Stefano Benazzi

9.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
196 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Stefano Benazzi is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Benazzi has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Archeology, 120 papers in Anthropology and 78 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Stefano Benazzi's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (120 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (120 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (50 papers). Stefano Benazzi is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (120 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (120 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (50 papers). Stefano Benazzi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United States. Stefano Benazzi's co-authors include Ottmar Kullmer, Luca Fiorenza, Giorgio Gruppioni, Gerhard W. Weber, Shara E. Bailey, Katerina Harvati, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Ian R. Grosse and Philipp Gunz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Benazzi

190 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens

2017 581 citations Stefano Benazzi et al. profile →
Early dispersal of modern humans in Europe and implications for Neanderthal behaviour

2011 320 citations Stefano Benazzi, Katerina Douka et al. profile →
Enamel peptides reveal the sex of the Late Antique ‘Lovers of Modena’

2019 281 citations Federico Lugli, Giulia Di Rocco et al. Scientific Reports profile →
The makers of the Protoaurignacian and implications for Neandertal extinction

2015 136 citations Stefano Benazzi, Sahra Talamo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefano Benazzi Italy	37	2.6k	2.4k	2.0k	509	490	196	4.9k
Timothy G. Bromage United States	38	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	454 0.9×	757 1.5×	174	4.5k
Markus Bastir Spain	38	2.5k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	2.0k 4.0×	527 1.1×	154	4.8k
Katerina Harvati Germany	42	3.5k 1.3×	2.7k 1.1×	2.6k 1.3×	1.3k 2.5×	343 0.7×	175	5.6k
Gerhard W. Weber Austria	28	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 2.1×	267 0.5×	77	3.1k
Tanya M. Smith United States	39	2.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	238 0.5×	547 1.1×	88	3.9k
Shara E. Bailey United States	30	2.3k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	385 0.8×	460 0.9×	85	3.5k
Israël Hershkovitz Israel	41	1.2k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	221 0.4×	413 0.8×	210	5.8k
María Martinón‐Torres Spain	37	3.5k 1.4×	3.0k 1.2×	2.7k 1.3×	568 1.1×	425 0.9×	128	4.3k
Christoph P. E. Zollikofer Switzerland	41	2.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 2.1×	365 0.7×	93	5.1k
Ottmar Kullmer Germany	30	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	213 0.4×	282 0.6×	110	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Benazzi

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Falcucci, Armando, Keiko Kitagawa, Luc Doyon, et al.. (2025). Revisiting the Early Aurignacian in Italy: New insights from Grotta della Cala. Quaternary Science Reviews. 366. 109471–109471. 2 indexed citations

Marciani, Giulia, Morgan Roussel, Simona Arrighi, et al.. (2025). The Uluzzian and Châtelperronian: No Technological Affinity in a Shared Chronological Framework. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 8(1). 3–3. 3 indexed citations

Sciutto, Giorgia, Antonino Vazzana, Stefano Benazzi, et al.. (2025). Non-destructive, portable approach as pre-screening tool for archaeological burnt bones. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 75. 226–236.

Ledogar, Justin A., Stefano Benazzi, Amanda L. Smith, et al.. (2025). Bite force production and the origin of Homo. Royal Society Open Science. 12(4). 241879–241879.

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

Higham, Thomas, Marine Frouin, Katerina Douka, et al.. (2024). Chronometric data and stratigraphic evidence support discontinuity between Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in the Italian Peninsula. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8016–8016. 13 indexed citations

Bortolini, Eugenio, Giulia Marciani, Serena Aneli, et al.. (2024). The Persian plateau served as hub for Homo sapiens after the main out of Africa dispersal. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1882–1882. 11 indexed citations

Sorrentino, Rita, et al.. (2023). Linking the proximal tibiofibular joint to hominid locomotion: A morphometric study of extant species. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 184(2). 7 indexed citations

Malegori, Cristina, Giorgia Sciutto, Paolo Oliveri, et al.. (2023). Near-infrared hyperspectral imaging to map collagen content in prehistoric bones for radiocarbon dating. Communications Chemistry. 6(1). 54–54. 6 indexed citations

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Marciani, Giulia, Serena Aneli, Eugenio Bortolini, et al.. (2022). Genetics and Material Culture Support Repeated Expansions into Paleolithic Eurasia from a Population Hub Out of Africa. Genome Biology and Evolution. 14(4). 24 indexed citations

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Ledogar, Justin A., Sascha Senck, Brian Villmoare, et al.. (2022). Mechanical compensation in the evolution of the early hominin feeding apparatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1977). 20220711–20220711. 5 indexed citations

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Rampelli, Simone, Silvia Turroni, Carolina Mallol, et al.. (2021). Components of a Neanderthal gut microbiome recovered from fecal sediments from El Salt. Communications Biology. 4(1). 169–169. 22 indexed citations

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Binkowski, Marcin, Stefano Benazzi, Antonino Vazzana, et al.. (2021). New hominin teeth from Stajnia Cave, Poland. Journal of Human Evolution. 151. 102929–102929. 3 indexed citations

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Boschin, Francesco, Andrea Columbu, Vincenzo Spagnolo, et al.. (2021). Human occupation continuity in southern Italy towards the end of the Middle Palaeolithic: a palaeoenvironmental perspective from Apulia. Journal of Quaternary Science. 37(2). 204–216. 8 indexed citations

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Picin, Andrea, Mateja Hajdinjak, Stefano Benazzi, et al.. (2020). New perspectives on Neanderthal dispersal and turnover from Stajnia Cave (Poland). Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14778–14778. 18 indexed citations

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Columbu, Andrea, Veronica Chiarini, Christoph Spötl, et al.. (2020). Speleothem record attests to stable environmental conditions during Neanderthal–modern human turnover in southern Italy. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(9). 1188–1195. 38 indexed citations

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Catalano, Giulio, Sara Piciucchi, Francesco Feletti, et al.. (2019). Multi-analytic study of a probable case of fibrous dysplasia (FD) from certosa monumental cemetery (Bologna, Italy). International Journal of Paleopathology. 25. 1–8. 4 indexed citations

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Sano, Katsuhiro, Simona Arrighi, Chiaramaria Stani, et al.. (2019). The earliest evidence for mechanically delivered projectile weapons in Europe. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(10). 1409–1414. 69 indexed citations

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Lugli, Federico, Giulia Di Rocco, Antonino Vazzana, et al.. (2019). Enamel peptides reveal the sex of the Late Antique ‘Lovers of Modena’. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 281 indexed citations breakdown →

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Benazzi, Stefano, et al.. (2010). A symmetric virtual reconstruction of OH5.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 1 indexed citations

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