, adults could generate incredible bite force--shown by the huge area for the temporalis muscle. #paleoanthropology #FossilFriday

Ralph von Koenigswald took pains to hide fossil #hominin remains during World War II, but the Japanese occupation army selected Ngandong 10 "as a birthday present for the Japanese emperor and kept in the Imperial palace of Kyoto" (as recounted by Teuku Jacob) #paleoanthropology

Few fossil #hominin samples preserve evidence of the postcranial skeleton in abundance, but Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber is one of them. These fossils are only around 250,000 years old, but the scapula resembles some of the earliest known hominins. #paleoanthropology