Journal of Human Evolution

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Human Evolution is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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One journal to bring them all, and in the fossils bind them121
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Paleoenvironments represented by the sediments of the Early Pliocene Mursi Formation, Omo Valley, Ethiopia37
The human remains of Final Gravettian age from the Reclau Viver and Mollet III caves (Serinyà, NE Iberian Peninsula)36
Aspects of molar form and dietary proclivities of African colobines32
On the age of Ain Hanech Oldowan locality (Algeria): First numerical dating results31
Acetabular orientation, pelvic shape, and the evolution of hominin bipedality29
Contextualizing the Early Upper Paleolithic in the Negev Desert, southern Levant: Chronologies, lithic technologies, and paleoenvironments of the Boker sites29
Sedimentary ancient DNA metabarcoding as a tool for assessing prehistoric plant use at the Upper Paleolithic cave site Aghitu-3, Armenia28
Calcar femorale variation in extant and fossil hominids: Implications for identifying bipedal locomotion in fossil hominins28
Femoral neck cortical bone distribution in Nacholapithecus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya26
JHE 50th anniversary: Generosity26
Early euprimates already had a diverse locomotor repertoire: Evidence from ankle bone morphology26
Enamel thickness in the deciduous postcanine dentition of fossil and extant Pongo26
Paleoecological context of Homo aff. erectus (ATE7-1) at Sima del Elefante (late Early Pleistocene, Atapuerca, Spain) inferred from the herpetofaunal assemblage25
Molar enamel–dentine junction shape of Pliobates cataloniae and other Iberian pliopithecoids25
Late Acheulean occupations at Montagu Cave and the pattern of Middle Pleistocene behavioral change in Western Cape, southern Africa24
An updated analysis of hominin phylogeny with an emphasis on re-evaluating the phylogenetic relationships of Australopithecus sediba24
Early evidence for bear exploitation during MIS 9 from the site of Schöningen 12 (Germany)23
The macroevolutionary dynamics of activity pattern in mammals: Primates in context20
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Ecomorphology in Kenya's Koobi Fora Formation: Reconstructing Early Pleistocene hominin paleoenvironments with 3D geometric morphometric analyses of bovid metapodials20
The Neanderthal cervical spine revisited18
Sex-biased sampling may influence Homo naledi tooth size variation18
New insights into the Neanderthal pelvis morphology based on a partial os coxae from El Sidrón (Asturias, Spain)17
Virtual reconstruction and geometric morphometric analysis of the Kocabaş hominin fossil from Turkey: Implications for taxonomy and evolutionary significance17
Challenges and perspectives on functional interpretations of australopith postcrania and the reconstruction of hominin locomotion16
Corrigendum to “The effect of bi-iliac breadth on core body temperature” [J. Hum. Evol. 195 (2024) 103580]16
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The effects of carnivore diversity on scavenging opportunities and hominin range expansion during Out of Africa I16
Exploring the lack of articular ends at the Middle Pleistocene site of Qesem Cave, Israel16
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Micro-computed tomography unveils anatomy of the oldest known plesiadapiform cranium14
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The earliest hylobatid from the Late Miocene of China13
New fossil hominins from the Upper Laetolil Beds, Laetoli, Tanzania13
The Marine Isotope Stage 5 (∼105 ka) lithic assemblage from Ga-Mohana Hill North Rockshelter and insights into social transmission across the Kalahari Basin and its environs12
Morphological integration and evolutionary potential of the primate shoulder: Variation among taxa and implications for genetic covariances with the basicranium, pelvis, and arm12
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Phylogenetic comparative analysis of suspensory adaptations in primates12
Virtual reconstruction and geometric morphometric analysis of the Kocabaş fossil hominin from Turkey and implications for taxonomy and evolutionary significance: A commentary on Mori et al. (2024)12
The stratigraphy and formation of Middle Stone Age deposits in Cave 1B, Klasies River Main site, South Africa, with implications for the context, age, and cultural association of the KRM 41815/SAM-AP 12
JHE: The case for preserving a legacy journal and its community11
Revisiting hominin scavenging through the lens of optimal foraging theory11
A cadaveric study of wrist-joint moments in chimpanzees and orangutans with implications for the evolution of knuckle-walking11
The fauna from Mughr el-Hamamah, Jordan: Insights on human hunting behavior during the Early Upper Paleolithic11
A phylogenetic perspective on the evolution of early hominin foot morphology11
Jaw-muscle fiber architecture and skull form facilitate relatively wide jaw gapes in male cercopithecoid monkeys11
