Alan Thorne

2.0k total citations
24 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Alan Thorne is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Thorne has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Anthropology, 9 papers in Paleontology and 9 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Alan Thorne's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 papers). Alan Thorne is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 papers). Alan Thorne collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Alan Thorne's co-authors include Milford H. Wolpoff, Rainer Grün, Darren Curnoe, Fred H. Smith, Geoffrey G. Pope, David W. Frayer, Malcolm T. McCulloch, Nigel A. Spooner, Graham Mortimer and John Simpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific American and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Alan Thorne

23 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alan Thorne 738 511 496 275 192 24 1.2k
Florent Détroit 578 0.8× 428 0.8× 375 0.8× 147 0.5× 220 1.1× 37 902
Takeru Akazawa 591 0.8× 473 0.9× 513 1.0× 99 0.4× 96 0.5× 34 945
Fabrice Demeter 622 0.8× 416 0.8× 454 0.9× 104 0.4× 150 0.8× 52 974
Richard Wright 669 0.9× 382 0.7× 583 1.2× 75 0.3× 205 1.1× 33 1.1k
R. P. Soejono 763 1.0× 438 0.9× 536 1.1× 90 0.3× 207 1.1× 15 1.1k
Haowen Tong 693 0.9× 269 0.5× 747 1.5× 153 0.6× 100 0.5× 63 1.1k
Yousuke Kaifu 993 1.3× 854 1.7× 642 1.3× 82 0.3× 143 0.7× 60 1.4k
Gustavo G. Politis 1.2k 1.6× 636 1.2× 1.3k 2.5× 163 0.6× 159 0.8× 108 2.0k
Rokus Awe Due 1.0k 1.4× 552 1.1× 822 1.7× 116 0.4× 219 1.1× 17 1.5k
François Valla 480 0.7× 416 0.8× 570 1.1× 173 0.6× 90 0.5× 48 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Thorne

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All Works

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Grün, Rainer, Nigel A. Spooner, John Magee, et al.. (2011). Stratigraphy and chronology of the WLH 50 human remains, Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area, Australia. Journal of Human Evolution. 60(5). 597–604. 8 indexed citations
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Curnoe, Darren & Alan Thorne. (2006). The question of cranial robusticity. 2006(2). 1–13. 9 indexed citations
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Curnoe, Darren & Alan Thorne. (2006). Human origins in Australia. 2006(1). 1–28. 12 indexed citations
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Taçon, Paul, et al.. (2004). Myanmar prehistory: rare rock‐markings revealed. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 39(3). 138–139. 7 indexed citations
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Dennis, Elizabeth S., Simon Easteal, Gavin Huttley, et al.. (2001). Lake Mungo 3: A response to recent critiques. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 36(3). 170–174. 7 indexed citations
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Dennis, Elizabeth S., Simon Easteal, Gavin Huttley, et al.. (2001). Mitochondrial DNA sequences in ancient Australians: Implications for modern human origins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(2). 537–542. 126 indexed citations
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Thorne, Alan & Darren Curnoe. (2000). Sex and significance of Lake Mungo 3: reply to Brown “Australian Pleistocene variation and the sex of Lake Mungo 3”. Journal of Human Evolution. 39(6). 587–600. 16 indexed citations
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Groves, Colin & Alan Thorne. (1999). The terminal Pleistocence and early Holocene populations of northern Africa. HOMO. 50(3). 249–262. 10 indexed citations
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Thorne, Alan, Rainer Grün, Graham Mortimer, et al.. (1999). Australia's oldest human remains: age of the Lake Mungo 3 skeleton. Journal of Human Evolution. 36(6). 591–612. 222 indexed citations
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Chech, M., Colin P. Groves, Alan Thorne, & Erik Trinkaus. (1999). A New Reconstruction of the Shanidar 5 Cranium. Paléorient. 25(2). 143–146. 6 indexed citations
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Grün, Rainer, et al.. (1998). ESR and U-series analyses of teeth from the palaeoanthropological site of Hexian, Anhui Province, China. Journal of Human Evolution. 34(6). 555–564. 66 indexed citations
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Grün, Rainer, et al.. (1997). ESR analysis of teeth from the palaeoanthropological site of Zhoukoudian, China. Journal of Human Evolution. 32(1). 83–91. 59 indexed citations
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Thorne, Alan, et al.. (1994). Pleistocene Human Occupation Site At Lake Urana, New South Wales. Australian Archaeology. 38(1). 38–44. 5 indexed citations
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Frayer, David W., Milford H. Wolpoff, Alan Thorne, Fred H. Smith, & Geoffrey G. Pope. (1994). Reply. American Anthropologist. 96(1). 152–155. 3 indexed citations
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Thorne, Alan & Milford H. Wolpoff. (1992). The Multiregional Evolution of Humans. Scientific American. 266(4). 76–83. 146 indexed citations
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Wolpoff, Milford H. & Alan Thorne. (1992). Evolución multirregional de los humanos. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 14–20.
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Thorne, Alan, et al.. (1990). Pleistocene Human Remains From King Island, Southeastern Australia. Australian Archaeology. 31(1). 44–51. 14 indexed citations
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Webb, Stephen & Alan Thorne. (1985). A congenital meningocoele in prehistoric Australia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 68(4). 525–533. 12 indexed citations
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Thorne, Alan & Milford H. Wolpoff. (1981). Regional continuity in Australasian Pleistocene hominid evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 55(3). 337–349. 148 indexed citations
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Thorne, Alan. (1975). Kow Swamp and Lake Mungo: towards an osteology of early man in Australia. The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney). 9 indexed citations

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