L T Buck
Biographic Data
| ID | 65824 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L T Buck |
| GIVEN NAMES | L T |
| FAMILY NAME | Buck |
| SIGNATURE | BUCK L T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Liverpool John Moores University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1768-9049 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The morphological affinities of the fossil cranium from Kabua, Kenya
Our current understanding of the origins of Homo sapiens is limited, in part, by the fragmented fossil record from Late Pleistocene and early Holocene Africa. Here, we re‐examine the Kabua 1 cranium, an enigmatic and little‐studied Kenyan fossil discovered in the 1950s. We compare virtual reconstructions created previously by our team with a wide range of Middle Pleistocene to Early Holocene fossils and recent African H. sapiens crania to assess …
Factors influencing cranial variation between prehistoric Japanese forager populations
Understanding the factors shaping human crania has long been a goal of biological anthropology, and climate, diet, and population history are three of the most well-established influences. The effects of these factors are, however, rarely compared within a single, variable population, limiting interpretations of their relative contribution to craniofacial form. Jomon prehistoric foragers inhabited Japan throughout its climatic and ecological rang…
Perforations in Columbellidae shells: Using 3D models to differentiate anthropogenic piercing from natural perforations
Les sinus frontaux au cours de l'évolution humaine
Les sinus frontaux sont des cavités qui se situent à l’intérieur de l’os frontal, à la jonction entre le visage et la voûte crânienne, et à proximité du cerveau. Nous proposons l’étude la plus complète jamais réalisée de ces sinus, grâce à une méthodologie facile à mettre en œuvre et reproductible. La taille des sinus frontaux est corrélée à la taille du crâne, et en lien avec celle des reliefs osseux situés au-dessus des orbites, chez les chimpa…
Variation des sinus frontaux sur de larges échantillons chez les espèces actuelles des genres Pan, Gorilla et Homo
La pneumatisation de l’os frontal n’est pas ubiquiste chez tous les primates. Parmi les espèces actuelles, les sinus frontaux d’origine éthmoïdale ne sont présents que dans les genres Pan, Gorilla et chez Homo sapiens. Une méthodologie simple et reproductible permet la première grande étude de la forme, la taille et la variation bilatérale des sinus sur de grands échantillons de Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla et de plusieurs popul…
Analysis of periosteal lesions from commingled human remains at the Xagħra Circle hypogeum reveals the first case of probable scurvy from Neolithic Malta
ObjectivesPalaeopathological analysis is key for characterising population health at the individual level and across large assemblages but is rarely exploited to unite the remains of disarticulated individuals. This study explores the potential for individual identification through differential diagnosis of periosteal lesions in a commingled deposit, both to ascertain the number of individuals represented and provide a differential diagnosis.Mate…
Inferring archaic introgression from hominin genetic data
Questions surrounding the timing, extent, and evolutionary consequences of archaic admixture into human populations have a long history in evolutionary anthropology. More recently, advances in human genetics, particularly in the field of ancient DNA, have shed new light on the question of whether or not Homo sapiens interbred with other hominin groups. By the late 1990s, published genetic work had largely concluded that archaic groups made no las…
Frontal sinus variation in extant species of the genera Pan, Gorilla
Frontal pneumatisation is not present in all primates, and among extant species, ethmoidally-derived frontal sinuses are present only in the genera Pan, Gorilla and Homo. A simple and repeatable method is described here to quantify variation in the shape, size and bilateral variation of the frontal sinuses. This has allowed the first large study of these variables, including analyses of large samples of P. paniscus, P. troglodytes, G. gorilla and…
Effects of hybridization on pelvic morphology: A macaque model
Ancient DNA analyses have shown that interbreeding between hominin taxa occurred multiple times. Although admixture is often reflected in skeletal phenotype, the relationship between the two remains poorly understood, hampering interpretation of the hominin fossil record. Direct study of this relationship is often impossible due to the paucity of hominin fossils and difficulties retrieving ancient genetic material. Here, we use a sample of known …
