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Human Evolution

Human evolution is the evolutionary process through which anatomically and behaviorally modern humans originated from ancestral primates via the accumulation of heritable genetic and morphological changes.

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Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

Eric S. Lander, Lauren Linton, Bruce W. Birren et al. · Nature · 2001 · 24.6K citations · Full text

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The descent of man and selection in relation to sex

ダーウィン チャールス, 田中 茂穂 · Tokyo Jinrui Gakkai zasshi · 1907 · 11K citations · Full text

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Sex differences in human mate preferences: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures

David M. Buss · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1989 · 4.5K citations

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Sexual Strategies Theory: An evolutionary perspective on human mating.

David M. Buss, David P. Schmitt · Psychological Review · 1993 · 4.3K citations

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Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution

Martin H. Levinson · et Cetera · 2006 · 3.6K citations

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Authors

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  1. SP
    Svante Pääbo

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    81 publications · 26.5K citations

    60

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  2. ET
    Erik Trinkaus

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    90 publications · 10.1K citations

    58

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  3. JH
    Jean‐Jacques Hublin

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    97 publications · 11.4K citations

    55

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  4. JM
    José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro

    Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana, Spain

    97 publications · 11K citations

    53

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  5. JL
    Juan Luís Arsuaga

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

    78 publications · 9.5K citations

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Institutions

5.9K

  1. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    138 h-index

    1.8K publications

    334.8K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    123 h-index

    915 publications

    174.3K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    119 h-index

    1.7K publications

    408.8K citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    117 h-index

    612 publications

    143.6K citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    117 h-index

    652 publications

    102.2K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    113 h-index

    665 publications

    104.5K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    93 h-index

    511 publications

    281.2K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    91 h-index

    378 publications

    86K citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 597 publications · 99.8K citations

    187

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  2. Nature

    451 publications · 123.4K citations

    157

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  3. Science

    358 publications · 73K citations

    143

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  4. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    1K publications · 69.4K citations

    127

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 388 publications · 64.1K citations

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See also

Human Evolution

Fossil Evidence

Genetic Evidence

Environmental Drivers

Migration Patterns

Behavioral Origins