Christine Verna

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 567 citations indexed

About

Christine Verna is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine Verna has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 567 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Anthropology, 12 papers in Paleontology and 12 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Christine Verna's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (10 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers). Christine Verna is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (10 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers). Christine Verna collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and South Africa. Christine Verna's co-authors include Cédric Poggenpoel, Pierre-Jean Texier, Jean‐Philippe Rigaud, John Parkington, Francesco d’Errico, Chantal Tribolo, Guillaume Porraz, Caroline Cartwright, Christopher A. Miller and Richard G. Klein and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christine Verna

16 papers receiving 536 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60,000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa

2010 286 citations Pierre-Jean Texier, Guillaume Porraz et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Christine Verna

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Tammy Hodgskiss South Africa

Luca Pollarolo South Africa

Aude Coudenneau France

Manuel Will Germany

Simen Oestmo United States

Randall White United States

Justin Bradfield South Africa

Gerrit L. Dusseldorp South Africa

Francesco d’Errico France

Renata García-Moreno Norway

Tammy Hodgskiss South Africa

Christine Verna

445 ×0.9

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340 ×0.9

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193 ×0.8

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240 ×1.5

ARCHE

34 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Christine Verna

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christine Verna

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christine Verna

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17 of 17 papers shown

Tacail, Théo, Jeremy E. Martin, Estelle Herrscher, et al.. (2021). Quantifying the evolution of animal dairy intake in humans using calcium isotopes. Quaternary Science Reviews. 256. 106843–106843. 7 indexed citations

Porraz, Guillaume, John Parkington, Patrick Schmidt, et al.. (2021). Experimentation preceding innovation in a MIS5 Pre-Still Bay layer from Diepkloof Rock Shelter (South Africa): emerging technologies and symbols. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 7 indexed citations

Verna, Christine, Florent Détroit, Kornelius Kupczik, et al.. (2020). The Middle Pleistocene hominin mandible from Payre (Ardèche, France). Journal of Human Evolution. 144. 102775–102775. 12 indexed citations

Utge, José, Agnès Testu, Anne‐Marie Moigne, et al.. (2020). A mobile laboratory for ancient DNA analysis. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0230496–e0230496. 10 indexed citations

Bérillon, Gilles, et al.. (2019). The composition of a Neandertal social group revealed by the hominin footprints at Le Rozel (Normandy, France). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(39). 19409–19414. 38 indexed citations

Verna, Christine, Aida Gómez‐Robles, Asier Gómez‐Olivencia, et al.. (2019). Isolated teeth from La Ferrassie: Reassessment of the old collections, new remains, and their implications. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 169(1). 132–142. 8 indexed citations

Prat, Sandrine, Stéphane Péan, Laurent Crépin, et al.. (2018). The First Anatomically Modern Humans from South-Eastern Europe. Contributions from the Buran-Kaya III Site (Crimea). Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d anthropologie de Paris. 30(3-4). 169–179. 3 indexed citations

Toussaint, Michel, Christine Verna, Adeline Le Cabec, et al.. (2017). The Late Neandertal permanent lower left third premolar from Walou Cave (Trooz, Belgium) and its context. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 164(1). 193–202. 4 indexed citations

Cabec, Adeline Le, Christine Verna, Michel Toussaint, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, & Kornelius Kupczik. (2014). Micro-computed tomographic quantification of tooth size and tissue proportions in the Scladina juvenile, a shortrooted neandertal. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 325–350. 1 indexed citations

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Verna, Christine, Pierre-Jean Texier, Jean‐Philippe Rigaud, Cédric Poggenpoel, & John Parkington. (2013). The Middle Stone Age human remains from Diepkloof Rock Shelter (Western Cape, South Africa). Journal of Archaeological Science. 40(9). 3532–3541. 14 indexed citations

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Porraz, Guillaume, John Parkington, Jean‐Philippe Rigaud, et al.. (2013). The MSA sequence of Diepkloof and the history of southern African Late Pleistocene populations. Journal of Archaeological Science. 40(9). 3542–3552. 75 indexed citations

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Verna, Christine, et al.. (2012). The Early Aurignacian human remains from La Quina-Aval (France). Journal of Human Evolution. 62(5). 605–617. 26 indexed citations

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Verna, Christine & Francesco d’Errico. (2010). The earliest evidence for the use of human bone as a tool. Journal of Human Evolution. 60(2). 145–157. 61 indexed citations

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Verna, Christine, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, André Debénath, Arthur J. Jelinek, & Bernard Vandermeersch. (2010). Two new hominin cranial fragments from the Mousterian levels at La Quina (Charente, France). Journal of Human Evolution. 58(3). 273–278. 9 indexed citations

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Texier, Pierre-Jean, Guillaume Porraz, John Parkington, et al.. (2010). A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60,000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(14). 6180–6185. 286 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lenoble, Arnaud, et al.. (2008). Nouvelles fouilles sur le site aurignacien Chez les Rois (Mouthiers-sur-Boeme, Charentes). Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 289–299. 5 indexed citations

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Verna, Christine. (2007). Une sépulture à La Quina (Charente)? Retour aux données. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 527–535. 1 indexed citations

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