Journal article
The Early Homo Conundrum: Challenges and Potential Solutions
Evolutionary anthropology, Vol.35(3), pp.1-10
09/2026
PMID: 42550060
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Abstract
In September 2025, 23 scholars met at a workshop in Bordeaux (France) organized by the University of Bordeaux and the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, to present and discuss their views on the origins and earliest phases of the evolution of the genus Homo. The workshop, entitled “The early Homo conundrum—Challenges and potential solutions” (hereafter “eH25”) took place a few months after the 25th anniversary of the publication of Wood and Collard's seminal papers published in 1999 and close to the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Ledi-Geraru mandible [1].
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- Title
- The Early Homo Conundrum: Challenges and Potential Solutions
- Creators
- Clément Zanolli - Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueDavid M. Alba - Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel CrusafontThibaut Caley - Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueMarine Cazenave - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyIsabelle Crevecoeur - Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueIgnacio de la Torre - Instituto de HistoriaAnne Delagnes - Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueLucas K. Delezene - University of Arkansas at FayettevilleFlorent Détroit - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleRenaud Joannes-Boyau - Southern Cross UniversityAdeline Le Cabec - Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueTina Lüdecke - Max Planck Institute for ChemistryAnn Margvelashvili - Georgian National MuseumCharles Musiba - University of the WitwatersrandSimon Neubauer - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyYonatan Sahle - University of Cape TownFriedemann Schrenk - Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/MMatthew M. Skinner - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyKrister T. Smith - Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/MAlessandro Urciuoli - Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/MBrian Villmoare - University of Nevada, Las VegasBernard Wood - George Washington UniversityOttmar Kullmer - Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M
- Publication Details
- Evolutionary anthropology, Vol.35(3), pp.1-10
- Publisher
- Wiley; HOBOKEN
- Grant note
- We thank the following institutions for jointly funding the eH25 workshop: Département des Sciences Archéologiques of the University of Bordeaux, the University of Bordeaux's IdEx “Investments for the Future” program/GPR “Human Past”, the French National Research Agency “GenoMorph” grant (ANR‐20‐CE12‐0018), the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt and the Fédération des Sciences Archéologiques de Bordeaux.
- Identifiers
- 991013393951902368
- Copyright
- © 2026 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article