A three-dimensional geometric morphometric study of Miocene ape lumbar vertebrae, with implications for hominoid locomotor evolution10
Adaptations for bipedal walking: Musculoskeletal structure and three-dimensional joint mechanics of humans and bipedal chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)10
Early Upper Paleolithic cultural variability in the Southern Levant: New evidence from Nahal Rahaf 2 Rockshelter, Judean Desert, Israel10
A normal magnetostratigraphic polarity interval in the Main Ethiopian Rift at 1.6 Ma: Implications for Acheulean and Homo erectus chronology10
Serial reconstruction of Hominini manual phalanges10
Chimpanzee hind limb muscle electromyographic activity patterns during locomotion10
Trabecular bone volume fraction in Holocene and Late Pleistocene humans10
An ancient cranium from Dmanisi: Evidence for interpersonal violence, disease, and possible predation by carnivores on Early Pleistocene Homo10
Two Late Pleistocene human femora from Trinil, Indonesia: Implications for body size and behavior in Southeast Asia10
A Late Middle Pleistocene human tooth from the Luonan Basin (Shaanxi, China)9
Ulnar morphology of Pliobates cataloniae (Pliopithecoidea: Crouzeliidae): Insights into catarrhine locomotor diversity and forelimb evolution9
First articulating os coxae, femur, and tibia of a small adult Paranthropus robustus from Member 1 (Hanging Remnant) of the Swartkrans Formation, South Africa9
Morphological variation of the maxilla in modern humans and African apes9
Corrigendum to “Enhancing the reconstruction of the Gabasa Neandertal's diet using Ca and Sr stable isotopes” [J. Hum. Evol. 207 (2025) 103747]9
An ape partial postcranial skeleton (KNM-NP 64631) from the Middle Miocene of Napudet, northern Kenya9
Initial Upper Paleolithic bone technology and personal ornaments at Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria)9
Reconstructing the provenance of the hominin fossils from Trinil (Java, Indonesia) through an integrated analysis of the historical and recent excavations8
Morphological affinities of a fossil ulna (KNM-WS 65401) from Buluk, Kenya8
Portable x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy geochemical sourcing of Miocene primate fossils from Kenya8
Revealing neuromuscular similarities between baboons and humans: A commentary on8
Three-dimensional geometric morphometric study of the Xuchang 2 cranium8
Investigating foundations for hominin fire exploitation: Savanna-dwelling chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in fire-altered landscapes8
Variations by degrees: Western European paleoenvironmental fluctuations across MIS 13–118
Description and taxonomic assessment of fossil Cercopithecidae from the Pliocene Galili Formation (Ethiopia)8
Hominin nomenclature and the importance of information systems for managing complexity in paleoanthropology8
Corrigendum to “The site of Notarchirico (Venosa Basin, Italy) and the hominin behaviour in the Middle Pleistocene: New insights from taphonomy and spatial archaeology” [J. Hum. Evol. 211 (2026) 103788
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The taxonomic attribution of African hominin postcrania from the Miocene through the Pleistocene: Associations and assumptions7
World variation in three-rooted lower second molars and implications for the hominin fossil record7
New remains of the Miocene great ape Anoiapithecus brevirostris from Abocador de Can Mata7
Structural properties of the Late Pleistocene Liujiang femoral diaphyses from southern China7
Effect of binocular visual cue availability on fruit and insect grasping performance in two cheirogaleids: Implications for primate origins hypotheses7
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Stone selection by wild chimpanzees shares patterns with Oldowan hominins7
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Corrigendum to “Biomechanics of the mandible of Macaca mulatta during the power stroke of mastication: Loading, deformation, and strain regimes and the impact of food type” [Journal of Human Evolution7
Corrigendum to “Maxilla of Siamopithecus eocaenus (Anthropoidea, Primates) from the Paleogene of Krabi, Thailand, and its taxonomic status” [J. Hum. Evol. 198 (2025) 103614]7
Contingency rules7
Early Pleistocene hominin teeth from Gongwangling of Lantian, Central China7
Dental microwear of Neogene cercopithecoids from the Turkana Basin, Kenya7
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Can controversial samples lead to reliable conclusions? A reply to6
Relative leg-to-arm skeletal strength proportions in orangutans by species and sex6
C4 plant food loss probably influenced Paranthropus boisei's extinction: A reply to Patterson et al.'s commentary on Quinn and Lepre (2021)6
The Grotte du Bison Neandertals (Arcy-sur-Cure, France)6
Modern African ecosystems as landscape-scale analogues for reconstructing woody cover and early hominin environments6
Humanlike manual activities in Australopithecus6
Evidence for the smallest fossil Pongo in southern China6
Retrodeformation and functional anatomy of a cranial thoracic vertebra in Nacholapithecus kerioi6
Descriptive catalog of Homo naledi dental remains from the 2013 to 2015 excavations of the Dinaledi Chamber, site U.W. 101, within the Rising Star cave system, South Africa6
