Lauren Schroeder
Biographic Data
| ID | 102009 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauren Schroeder |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauren |
| FAMILY NAME | Schroeder |
| SIGNATURE | SCHROEDER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6406-8096 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 198 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Paleoanthropology: Decolonizing and Building for the Future
The study of human evolution, also known as palaeoanthropology, focuses on our distant and more recent human past; what shaped us as a lineage, genus, and species; and how we came to be the diverse single species we are today. However, the bulk of this research, knowledge production, and understanding has been driven by the global North to the exclusion of non‐Western scientists, despite the deep and rich fossil record of formerly colonized regio…
Moving away from 'the Muddle in the Middle' toward solving the Chibanian puzzle
Exploratory insights into service quality and tourist perceptions in Fiji’s tourism sector
The service sector has become an integral component of the economy in both developed and developing nations. The role of service in tourism and hospitality is particularly profound. This paper reports on service quality across the attraction, accommodation, and transportation industries in Fiji, making it the first of its kind to examine this topic comprehensively in the country. With a 40 percent gross domestic product (GDP) contribution, touris…
Moving beyond the adaptationist paradigm for human evolution, and why it matters
The Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) was founded 50 years ago when much of the foundation for how we think about human evolution was in place or being put in place, providing the main framework for how we consider our origins today. Here, we will explore historical developments, including early JHE outputs, as they relate to our understanding of the relationship between phenotypic variation and evolutionary process, and use that as a springboard …
Morphological integration in the hominid midfoot
Common evolutionary patterns in the human nasal region across a worldwide sample
OBJECTIVES: Variation in the external nasal region among human populations has long been proposed in the literature to reflect adaptations to facilitate thermoregulation, air conditioning, and moisture retention in local climates and environments. More specifically, adaptations in populations living in colder climates have often been assumed due to correlational relationships found between variation in the nasal region and climatic variables. Her…
The emergence of complexity and novelty in the human fossil record
Outside of possible evidence for more complex social practices (e.g. longevity post-trauma, preserved infant remains), the fossil record of human evolution is limited in its ability to address the transition towards transcendental forms of wisdom. Indeed, it is difficult to equate our modern intellectual condition with deep past biological indicators at all. Nonetheless, arguably the best and most visible evidence for biological changes that migh…
Can bony labyrinth dimensions predict biological sex in archaeological samples
Osipov and colleagues [American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2(151) 2013] previously posited that the dimensions of the bony labyrinth exhibit sexual dimorphism. Using a recent sample of known sex, they produced an age-independent, multivariate equation to predict biological sex using several of these dimensions. We aim to test the applicability of this equation to archaeological samples, where the method could prove useful with poorly prese…
Revolutionary Fossils, Ancient Biomolecules, and Reflections in Ethics and Decolonization: Paleoanthropology in 2019
Over the past few decades, paleoanthropology has undergone a transformative shift away from studies focused solely on traditional assessments of skeletal anatomy. Prior to this shift, a review highlighting a year of research may have primarily consisted of a description of new fossil discoveries; in 2019, however, this review also incorporates novel subject matters such as ancient DNA, paleoproteomics, and studies applying a wide array of new ana…
Hybridization in human evolution: Insights from other organisms
During the late Pleistocene, isolated lineages of hominins exchanged genes thus influencing genomic variation in humans in both the past and present. However, the dynamics of this genetic exchange and associated phenotypic consequences through time remain poorly understood. Gene exchange across divergent lineages can result in myriad outcomes arising from these dynamics and the environmental conditions under which it occurs. Here we draw from our…
Upholding "good science" in human origins research: A response to Chan et al (2019)
The recent publication by Chan et al (2019) entitled “Human origins in a southern African palaeo-wetland and first migrations” fails to meet scientific standards for publication in two ways. First, it neglects its scientific duty to discuss the entire body of scientific evidence around human origins, which leads to unsupportable claims. Second, it reinforces racialized power dynamics within the science of human origins. We argue that the authors …