Variation in Paranasal Pneumatisation between Mid-Late Pleistocene Hominins
There is considerable variation in mid-late Pleistocene hominin paranasal sinuses, and in some taxa distinctive craniofacial shape has been linked to sinus size. Extreme frontal sinus size has been reported in mid-Pleistocene specimens often classified as Homo heidelbergensis, and Neanderthal sinuses are said to be distinctively large, explaining diagnostic Neanderthal facial shape. Here, the sinuses of fossil hominins attributed to several mid-l…
Homo sapiens in Arabia by 85,000 years ago
Identification of dermestid beetle modification on Neolithic Maltese human bone: Implications for funerary practices at the Xemxija tombs
Tropical forager gastrophagy and its implications for extinct hominin diets
Diagnosing Homo sapiens in the fossil record
BACKGROUND: Diagnosing Homo sapiens is a critical question in the study of human evolution. Although what constitutes living members of our own species is straightforward, in the fossil record this is still a matter of much debate. The issue is complicated by questions of species diagnoses and ideas about the mode by which a new species is born, by the arguments surrounding the behavioural and cognitive separateness of the species, by the increas…
Levels of Intraspecific Variation Within the Catarrhine Skeleton
Levels of Intraspecific Variation Within the Catarrhine Skeleton
Effects of hybridization on pelvic morphology: A macaque model
Ancient DNA analyses have shown that interbreeding between hominin taxa occurred multiple times. Although admixture is often reflected in skeletal phenotype, the relationship between the two remains poorly understood, hampering interpretation of the hominin fossil record. Direct study of this relationship is often impossible due to the paucity of hominin fossils and difficulties retrieving ancient genetic material. Here, we use a sample of known …
Variation in Paranasal Pneumatisation between Mid-Late Pleistocene Hominins
There is considerable variation in mid-late Pleistocene hominin paranasal sinuses, and in some taxa distinctive craniofacial shape has been linked to sinus size. Extreme frontal sinus size has been reported in mid-Pleistocene specimens often classified as Homo heidelbergensis, and Neanderthal sinuses are said to be distinctively large, explaining diagnostic Neanderthal facial shape. Here, the sinuses of fossil hominins attributed to several mid-l…
Tropical forager gastrophagy and its implications for extinct hominin diets
Perforations in Columbellidae shells: Using 3D models to differentiate anthropogenic piercing from natural perforations
Frontal sinus variation in extant species of the genera Pan, Gorilla
Frontal pneumatisation is not present in all primates, and among extant species, ethmoidally-derived frontal sinuses are present only in the genera Pan, Gorilla and Homo. A simple and repeatable method is described here to quantify variation in the shape, size and bilateral variation of the frontal sinuses. This has allowed the first large study of these variables, including analyses of large samples of P. paniscus, P. troglodytes, G. gorilla and…
Identification of dermestid beetle modification on Neolithic Maltese human bone: Implications for funerary practices at the Xemxija tombs
Levels of Intraspecific Variation Within the Catarrhine Skeleton
Diagnosing Homo sapiens in the fossil record
BACKGROUND: Diagnosing Homo sapiens is a critical question in the study of human evolution. Although what constitutes living members of our own species is straightforward, in the fossil record this is still a matter of much debate. The issue is complicated by questions of species diagnoses and ideas about the mode by which a new species is born, by the arguments surrounding the behavioural and cognitive separateness of the species, by the increas…
Tropical forager gastrophagy and its implications for extinct hominin diets
Homo sapiens in Arabia by 85,000 years ago
Identification of dermestid beetle modification on Neolithic Maltese human bone: Implications for funerary practices at the Xemxija tombs
Variation in Paranasal Pneumatisation between Mid-Late Pleistocene Hominins
There is considerable variation in mid-late Pleistocene hominin paranasal sinuses, and in some taxa distinctive craniofacial shape has been linked to sinus size. Extreme frontal sinus size has been reported in mid-Pleistocene specimens often classified as Homo heidelbergensis, and Neanderthal sinuses are said to be distinctively large, explaining diagnostic Neanderthal facial shape. Here, the sinuses of fossil hominins attributed to several mid-l…