Revising the oldest Oldowan: Updated optimal linear estimation models and the impact of Nyayanga (Kenya)6
JHE 50th Anniversary: The joys of technology5
Paleoecological evidence for environmental specialization in Paranthropus boisei compared to early Homo5
Fifty years of paleoanthropology in Journal of Human Evolution: Historical perspectives and future directions5
No scientific evidence that Homo naledi buried their dead and produced rock art5
Postcranial evidence does not support habitual bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis: A reply to Daver et al. (2022)5
Feeding ecology of the last European colobine monkey, Dolichopithecus ruscinensis5
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Investigating the co-occurrence of Neanderthals and modern humans in Belgium through direct radiocarbon dating of bone implements5
Hypoconulid loss in cercopithecins: Functional and developmental considerations5
A new chronological framework for Chuandong Cave and its implications for the appearance of modern humans in southern China5
Cranial vault thickness, its internal organization, and its relationship with endocranial shape in Neanderthals and modern humans5
Comparing the Boxgrove and Atapuerca (Sima de los Huesos) human fossils: Do they represent distinct paleodemes?5
Sex estimation of the adult Neandertal Regourdou 1 (Montignac, France): Implications for sexing human fossil remains5
Estimation of the upper diaphragm in KNM-WT 15000 (Homo erectus s.l.) and Kebara 2 (Homo neanderthalensis) using a Homo sapiens model5
The effect of bi-iliac breadth on core body temperature5
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Neanderthal mobility over very long distances: The case of El Castillo cave (northern Spain) and the ‘Vasconian’ Mousterian4
The Western European Acheulean: Reading variability at a regional scale4
Functional and behavioral variation in intrinsic hand and foot digit proportions in primates4
New Oldowan locality Sare-Abururu (ca. 1.7 Ma) provides evidence of diverse hominin behaviors on the Homa Peninsula, Kenya4
A fresh look at an iconic human fossil: Virtual reconstruction of the KNM-WT 15000 cranium4
Aurignacian groups at Isturitz (France) adapted to a shifting environment upon their arrival in Western Europe ∼42,000 years ago4
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The game of models: Dietary reconstruction in human evolution4
Ilium morphological variation during growth in forager populations4
Biomechanical and taxonomic diversity in the Early Pleistocene in East Africa: Structural analysis of a recently discovered femur shaft from Olduvai Gorge (bed I)4
A cranial injury from the earliest Gravettian at the Cro-Magnon rock shelter (Vézère Valley, Dordogne, southwest France)4
Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of the enigmatic North American primate Ekgmowechashala illuminated by new fossils from Nebraska (USA) and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China)4
Additional analyses of stem catarrhine and hominoid dental morphology support Kapi ramnagarensis as a stem hylobatid4
JHE 50th anniversary: What does a journal owe its discipline?4
Corrigendum to “Femur associated with the Deep Skull from the West Mouth of the Niah Caves (Sarawak, Malaysia)” [Journal of Human Evolution 127 (2019) 133–148]4
Unique nasal turbinal morphology reveals Homunculus patagonicus functionally converged on modern platyrrhine olfactory sensitivity4
Divergent otolithic systems in the inner ear of Paranthropus robustus and Australopithecus africanus4
Hominin locomotion and evolution in the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene4
Domestic spaces as crucibles of Paleolithic culture: An archaeological perspective4
A close-up at the paleoecology of the most western gelada relatives: Insights from dental microwear texture analysis4
Examining the relationship between pelvic shape and numbers of lumbar vertebrae in anthropoid primates4
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Total evidence phylogeny of platyrrhine primates and a comparison of undated and tip-dating approaches4
Variability in energy expenditure is much greater in males than females4
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Evaluating landscape knowledge and lithic resource selection at the French Middle Paleolithic site of the Bau de l'Aubesier4
New modern and Pleistocene fossil micromammal assemblages from Swartkrans, South Africa: Paleobiodiversity, taphonomic, and environmental context4
Traces of dietary patterns in saliva of hominids: Profiling salivary amino acid fingerprints in great apes and humans4
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Challenging the antiquity of the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa: Geochronological evidence restricts the age of Eurotomys bolti and Parapapio to less than 2.3 Ma at Waypoint 160, Bolt's Farm4
Knuckle-walking in Sahelanthropus? Locomotor inferences from the ulnae of fossil hominins and other hominoids4
The site of Notarchirico (Venosa Basin, Italy) and the hominin behavior in the Middle Pleistocene: New insights from taphonomy and spatial archaeology4
