Ottmar Kullmer

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Ottmar Kullmer is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ottmar Kullmer has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Anthropology, 58 papers in Archeology and 40 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Ottmar Kullmer's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (71 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (52 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (36 papers). Ottmar Kullmer is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (71 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (52 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (36 papers). Ottmar Kullmer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Ottmar Kullmer's co-authors include Stefano Benazzi, Luca Fiorenza, Friedemann Schrenk, Gerhard W. Weber, Ian R. Grosse, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Huynh Nhu Nguyễn, Giorgio Gruppioni, Michaël Coquerelle and Katerina Harvati and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ottmar Kullmer

105 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Early dispersal of modern humans in Europe and implications for Neanderthal behaviour

2011 320 citations Stefano Benazzi, Ottmar Kullmer et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ottmar Kullmer Germany	30	1.5k	1.2k	1.2k	541	417	110	2.7k
Stefano Benazzi Italy	37	2.6k 1.8×	2.4k 2.0×	2.0k 1.7×	471 0.9×	375 0.9×	196	4.9k
Gerhard W. Weber Austria	28	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	515 1.0×	241 0.6×	77	3.1k
Robert G. Franciscus United States	25	827 0.6×	734 0.6×	414 0.4×	312 0.6×	175 0.4×	46	2.0k
Kornelius Kupczik Germany	25	583 0.4×	448 0.4×	622 0.5×	362 0.7×	279 0.7×	69	1.6k
Gabriele A. Macho United Kingdom	25	785 0.5×	599 0.5×	569 0.5×	594 1.1×	336 0.8×	53	1.8k
José Braga France	29	998 0.7×	967 0.8×	769 0.7×	299 0.6×	228 0.5×	105	2.1k
M. Christopher Dean United Kingdom	34	1.8k 1.2×	2.1k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	837 1.5×	661 1.6×	68	3.8k
Alejandro Pérez‐Pérez Spain	26	928 0.6×	927 0.8×	898 0.8×	518 1.0×	310 0.7×	97	2.0k
Luca Fiorenza Germany	23	582 0.4×	632 0.5×	370 0.3×	249 0.5×	140 0.3×	56	1.2k
Roberto Macchiarelli France	34	1.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.6×	1.6k 1.4×	495 0.9×	433 1.0×	96	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ottmar Kullmer

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zanolli, Clément, et al.. (2025). Taxonomic revision of the SK 15 mandible based on bone and tooth structural organization. Journal of Human Evolution. 200. 103634–103634.

Bromage, Timothy G., Christiane Denys, Hediye Erdjument‐Bromage, et al.. (2025). Palaeometabolomes yield biological and ecological profiles at early human sites. Nature. 649(8099). 1197–1205.

Zanolli, Clément, et al.. (2024). How to identify early Homo? Geometric morphometric approach based on multiple craniodental structures. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.

Oxilia, Gregorio, Stefano Benazzi, Rachel Sarig, et al.. (2024). Diet of Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens from macrowear analysis of mandibular molars. Journal of Archaeological Science. 164. 105950–105950. 1 indexed citations

Fiorenza, Luca, et al.. (2024). Pongo's ecological diversity from dental macrowear analysis. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 185(4). e25031–e25031. 1 indexed citations

Marreiros, João, et al.. (2024). An experimental approach on dynamic occlusal fingerprint analysis to simulate use-wear localisation and development on stone tools. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 20084–20084. 2 indexed citations

Nava, Alessia, Luca Bondioli, Christopher Dean, et al.. (2023). Dietary strategies of Pleistocene Pongo sp. and Homo erectus on Java (Indonesia). Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(2). 279–289. 16 indexed citations

Schultz, Julia A., Eberhard Fuchs, Andreas Leha, et al.. (2023). Does age matter?—Efficiency of mechanical food break down in Tupaia belangeri at different ages. PLoS ONE. 18(7). e0274439–e0274439. 2 indexed citations

Zanolli, Clément, Miguel Delgado, Josep Fortuny, et al.. (2022). The phylogenetic signal of the enamel-dentine junction of primate molars. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 3 indexed citations

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Thackeray, Francis & Ottmar Kullmer. (2022). The use of Z-scores to facilitate morphometric comparisons between African Plio-Pleistocene hominin fossils: An example of method. South African Journal of Science. 118(1/2). 1 indexed citations

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Schulz‐Kornas, Ellen, et al.. (2021). Dental wear patterns reveal dietary ecology and season of death in a historical chimpanzee population. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0251309–e0251309. 7 indexed citations

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Fiorenza, Luca, Colin G. Menter, John Kaidonis, et al.. (2020). The functional role of the Carabelli trait in early and late hominins. Florence Research (University of Florence). 5 indexed citations

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Batsaikhan, Nyamsuren, et al.. (2015). First Report of the Herb Field Mouse , Apodemus uralensis (Pallas, 1811) from Mongolia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(1-2). 5 indexed citations

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Fiorenza, Luca, Stefano Benazzi, Jacopo Moggi‐Cecchi, Colin G. Menter, & Ottmar Kullmer. (2014). Dental macrowear analysis in Great Apes. Max Planck Digital Library. 3 indexed citations

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Kullmer, Ottmar, et al.. (2013). Dental arch restoration using tooth macrowear patterns with application to Rudapithecus hungaricus, from the late Miocene of Rudabánya, Hungary. Journal of Human Evolution. 64(2). 151–160. 28 indexed citations

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Smith, Tanya M., Alexandra Houssaye, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, et al.. (2012). Reassessing enigmatic Asian Hominoid dental remains. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 273–273. 1 indexed citations

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Bocherens, Hervé, et al.. (2011). Hominin palaeoecology in Late Pliocene Malawi : first insights from isotopes (13C, 18O) in mammal teeth : research article. South African Journal of Science. 107. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Tanya M., Anthony J. Olejniczak, Kornelius Kupczik, et al.. (2009). Taxonomic assessment of the Trinil molars using non-destructive 3D structural and developmental analysis. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 118. 117–129. 29 indexed citations

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Fiorenza, Luca, Stefano Benazzi, & Ottmar Kullmer. (2009). Do it yourself Morphology, wear and 3D digital surface models: materials and techniques to create high-resolution replicas of teeth. 87. 211–218. 31 indexed citations

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Schrenk, Friedemann, et al.. (2002). Early Hominid diversity, age and biogeography of the Malawi-Rift. Human Evolution. 17(1-2). 113–122. 6 indexed citations

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