Inferring archaic introgression from hominin genetic data
Questions surrounding the timing, extent, and evolutionary consequences of archaic admixture into human populations have a long history in evolutionary anthropology. More recently, advances in human genetics, particularly in the field of ancient DNA, have shed new light on the question of whether or not Homo sapiens interbred with other hominin groups. By the late 1990s, published genetic work had largely concluded that archaic groups made no las…
Frontal sinus variation in extant species of the genera Pan, Gorilla
Frontal pneumatisation is not present in all primates, and among extant species, ethmoidally-derived frontal sinuses are present only in the genera Pan, Gorilla and Homo. A simple and repeatable method is described here to quantify variation in the shape, size and bilateral variation of the frontal sinuses. This has allowed the first large study of these variables, including analyses of large samples of P. paniscus, P. troglodytes, G. gorilla and…
Effects of hybridization on pelvic morphology: A macaque model
Ancient DNA analyses have shown that interbreeding between hominin taxa occurred multiple times. Although admixture is often reflected in skeletal phenotype, the relationship between the two remains poorly understood, hampering interpretation of the hominin fossil record. Direct study of this relationship is often impossible due to the paucity of hominin fossils and difficulties retrieving ancient genetic material. Here, we use a sample of known …
Variation des sinus frontaux sur de larges échantillons chez les espèces actuelles des genres Pan, Gorilla et Homo
La pneumatisation de l’os frontal n’est pas ubiquiste chez tous les primates. Parmi les espèces actuelles, les sinus frontaux d’origine éthmoïdale ne sont présents que dans les genres Pan, Gorilla et chez Homo sapiens. Une méthodologie simple et reproductible permet la première grande étude de la forme, la taille et la variation bilatérale des sinus sur de grands échantillons de Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla et de plusieurs popul…
Analysis of periosteal lesions from commingled human remains at the Xagħra Circle hypogeum reveals the first case of probable scurvy from Neolithic Malta
ObjectivesPalaeopathological analysis is key for characterising population health at the individual level and across large assemblages but is rarely exploited to unite the remains of disarticulated individuals. This study explores the potential for individual identification through differential diagnosis of periosteal lesions in a commingled deposit, both to ascertain the number of individuals represented and provide a differential diagnosis.Mate…
Perforations in Columbellidae shells: Using 3D models to differentiate anthropogenic piercing from natural perforations
Les sinus frontaux au cours de l'évolution humaine
Les sinus frontaux sont des cavités qui se situent à l’intérieur de l’os frontal, à la jonction entre le visage et la voûte crânienne, et à proximité du cerveau. Nous proposons l’étude la plus complète jamais réalisée de ces sinus, grâce à une méthodologie facile à mettre en œuvre et reproductible. La taille des sinus frontaux est corrélée à la taille du crâne, et en lien avec celle des reliefs osseux situés au-dessus des orbites, chez les chimpa…
Factors influencing cranial variation between prehistoric Japanese forager populations
Understanding the factors shaping human crania has long been a goal of biological anthropology, and climate, diet, and population history are three of the most well-established influences. The effects of these factors are, however, rarely compared within a single, variable population, limiting interpretations of their relative contribution to craniofacial form. Jomon prehistoric foragers inhabited Japan throughout its climatic and ecological rang…
The morphological affinities of the fossil cranium from Kabua, Kenya
Our current understanding of the origins of Homo sapiens is limited, in part, by the fragmented fossil record from Late Pleistocene and early Holocene Africa. Here, we re‐examine the Kabua 1 cranium, an enigmatic and little‐studied Kenyan fossil discovered in the 1950s. We compare virtual reconstructions created previously by our team with a wide range of Middle Pleistocene to Early Holocene fossils and recent African H. sapiens crania to assess …
Biology (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · Evolutionary biology (9 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 works) · Homo sapiens (7 works) · Paleontology (7 works) · Zoology (6 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (5 works)