Hybridization in human evolution: Insights from other organisms
During the late Pleistocene, isolated lineages of hominins exchanged genes thus influencing genomic variation in humans in both the past and present. However, the dynamics of this genetic exchange and associated phenotypic consequences through time remain poorly understood. Gene exchange across divergent lineages can result in myriad outcomes arising from these dynamics and the environmental conditions under which it occurs. Here we draw from our…
The emergence of complexity and novelty in the human fossil record
Outside of possible evidence for more complex social practices (e.g. longevity post-trauma, preserved infant remains), the fossil record of human evolution is limited in its ability to address the transition towards transcendental forms of wisdom. Indeed, it is difficult to equate our modern intellectual condition with deep past biological indicators at all. Nonetheless, arguably the best and most visible evidence for biological changes that migh…
Morphological integration of anatomical, developmental, and functional postcranial modules in the crab‐eating macaque ( Macaca fascicularis )
OBJECTIVES: Integration and modularity reflect the coordinated action of past evolutionary processes and, in turn, constrain or facilitate phenotypic evolvability. Here, we analyze magnitudes of integration in the macaque postcranium to test whether 20 a priori defined modules are (1) more tightly integrated than random sets of postcranial traits, and (2) are differentiated based on mode of definition, with developmental modules expected to be mo…
The skull of Homo naledi
Skull diversity in the Homo lineage and the relative position of Homo naledi
Evolutionary processes shaping diversity across the Homo lineage
Marilyn D. McShane and Michael R. Cavanaugh: Understanding Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Trends in JAH Submissions and Publications: 1989-2015
Testing the equivalence of modern human cranial covariance structure: Implications for bioarchaeological applications
OBJECTIVES: Estimation of the variance-covariance (V/CV) structure of fragmentary bioarchaeological populations requires the use of proxy extant V/CV parameters. However, it is currently unclear whether extant human populations exhibit equivalent V/CV structures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Random skewers (RS) and hierarchical analyses of common principal components (CPC) were applied to a modern human cranial dataset. Cranial V/CV similarity was asse…
The evolutionary relationships and age of Homo naledi: An assessment using dated Bayesian phylogenetic methods
Further evidence for phenotypic signatures of hybridization in descendant baboon populations
The mid-face of lower Pleistocene hominins and its bearing on the attribution of SK 847 and StW 53
The evolutionary relationships and age of Homo naledi: An assessment using dated Bayesian phylogenetic methods
The skull of Homo naledi
Skull diversity in the Homo lineage and the relative position of Homo naledi
Further evidence for phenotypic signatures of hybridization in descendant baboon populations
Revolutionary Fossils, Ancient Biomolecules, and Reflections in Ethics and Decolonization: Paleoanthropology in 2019
Over the past few decades, paleoanthropology has undergone a transformative shift away from studies focused solely on traditional assessments of skeletal anatomy. Prior to this shift, a review highlighting a year of research may have primarily consisted of a description of new fossil discoveries; in 2019, however, this review also incorporates novel subject matters such as ancient DNA, paleoproteomics, and studies applying a wide array of new ana…
Morphological integration of anatomical, developmental, and functional postcranial modules in the crab‐eating macaque ( Macaca fascicularis )
OBJECTIVES: Integration and modularity reflect the coordinated action of past evolutionary processes and, in turn, constrain or facilitate phenotypic evolvability. Here, we analyze magnitudes of integration in the macaque postcranium to test whether 20 a priori defined modules are (1) more tightly integrated than random sets of postcranial traits, and (2) are differentiated based on mode of definition, with developmental modules expected to be mo…
Evolutionary processes shaping diversity across the Homo lineage
The mid-face of lower Pleistocene hominins and its bearing on the attribution of SK 847 and StW 53
Moving away from 'the Muddle in the Middle' toward solving the Chibanian puzzle
Common evolutionary patterns in the human nasal region across a worldwide sample
OBJECTIVES: Variation in the external nasal region among human populations has long been proposed in the literature to reflect adaptations to facilitate thermoregulation, air conditioning, and moisture retention in local climates and environments. More specifically, adaptations in populations living in colder climates have often been assumed due to correlational relationships found between variation in the nasal region and climatic variables. Her…
Morphological integration in the hominid midfoot
Upholding "good science" in human origins research: A response to Chan et al (2019)
