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Record W2613785766 · doi:10.32396/usurj.v3i2.243

Hominin evolution: A review of bipedal adaptations and cranial capacity as a means of studying evolution and analyzing speciation

2017· review· en· W2613785766 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Cassy Marie Appelt

Bibliographic record

VenueUSURJ University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal · 2017
Typereview
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsPaleoanthropologyHuman evolutionHominidaeEvolutionary biologyPaleopathologyGenetic algorithmBiologyBiological evolutionHomo erectusNeanderthalAncient DNAPaleontologyGeographyArchaeologyPleistoceneSociologyPopulation

Abstract

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Hominin evolution and the field of paleoanthropology are cornerstones of paleontological inquiry. Much about hominin evolution has been learned since the discovery of the first Neandertal specimen in 1856, but increasing ambiguity regarding the speciation of extinct hominins has created doubt and conflict within the scientific community. A thorough look at the role of bipedal and cranial adaptations, selective pressures leading to their emergence, and the implications of their perseverance has the capacity to clear up associated ambiguities in the field of paleoanthropology. Coupled with advances in technology, such as the accessibility of ancient DNA, it is possible to critically evaluate hominin morphology and its impact on reproductive barriers. As the field of paleopathology continues to inquire into our evolutionary past, a more concise and complete account of hominin evolution is possible.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.003
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.006
Threshold uncertainty score0.010

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.003
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0060.007
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.002
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.144
GPT teacher head0.378
Teacher spread0.234 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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