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Primate Models for
Hominin Evolution

About Us

As humans, we belong to the primate order, a diverse group of species which share an evolutionary history spanning millions of years. To better understand our own origins and evolution, the Primate Models for Hominin Evolution group combines primatological research from comparative studies of our closest living primate relatives, with paleoanthropological and archaeological research into the evolutionary origins of hominins and our last common ancestors with apes and primates more broadly. Through this interdisciplinary approach using the study of both fossil and extant primates as a model for reconstructing hominin evolution, we aim to build a more comprehensive understanding of human origins, the emergence of key behaviours and adaptations in the human lineage, and the factors which contributed towards the evolution and dispersal of us and our hominin ancestors.

We are a research group at ICArEHB, UAlg