The recent publication by Chan et al (2019) entitled “Human origins in a southern African palaeo-wetland and first migrations” fails to meet scientific standards for publication in two ways. First, it neglects its scientific duty to discuss the entire body of scientific evidence around human origins, which leads to unsupportable claims. Second, it reinforces racialized power dynamics within the science of human origins. We argue that the authors …
Testing the equivalence of modern human cranial covariance structure: Implications for bioarchaeological applications
OBJECTIVES: Estimation of the variance-covariance (V/CV) structure of fragmentary bioarchaeological populations requires the use of proxy extant V/CV parameters. However, it is currently unclear whether extant human populations exhibit equivalent V/CV structures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Random skewers (RS) and hierarchical analyses of common principal components (CPC) were applied to a modern human cranial dataset. Cranial V/CV similarity was asse…
Moving beyond the adaptationist paradigm for human evolution, and why it matters
The Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) was founded 50 years ago when much of the foundation for how we think about human evolution was in place or being put in place, providing the main framework for how we consider our origins today. Here, we will explore historical developments, including early JHE outputs, as they relate to our understanding of the relationship between phenotypic variation and evolutionary process, and use that as a springboard …
Can bony labyrinth dimensions predict biological sex in archaeological samples
Osipov and colleagues [American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2(151) 2013] previously posited that the dimensions of the bony labyrinth exhibit sexual dimorphism. Using a recent sample of known sex, they produced an age-independent, multivariate equation to predict biological sex using several of these dimensions. We aim to test the applicability of this equation to archaeological samples, where the method could prove useful with poorly prese…
Hybridization in human evolution: Insights from other organisms
During the late Pleistocene, isolated lineages of hominins exchanged genes thus influencing genomic variation in humans in both the past and present. However, the dynamics of this genetic exchange and associated phenotypic consequences through time remain poorly understood. Gene exchange across divergent lineages can result in myriad outcomes arising from these dynamics and the environmental conditions under which it occurs. Here we draw from our…
The mid-face of lower Pleistocene hominins and its bearing on the attribution of SK 847 and StW 53
Further evidence for phenotypic signatures of hybridization in descendant baboon populations
Marilyn D. McShane and Michael R. Cavanaugh: Understanding Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Trends in JAH Submissions and Publications: 1989-2015
Testing the equivalence of modern human cranial covariance structure: Implications for bioarchaeological applications
OBJECTIVES: Estimation of the variance-covariance (V/CV) structure of fragmentary bioarchaeological populations requires the use of proxy extant V/CV parameters. However, it is currently unclear whether extant human populations exhibit equivalent V/CV structures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Random skewers (RS) and hierarchical analyses of common principal components (CPC) were applied to a modern human cranial dataset. Cranial V/CV similarity was asse…
The evolutionary relationships and age of Homo naledi: An assessment using dated Bayesian phylogenetic methods
The skull of Homo naledi
Skull diversity in the Homo lineage and the relative position of Homo naledi
Evolutionary processes shaping diversity across the Homo lineage
Hybridization in human evolution: Insights from other organisms
During the late Pleistocene, isolated lineages of hominins exchanged genes thus influencing genomic variation in humans in both the past and present. However, the dynamics of this genetic exchange and associated phenotypic consequences through time remain poorly understood. Gene exchange across divergent lineages can result in myriad outcomes arising from these dynamics and the environmental conditions under which it occurs. Here we draw from our…
The emergence of complexity and novelty in the human fossil record
Outside of possible evidence for more complex social practices (e.g. longevity post-trauma, preserved infant remains), the fossil record of human evolution is limited in its ability to address the transition towards transcendental forms of wisdom. Indeed, it is difficult to equate our modern intellectual condition with deep past biological indicators at all. Nonetheless, arguably the best and most visible evidence for biological changes that migh…
Morphological integration of anatomical, developmental, and functional postcranial modules in the crab‐eating macaque ( Macaca fascicularis )
OBJECTIVES: Integration and modularity reflect the coordinated action of past evolutionary processes and, in turn, constrain or facilitate phenotypic evolvability. Here, we analyze magnitudes of integration in the macaque postcranium to test whether 20 a priori defined modules are (1) more tightly integrated than random sets of postcranial traits, and (2) are differentiated based on mode of definition, with developmental modules expected to be mo…
