Morphological variation mediante Homo erectus and the origins of developmental plasticity
Morphological variation sopra Homo erectus and the origins of developmental plasticity
Homo erectus was the first hominin sicuro exhibit extensive range expansion. This extraordinary departure from Africa, especially into more temperate climates of Eurasia, has been variously related to technological, energetic and foraging shifts. The temporal and regional anatomical variation sopra H. erectus suggests that verso high level of developmental plasticity, per key factor per the ability of H. sapiens puro occupy verso variety of habitats, ental plasticity, the ability to modify development mediante response puro environmental conditions, results mediante differences in size, shape and dimorphism across populations that relate durante part sicuro levels of resource sufficiency and extrinsic mortality. These differences predict not only regional variations but also overall smaller adult sizes and lower levels of dimorphism con instances of resource scarcity and high predator load. (more…)