The Early <i>Homo</i> Conundrum: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Clément Zanolli, David M. Alba, Thibaut Caley, Marine Cazenave, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Ignacio de la Torre, Anne Delagnes, Lucas K. Delezene, Florent Détroit, Renaud Joannes‐Boyau, Adeline Le Cabec, Tina Lüdecke, Ann Margvelashvili, Charles Musiba, Simon Neubauer, Yonatan Sahle, Friedemann Schrenk, Matthew M. Skinner, Krister T. Smith, Alessandro Urciuoli, Brian Villmoare, Bernard Wood, Ottmar Kullmer

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DOI: 10.1002/evan.70043
Published: 2026-08-04
Container: Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews
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@article{allodium:10.1002/evan.70043,
  title = {The Early
                    <i>Homo</i>
                    Conundrum: Challenges and Potential Solutions},
  author = {Clément Zanolli and David M. Alba and Thibaut Caley and Marine Cazenave and Isabelle Crevecoeur and Ignacio de la Torre and Anne Delagnes and Lucas K. Delezene and Florent Détroit and Renaud Joannes‐Boyau and Adeline Le Cabec and Tina Lüdecke and Ann Margvelashvili and Charles Musiba and Simon Neubauer and Yonatan Sahle and Friedemann Schrenk and Matthew M. Skinner and Krister T. Smith and Alessandro Urciuoli and Brian Villmoare and Bernard Wood and Ottmar Kullmer},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews},
  doi = {10.1002/evan.70043},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.70043}
}

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                    <i>Homo</i>
                    Conundrum: Challenges and Potential Solutions
AU  - Clément Zanolli
AU  - David M. Alba
AU  - Thibaut Caley
AU  - Marine Cazenave
AU  - Isabelle Crevecoeur
AU  - Ignacio de la Torre
AU  - Anne Delagnes
AU  - Lucas K. Delezene
AU  - Florent Détroit
AU  - Renaud Joannes‐Boyau
AU  - Adeline Le Cabec
AU  - Tina Lüdecke
AU  - Ann Margvelashvili
AU  - Charles Musiba
AU  - Simon Neubauer
AU  - Yonatan Sahle
AU  - Friedemann Schrenk
AU  - Matthew M. Skinner
AU  - Krister T. Smith
AU  - Alessandro Urciuoli
AU  - Brian Villmoare
AU  - Bernard Wood
AU  - Ottmar Kullmer
PY  - 2026
JO  - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews
DO  - 10.1002/evan.70043
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Zanolli, C., Alba, D. M., Caley, T., Cazenave, M., Crevecoeur, I., Torre, I. D. L., Delagnes, A., Delezene, L. K., Détroit, F., Joannes‐Boyau, R., Cabec, A. L., Lüdecke, T., Margvelashvili, A., Musiba, C., Neubauer, S., Sahle, Y., Schrenk, F., Skinner, M. M., Smith, K. T., Urciuoli, A., Villmoare, B., Wood, B., & Kullmer, O. (2026). The Early <i>Homo</i> Conundrum: Challenges and Potential Solutions. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.70043

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