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Primate Dental Evolution

Primate Dental Evolution is a theoretical framework within biological anthropology that elucidates the morphological transformations in dentition across primate lineages over geological time, distinguished by its focus on the adaptive, phylogenetic, and functional drivers shaping dental traits unique to primates.

263

Publications

14.6K

Citations

634

Authors

347

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

32

Parents

Publications

263

Growth processes in teeth distinguish modern humans from Homo erectus and earlier hominins

Christopher Dean, Meave G. Leakey, Donald J. Reid et al. · Nature · 2001 · 514 citations

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Early <i>Homo</i> at 2.8 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Afar, Ethiopia

Brian Villmoare, William H. Kimbel, Chalachew Seyoum et al. · Science · 2015 · 359 citations

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Older age becomes common late in human evolution

Rachel Caspari, Sang‐Hee Lee · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 266 citations · Full text

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Late Miocene Teeth from Middle Awash, Ethiopia, and Early Hominid Dental Evolution

Yohannes Haile‐Selassie, Gen Suwa, Tim D. White · Science · 2004 · 260 citations

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A diverse new primate fauna from middle Eocene fissure-fillings in southeastern China

K. Christopher Beard, Tao Qi, Mary R. Dawson et al. · Nature · 1994 · 251 citations

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Authors

634

  1. EL
    Elwyn L. Simons

    Duke University, United States

    9 publications · 700 citations

    9

    h-index

  2. PS
    Peter S. Ungar

    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, United States

    8 publications · 660 citations

    8

    h-index

  3. KD
    Kenneth D. Rose

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    6 publications · 270 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. TM
    Thomas M. Bown

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    6 publications · 456 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. RC
    Richard C. Fox

    University of Alberta, Canada

    6 publications · 115 citations

    6

    h-index

1–5 of 634

Institutions

347

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    56 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    12 h-index

    24 publications

    2.5K citations

  3. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    12 h-index

    40 publications

    2.9K citations

  5. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    11 h-index

    26 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    882 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    624 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 41 publications · 2.4K citations

    28

    h-index

  2. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    39 publications · 2.1K citations

    27

    h-index

  3. Science

    13 publications · 1.6K citations

    13

    h-index

  4. Folia Primatologica

    12 publications · 448 citations

    12

    h-index

  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 11 publications · 967 citations

    11

    h-index

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