Kurt W. Alt

15.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Kurt W. Alt is a scholar working on Archeology, Paleontology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt W. Alt has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Archeology, 45 papers in Paleontology and 41 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kurt W. Alt's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (67 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (43 papers) and Forensic and Genetic Research (34 papers). Kurt W. Alt is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (67 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (43 papers) and Forensic and Genetic Research (34 papers). Kurt W. Alt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Kurt W. Alt's co-authors include Wolfgang Haak, Guido Brandt, Joachim Bürger, Harald Meller, Nicole Nicklisch, Christian Meyer, Corina Knipper, Alan Cooper, Detlef Gronenborn and Christina Adler and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kurt W. Alt

131 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions

2013 409 citations Christina Adler, Wolfgang Haak et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cultural diversity shaped neolithic subsistence in the Carpathian Basin 2025 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Eszter Bánffy, Kurt W. Alt	1
2	Investigating the surface topography of human acellular and cellular tooth cementum by atomic force microscopy 2025 ·Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger ·(unknown), (unknown), Christoph Kleber, Achim Walter Hassel, Kurt W. Alt, Nicole Nicklisch	1
3	The Correlation of Tooth Sizes and Jaw Dimensions with Biological Sex and Stature in a Contemporary Central European Population 2024 ·Biology ·Kurt W. Alt, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicole Nicklisch, Werner Vach	1
4	Wind Instruments and Oral Health: Challenges Faced by Professional Wind Musicians 2024 ·Dentistry Journal ·(unknown), Kurt W. Alt	0
5	Socio-cultural practices may have affected sex differences in stature in Early Neolithic Europe 2023 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·Samantha L. Cox, Nicole Nicklisch, Michael Francken, Joachim Wahl, Harald Meller, Wolfgang Haak, Kurt W. Alt, Eva Rosenstock, Iain Mathieson	7
6	Frozen Stored Teeth: Autogenous Dentin as an Alternative Augmentation Material in Dentistry 2023 ·Bioengineering ·Michael Korsch, Kurt W. Alt, (unknown)	1
7	Variability in human tooth cementum thickness reflecting functional processes 2023 ·Journal of Periodontal Research ·Nicole Nicklisch, (unknown), (unknown), Werner Vach, Kurt W. Alt	4
8	Bioarchaeological investigations of the princely grave at Helmsdorf attesting to the violent death of an Early Bronze Age leader 2022 ·Scientific Reports ·Nicole Nicklisch, Frank Ramsthaler, (unknown), G. V. Schulz, Ronny Friedrich, Kurt W. Alt, Harald Meller	4
9	On the Pathogenicity of the Oral Biofilm: A Critical Review from a Biological, Evolutionary, and Nutritional Point of View 2022 ·Nutrients ·Johan Peter Woelber, Ali Al‐Ahmad, Kurt W. Alt	20
10	Nutrition and Health in Human Evolution–Past to Present 2022 ·Nutrients ·Kurt W. Alt, Ali Al‐Ahmad, Johan Peter Woelber	54
11	Modelling a scale-based strontium isotope baseline for Hungary 2021 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Eszter Bánffy, Kurt W. Alt	9
12	Best practice for osteological sexing in forensics and bioarchaeology: The utility of combining metric and morphological traits from different anatomical regions 2021 ·International Journal of Osteoarchaeology ·(unknown), Werner Vach, Kurt W. Alt, Jörg Schibler	2
13	Leonardo da Vinci and dental anatomy 2021 ·Journal of Anatomy ·(unknown), Kurt W. Alt	7
14	Predicting skeletal stature using ancient DNA 2021 ·American Journal of Biological Anthropology ·Samantha L. Cox, Hannah M. Moots, Jay T. Stock, (unknown), Bárbara Domingues Bitarello, Nicole Nicklisch, Kurt W. Alt, Wolfgang Haak, Eva Rosenstock, Christopher B. Ruff, Iain Mathieson	13
15	Enamel mineralization and compositional time-resolution in human teeth evaluated via histologically-defined LA-ICPMS profiles 2019 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Wolfgang Müller, Alessia Nava, David Evans, (unknown), Kurt W. Alt, Luca Bondioli	54
16	Human paleogenetics of Europe – The known knowns and the known unknowns 2014 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Guido Brandt, Anna Szécsényi‐Nagy, Christina Roth, Kurt W. Alt, Wolfgang Haak	60
17	Neolithic human mitochondrial haplogroup H genomes and the genetic origins of Europeans 2013 ·Wolfgang Haak, Paul Brotherton, Jennifer E.L. Templeton, Guido Brandt, Julien Soubrier, Christina Adler, Stephen M. Richards, (unknown), Robert Ganslmeier, Susanne Friederich, Veit Dresely, Mannis van Oven, Jonas Korlach, Simon Y. W. Ho, Lluís Quintana‐Murci, Doron M. Behar, Harald Meller, Kurt W. Alt, Alan Cooper	2
18	La deformación de la dentadura como "decoración corporal"; distribución, motivos y aspectos culturales 1999 ·Kurt W. Alt, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
19	Zahnwurzellänge und Zahnhalsdurchmesser als Indikatoren zur Geschlechtsbestimmung an menschlichen Zähnen 1998 ·Anthropologischer Anzeiger ·Kurt W. Alt, (unknown), Werner Vach, G Krekeler	2
20	Hallstattzeitliche Grabhügel im Spiegel ihrer biologischen und sozialen Strukturen am Beispiel des Hügelgräberfeldes von Dattingen, Kr. Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald: Mit einem Exkurs von Heinrich Härke 1995 ·Germania: Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts ·Kurt W. Alt, (unknown), Werner Vach	2

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