Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

TopicLeading institutions, researchers & key papers

This cluster of papers explores the genetic, archaeological, and paleontological evidence related to human evolution, including the origins of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans. It also delves into the behavioral modernity of early humans, stone tool technology, and the environmental factors influencing Pleistocene extinctions.

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How has Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology's publication output changed over time?

ScholarIQpublication output · 2015–2020

Output grew0% over the shown period — from 1 works in 2015 to 1 in 2020.

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What are the most-cited papers on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology?

ScholarIQmost cited works

A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Vindija Cave in Croatia

Kay Prüfer, Cesare de Filippo, Steffi Grote, Fabrizio Mafessoni, Petra Korlević, Mateja Hajdinjak, Benjamin Vernot, Laurits Skov, PingHsun Hsieh, Stéphane Peyrégne, David Reher, Charlotte Hopfe, Sarah Nagel, Tomislav Maričić, Qiaomei Fu, Christoph Theunert, Rebekah L. Rogers, Pontus Skoglund, Manjusha Chintalapati, Michael Dannemann, Bradley J. Nelson, Felix M. Key, Pavao Rudan, Željko Kućan, Ivan Gušić, Liubov V. Golovanova, Vladimir B. Doronichev, Nick Patterson, David Reich, Evan E. Eichler, Montgomery Slatkin, Mikkel Heide Schierup, Aida M. Andrés, Janet Kelso, Matthias Meyer, Svante Pääbo

Science. 2017804 CitationsOPEN ACCESS

Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from Pleistocene sediments

Viviane Slon, Charlotte Hopfe, Clemens L. Weiß, Fabrizio Mafessoni, Marco de la Rasilla Vives, Carles Lalueza‐Fox, Antonio Rosas, Marie Soressi, Monika V. Knul, Rebecca Miller, John R. Stewart, А. П. Деревянко, Zenobia Jacobs, Bo Li, Richard G. Roberts, M.V. Shunkov, Henry de Lumley, Christian Perrenoud, Ivan Gušić, Željko Kućan, Pavao Rudan, Ayinuer Aximu‐Petri, Elena Essel, Sarah Nagel, Birgit Nickel, Anna Schmidt, Kay Prüfer, Janet Kelso, Hernán A. Burbano, Svante Pääbo, Matthias Meyer

Science. 2017477 CitationsOPEN ACCESS

The earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China

Wu Liu, María Martinón‐Torres, Yanjun Cai, Song Xing, Hao-wen Tong, Shuwen Pei, Mark J. Sier, Xiao-hong Wu, Xiao-hong Wu, R. Lawrence Edwards, Hai Cheng, YY Li, Xiong-xin Yang, José María Bermúdez de Castro, Xiu-jie Wu, Xiu-jie Wu

Nature. 2015466 CitationsOPEN ACCESS

Late Upper Paleolithic occupation at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho, USA, ~16,000 years ago

Loren G. Davis, David B. Madsen, Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia, Thomas Higham, David A. Sisson, Sarah M. Skinner, Daniel Stueber, Alexander J. Nyers, Amanda Keen‐Zebert, Christina M. Neudorf, Melissa Cheyney, Masami Izuho, Fumie Iizuka, Samuel R. Burns, Clinton W. Epps, Samuel C. Willis, Ian Buvit

Science. 2019172 Citations

U–Pb-dated flowstones restrict South African early hominin record to dry climate phases

Robyn Pickering, Andy I.R. Herries, Jon Woodhead, John Hellström, Helen Green, Bence Paul, Terrence B. Ritzman, David S. Strait, Benjamin J. Schoville, P. John Hancox

Nature. 2018122 CitationsOPEN ACCESS