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Neanderthals

Known as: Neandertals, Neandertal, Neanderthal 
Common name for an extinct species of the Homo genus. Fossils have been found in Europe and Asia. Genetic evidence suggests that limited… 
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Does Climate or Mobility Explain the Differences in Body Proportions Between Neandertals and Their Upper Paleolithic Successors?
European Neandertals and their Upper Paleolithic modern human successors differ substantially in various proportions of their… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Midsagittal cranial shape variation in the genus Homo by geometric morphometrics.
Midsagittal profiles of crania referred to different taxa of the genus Homo have been analyzed by geometric morphometric… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A reanalysis of the ancient mitochondrial DNA sequences recovered from Neandertal bones.
Recent reports analyzing mitochondrial DNA sequences from Neandertal bones have claimed that Neandertals and modern humans are… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Out of Africa and into the Levant: replacement or admixture in Western Asia?
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Human remains from Blombos Cave, South Africa: (1997-1998 excavations).
The Middle Stone Age (MSA) layers at Blombos Cave contain abundant bifacial Still Bay points, formal and ad hoc bone artefacts… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Homology and hominid phylogeny: Problems and potential solutions
This paper addresses the problem of how to reconstruct accurately the hominid evolutionary tree from skeletal remains. Few would… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Hayonim Cave Lithic Assemblages in the Context of the Near Eastern Middle Paleolithic
The Near East, as a geographical corridor between Africa and Europe, and as a region where both archaic and anatomically modern… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Chin morphology and sexual dimorphism in the fossil hominid mandible sample from Klasies River Mouth.
The site of Klasies River Mouth (KRM) in South Africa has produced a small sample of early Upper Pleistocene hominid remains that… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
The form of the talus in some higher primates: a multivariate study.
Sixteen measurements of the talus have been taken on 334 tali of a total of eleven primate groups and several additional single… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Some African fossil foot bones: a note on the interpolation of fossils into a matrix of extant species.
Certain fossil foot bones (a terminal toe phalanx from Olduvai, specimens of tali from Spy, Skhūl, Olduvai, Kromdraai, Songhor… 
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