Fidelis T. Masao

1.6k total citations
29 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Fidelis T. Masao is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fidelis T. Masao has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Anthropology, 14 papers in Paleontology and 10 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Fidelis T. Masao's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (10 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (8 papers). Fidelis T. Masao is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (10 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (8 papers). Fidelis T. Masao collaborates with scholars based in Tanzania, United States and United Kingdom. Fidelis T. Masao's co-authors include Robert J. Blumenschine, Marion K. Bamford, Ian G. Stanistreet, Nikolaas J. van der Merwe, James I. Ebert, Joanne C. Tactikos, Jackson K. Njau, Harald Stollhofen, Lindsay J. McHenry and Donald C. Johanson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Fidelis T. Masao

26 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fidelis T. Masao Tanzania 13 849 559 386 280 207 29 1.1k
Rhonda L. Quinn United States 15 663 0.8× 706 1.3× 185 0.5× 332 1.2× 263 1.3× 30 1.2k
David Uribelarrea Spain 25 1.3k 1.6× 804 1.4× 356 0.9× 635 2.3× 342 1.7× 65 1.7k
Christopher J. Campisano United States 15 602 0.7× 551 1.0× 310 0.8× 141 0.5× 178 0.9× 41 887
Sonia Harmand France 14 713 0.8× 481 0.9× 273 0.7× 265 0.9× 102 0.5× 25 872
Craig S. Feibel United States 9 595 0.7× 497 0.9× 225 0.6× 197 0.7× 155 0.7× 14 764
Michael C. Pante United States 20 675 0.8× 415 0.7× 208 0.5× 363 1.3× 164 0.8× 31 808
Vera Aldeias Germany 20 928 1.1× 790 1.4× 136 0.4× 457 1.6× 127 0.6× 44 1.2k
Ronald J. Clarke South Africa 24 1.4k 1.6× 1.1k 1.9× 495 1.3× 437 1.6× 200 1.0× 47 1.7k
E. Wahyu Saptomo Australia 19 1.0k 1.2× 725 1.3× 431 1.1× 560 2.0× 143 0.7× 30 1.5k
Jean de Heinzelin United States 13 843 1.0× 645 1.2× 482 1.2× 241 0.9× 203 1.0× 27 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fidelis T. Masao

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All Works

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Riga, Alessandro, et al.. (2024). New hominin dental remains from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). Journal of Human Evolution. 193. 103556–103556.
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Cherin, Marco, Justin W. Adams, Giovanni Boschian, et al.. (2022). The Thorny Issue of African Porcupines: a New Mandible of Hystrix makapanensis from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) and Rediagnosis of the Species. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 29(2). 447–474. 4 indexed citations
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Stollhofen, Harald, Ian G. Stanistreet, Nicholas Toth, et al.. (2020). Olduvai's oldest Oldowan. Journal of Human Evolution. 150. 102910–102910. 15 indexed citations
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Ichumbaki, Elgidius B., Marco Cherin, Fidelis T. Masao, & Jacopo Moggi‐Cecchi. (2019). Local people’s interpretations of the hominin footprints at Laetoli, Tanzania. Florence Research (University of Florence). 6(2). 122–138. 9 indexed citations
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Stanistreet, Ian G., Harald Stollhofen, Jackson K. Njau, et al.. (2018). Lahar inundated, modified, and preserved 1.88 Ma early hominin (OH24 and OH56) Olduvai DK site. Journal of Human Evolution. 116. 27–42. 19 indexed citations
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Masao, Fidelis T., Elgidius B. Ichumbaki, Marco Cherin, et al.. (2016). New footprints from Laetoli (Tanzania) provide evidence for marked body size variation in early hominins. eLife. 5. 76 indexed citations
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Stanistreet, Ian G., Harald Stollhofen, Rosa M. Albert, et al.. (2015). In situ ∼2.0 Ma trees discovered as fossil rooted stumps, lowermost Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Journal of Human Evolution. 90. 74–87. 13 indexed citations
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Masao, Fidelis T.. (2015). Characterizing Archaeological Assemblages from Eastern Lake Natron, Tanzania: Results of Fieldwork Conducted in the Area. African Archaeological Review. 32(1). 137–162. 4 indexed citations
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Masao, Fidelis T., Susan C. Antón, & Jackson K. Njau. (2015). Results of recent investigations of the Oldowan and associated hominid remains at the DK site, Olduvai Gorge: A conservation exercise. 147–168. 3 indexed citations
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Blumenschine, Robert J., Ian G. Stanistreet, Jackson K. Njau, et al.. (2012). Environments and hominin activities across the FLK Peninsula during Zinjanthropus times (1.84 Ma), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Journal of Human Evolution. 63(2). 364–383. 85 indexed citations
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Blumenschine, Robert J., Ian G. Stanistreet, & Fidelis T. Masao. (2012). Olduvai Gorge and the Olduvai Landscape Paleoanthropology Project. Journal of Human Evolution. 63(2). 247–250. 11 indexed citations
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Blumenschine, Robert J., Fidelis T. Masao, Harald Stollhofen, et al.. (2011). Landscape distribution of Oldowan stone artifact assemblages across the fault compartments of the eastern Olduvai Lake Basin during early lowermost Bed II times. Journal of Human Evolution. 63(2). 384–394. 64 indexed citations
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Merwe, Nikolaas J. van der, Fidelis T. Masao, & Marion K. Bamford. (2008). Isotopic evidence for contrasting diets of early hominins Homo habilis and Australopithecus boisei of Tanzania. South African Journal of Science. 104. 153–155. 93 indexed citations
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Blumenschine, Robert J., Charles R. Peters, Fidelis T. Masao, et al.. (2003). Late Pliocene Homo and Hominid Land Use from Western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Science. 299(5610). 1217–1221. 180 indexed citations
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Skinner, Anne R., Richard L. Hay, Fidelis T. Masao, & Bonnie A.B. Blackwell. (2003). Dating the Naisiusiu Beds, Olduvai Gorge, by electron spin resonance. Quaternary Science Reviews. 22(10-13). 1361–1366. 41 indexed citations
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Masao, Fidelis T.. (1993). Reviving the village museum in Dar es Salaam. Museum International. 45(1). 57–59.
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Blumenschine, Robert J. & Fidelis T. Masao. (1991). Living sites at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania? Preliminary landscape archaeology results in the basal Bed II lake margin zone. Journal of Human Evolution. 21(6). 451–462. 90 indexed citations
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Masao, Fidelis T.. (1990). POSSIBLE MEANING OF THE ROCK ART OF CENTRAL TANZANIA1. Paideuma. 36. 189–199. 2 indexed citations
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Masao, Fidelis T.. (1982). The rock art of Kondoa and Singida : a comparative description. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations

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