M. Christopher Dean

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

M. Christopher Dean is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Christopher Dean has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Anthropology, 32 papers in Archeology and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in M. Christopher Dean's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (33 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (32 papers) and dental development and anomalies (20 papers). M. Christopher Dean is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (33 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (32 papers) and dental development and anomalies (20 papers). M. Christopher Dean collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. M. Christopher Dean's co-authors include D.J. Reid, Timothy G. Bromage, A. D. Beynon, Gary T. Schwartz, Donald J. Reid, Louise Humphrey, B. A. Wood, Wendy Birch, C. B. Stringer and Chris Stringer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

M. Christopher Dean

67 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Variation in modern human enamel formation times

2005 357 citations D.J. Reid, M. Christopher Dean Journal of Human Evolution profile →

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Tanya M. Smith United States

Donald J. Reid United Kingdom

Christopher Dean United Kingdom

Debbie Guatelli‐Steinberg United States

B. Holly Smith United States

Roberto Macchiarelli France

Gary T. Schwartz United States

Robert S. Corruccini United States

Clark Spencer Larsen United States

Richard S. Meindl United States

Tanya M. Smith United States

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Hogg, Russell, Rodrigo S. Lacruz, Timothy G. Bromage, et al.. (2020). A comprehensive survey of Retzius periodicities in fossil hominins and great apes. Journal of Human Evolution. 149. 102896–102896. 7 indexed citations

Cabec, Adeline Le, M. Christopher Dean, & David R. Begun. (2017). Dental development and age at death of the holotype of Anapithecus hernyaki (RUD 9) using synchrotron virtual histology. Journal of Human Evolution. 108. 161–175. 15 indexed citations

Zanolli, Clément, M. Christopher Dean, Priscilla Bayle, et al.. (2016). Structural organization and tooth development in a Homo aff. erectus juvenile mandible from the Early Pleistocene site of Garba IV at Melka Kunture, Ethiopian highlands. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 162(3). 533–549. 11 indexed citations

Kelly, M J & M. Christopher Dean. (2016). A specific nanomanufacturing challenge. Nanotechnology. 27(11). 112501–112501. 5 indexed citations

Spoor, Fred, Philipp Gunz, Simon Neubauer, et al.. (2015). Reconstructed Homo habilis type OH 7 suggests deep-rooted species diversity in early Homo. Nature. 519(7541). 83–86. 112 indexed citations

Birch, Wendy & M. Christopher Dean. (2013). A method of calculating human deciduous crown formation times and of estimating the chronological ages of stressful events occurring during deciduous enamel formation. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 22. 127–144. 74 indexed citations

Boughner, Julia C., et al.. (2012). Permanent tooth mineralization in bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (P. troglodytes). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 149(4). 560–571. 12 indexed citations

Dirks, Wendy, Louise Humphrey, M. Christopher Dean, & Teresa E. Jeffries. (2010). The Relationship of Accentuated Lines in Enamel to Weaning Stress in Juvenile Baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis). Folia Primatologica. 81(4). 207–223. 44 indexed citations

Antoine, Daniel J., Simon Hillson, & M. Christopher Dean. (2008). The developmental clock of dental enamel: a test for the periodicity of prism cross‐striations in modern humans and an evaluation of the most likely sources of error in histological studies of this kind. Journal of Anatomy. 214(1). 45–55. 122 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Gary T. & M. Christopher Dean. (2005). Sexual dimorphism in modern human permanent teeth. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128(2). 312–317. 156 indexed citations

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Reid, D.J. & M. Christopher Dean. (2005). Variation in modern human enamel formation times. Journal of Human Evolution. 50(3). 329–346. 357 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boughner, Julia C. & M. Christopher Dean. (2004). Does space in the jaw influence the timing of molar crown initiation? A model using baboons (Papio anubis) and great apes (Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus). Journal of Human Evolution. 46(3). 253–275. 42 indexed citations

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Dean, M. Christopher & Meave G. Leakey. (2004). Enamel and dentine development and the life history profile of Victoriapithecus macinnesi from Maboko Island, Kenya. Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger. 186(5-6). 405–412. 13 indexed citations

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Dean, M. Christopher, et al.. (2000). A detailed developmental study of the defects of dental enamel in a group of post-medieval children from London. UCL Discovery (University College London). 6 indexed citations

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Teaford, Mark F., Paul T. Sharpe, Jukka Jernvall, et al.. (2000). Development, Function and Evolution of Teeth. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 48 indexed citations

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Humphrey, Louise, M. Christopher Dean, & Chris Stringer. (1999). Morphological variation in great ape and modern human mandibles. Journal of Anatomy. 195(4). 491–513. 146 indexed citations

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Dirks, Wendy, et al.. (1996). Histological reconstruction of dental development in a juvenile gibbon. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Liversidge, Helen M., M. Christopher Dean, & Theya Molleson. (1993). Increasing human tooth length between birth and 5.4 years. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 90(3). 307–313. 70 indexed citations

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Stringer, C. B., et al.. (1990). A comparative study of cranial and dental development within a recent British sample and among Neandertals. UCL Discovery (University College London). 29 indexed citations

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Bromage, Timothy G. & M. Christopher Dean. (1985). Re-evaluation of the age at death of immature fossil hominids. Nature. 317(6037). 525–527. 248 indexed citations

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