Hybridization in human evolution: Insights from other organisms
During the late Pleistocene, isolated lineages of hominins exchanged genes thus influencing genomic variation in humans in both the past and present. However, the dynamics of this genetic exchange and associated phenotypic consequences through time remain poorly understood. Gene exchange across divergent lineages can result in myriad outcomes arising from these dynamics and the environmental conditions under which it occurs. Here we draw from our…
Upholding "good science" in human origins research: A response to Chan et al (2019)
The recent publication by Chan et al (2019) entitled “Human origins in a southern African palaeo-wetland and first migrations” fails to meet scientific standards for publication in two ways. First, it neglects its scientific duty to discuss the entire body of scientific evidence around human origins, which leads to unsupportable claims. Second, it reinforces racialized power dynamics within the science of human origins. We argue that the authors …
The emergence of complexity and novelty in the human fossil record
Outside of possible evidence for more complex social practices (e.g. longevity post-trauma, preserved infant remains), the fossil record of human evolution is limited in its ability to address the transition towards transcendental forms of wisdom. Indeed, it is difficult to equate our modern intellectual condition with deep past biological indicators at all. Nonetheless, arguably the best and most visible evidence for biological changes that migh…
Can bony labyrinth dimensions predict biological sex in archaeological samples
Osipov and colleagues [American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2(151) 2013] previously posited that the dimensions of the bony labyrinth exhibit sexual dimorphism. Using a recent sample of known sex, they produced an age-independent, multivariate equation to predict biological sex using several of these dimensions. We aim to test the applicability of this equation to archaeological samples, where the method could prove useful with poorly prese…
Revolutionary Fossils, Ancient Biomolecules, and Reflections in Ethics and Decolonization: Paleoanthropology in 2019
Over the past few decades, paleoanthropology has undergone a transformative shift away from studies focused solely on traditional assessments of skeletal anatomy. Prior to this shift, a review highlighting a year of research may have primarily consisted of a description of new fossil discoveries; in 2019, however, this review also incorporates novel subject matters such as ancient DNA, paleoproteomics, and studies applying a wide array of new ana…
Common evolutionary patterns in the human nasal region across a worldwide sample
OBJECTIVES: Variation in the external nasal region among human populations has long been proposed in the literature to reflect adaptations to facilitate thermoregulation, air conditioning, and moisture retention in local climates and environments. More specifically, adaptations in populations living in colder climates have often been assumed due to correlational relationships found between variation in the nasal region and climatic variables. Her…
Morphological integration in the hominid midfoot
Exploratory insights into service quality and tourist perceptions in Fiji’s tourism sector
The service sector has become an integral component of the economy in both developed and developing nations. The role of service in tourism and hospitality is particularly profound. This paper reports on service quality across the attraction, accommodation, and transportation industries in Fiji, making it the first of its kind to examine this topic comprehensively in the country. With a 40 percent gross domestic product (GDP) contribution, touris…
Moving beyond the adaptationist paradigm for human evolution, and why it matters
The Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) was founded 50 years ago when much of the foundation for how we think about human evolution was in place or being put in place, providing the main framework for how we consider our origins today. Here, we will explore historical developments, including early JHE outputs, as they relate to our understanding of the relationship between phenotypic variation and evolutionary process, and use that as a springboard …
Paleoanthropology: Decolonizing and Building for the Future
The study of human evolution, also known as palaeoanthropology, focuses on our distant and more recent human past; what shaped us as a lineage, genus, and species; and how we came to be the diverse single species we are today. However, the bulk of this research, knowledge production, and understanding has been driven by the global North to the exclusion of non‐Western scientists, despite the deep and rich fossil record of formerly colonized regio…
Moving away from 'the Muddle in the Middle' toward solving the Chibanian puzzle
Biology (18 works) · Evolutionary biology (14 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 works) · Paleontology (10 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 works) · Morphological variations and asymmetry (6 works) · Paleontology (6 works) · Population (6 works)