Three-dimensional geometric morphometric analysis of the bony labyrinth of Xujiayao 63
New insights into the diversity of strepsirrhine primates from the late early–early middle Eocene of North Africa (Algeria and Tunisia)3
Shanidar 3 ‘rings the bell’: Virtual ribcage reconstruction and its implications for understanding the Neanderthal bauplan3
Estimating ancestral ranges and biogeographical processes in early hominins3
Morphological integration of the hominoid postcranium3
Diverse bone-calcium isotope compositions in Neandertals suggest different dietary strategies3
Evidence for the latest fossil Pongo in southern China3
Charles Kimberlin (Bob) Brain (1931–2023): Scientist of consequence, man of quality3
Tracking the emergence of an organized use of space: A direct comparison of the spatial patterning within Middle and Upper Paleolithic open-air sites3
The lithic assemblage from the 700,000-year-old butchery site of Kalinga (Luzon Island, Philippines): New insights into technological variability in the Early Paleolithic in Island Southeast Asia3
Additional isolated hominin canine tooth from Kanapoi, Kenya3
Continuity and innovation in the Late Acheulian: Technological and functional analysis of scrapers from Jaljulia, Southern Levant (500–300 ka)3
Reconstructing dietary preferences in the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos population: A molar macrowear perspective3
Implications of outgroup selection in the phylogenetic inference of hominoids and fossil hominins3
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Small mammals (Insectivora, Rodentia, Lagomorpha) from the Early Pleistocene hominin-bearing site of Dmanisi (Georgia)3
Investigating the internal structure of the suprainiac fossa in Xuchang 23
The relative limb size of Homo naledi3
Comparing walking and running in persistence hunting3
Persistent predators: Zooarchaeological evidence for specialized horse hunting at Schöningen 13II-43
The dentognathic material of the Neanderthals from Chagyrskaya (Altai, Russia): Morphology and paleobiology3
Behavioral and phylogenetic correlates of limb length proportions in extant apes and monkeys: Implications for interpreting hominin fossils3
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Comparative description and taxonomic affinity of 3.7-million-year-old hominin mandibles from Woranso-Mille (Ethiopia)2
Functional morphological integration related to feeding biomechanics in the hominine skull2
Reconstruction of the locomotor repertoire of early primates in the light of astragalar and calcaneal shape2
The hominin teeth from the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong site, China2
Endurance pursuit hunting among recent foragers and its relevance for hominin locomotor evolution2
Consumption of underground storage organs is associated with improved energetic status in a graminivorous primate2
Palaeoecology of the Pliocene large carnivore guild at Hadar, Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia2
Morphological integration in the hominid midfoot2
Taxonomic attribution of the KNM-ER 1500 partial skeleton from the Burgi Member of the Koobi Fora Formation, Kenya2
William Howard Kimbel (1954–2022)2
Ecospaces of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition: The archaeofaunal record of the Iberian Peninsula2
Introduction to special issue “Humans in transition: The occupation of Western Europe, 600–400 Ka”2
Estimates of absolute crown strength and bite force in the lower postcanine dentition of Gigantopithecus blacki2
Synanthropy of the Isturitz foxes during the Aurignacian is not proven: a reply to Hussain and Baumann (2025)2
The radial head of the Middle Miocene ape Nacholapithecus kerioi: Morphometric affinities, locomotor inferences, and implications for the evolution of the hominoid humeroradial joint2
Facial morphologies of Middle Pleistocene Europe: Morphological mosaicism and the evolution of Homo neanderthalensis2
Middle Pleistocene Pongo from Ganxian Cave in southern China with implications for understanding dental size evolution in orangutans2
The shape of technology to come: An examination of evolutionary relationships between bifacial and core technologies at the Lower-Middle Palaeolithic boundary across regions in Eurasia2
The influence of climate and population structure on East Asian skeletal morphology2
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Reassessment of the human mandible from Banyoles (Girona, Spain)2
Deciphering the correlated evolutionary responses of the hands and feet in modern humans2
A comparative multivariate analysis of spatial clustering in Neanderthal and anatomically modern human occupations2
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A new look at Laccopithecus robustus from the Late Miocene of China: Anatomy, systematics, and paleobiology2
The anatomy of the hindlimb of Theropithecus brumpti (Cercopithecidae, Papionini): Morphofunctional implications2
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Geometric morphometric analysis of the bony labyrinth of the Sima de los Huesos hominins2
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