Thomas C. Prang

483 total citations
20 papers, 290 citations indexed

About

Thomas C. Prang is a scholar working on Paleontology, Social Psychology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas C. Prang has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 290 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Paleontology, 13 papers in Social Psychology and 13 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Thomas C. Prang's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (15 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (12 papers). Thomas C. Prang is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (15 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (12 papers). Thomas C. Prang collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Thomas C. Prang's co-authors include Scott A. Williams, Mark Grabowski, Gabrielle A. Russo, Jeremy M. DeSilva, Corey M. Gill, Zeresenay Alemseged, Miriam A. Bredella, Marc R. Meyer, Daniel L. Gebo and Nathan M. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Scientific Reports and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Thomas C. Prang

16 papers receiving 282 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas C. Prang United States 11 178 153 149 60 46 20 290
Kristi Lewton United States 11 134 0.8× 126 0.8× 88 0.6× 119 2.0× 66 1.4× 23 374
Elizabeth H. Harmon United States 7 192 1.1× 166 1.1× 197 1.3× 70 1.2× 51 1.1× 7 323
Habiba Chirchir United States 11 127 0.7× 107 0.7× 130 0.9× 89 1.5× 32 0.7× 22 332
Zewdi J. Tsegai Germany 8 181 1.0× 129 0.8× 144 1.0× 123 2.0× 24 0.5× 16 404
Ameline Bardo United Kingdom 11 187 1.1× 91 0.6× 129 0.9× 79 1.3× 15 0.3× 21 310
Juliet McClymont United Kingdom 12 109 0.6× 141 0.9× 176 1.2× 39 0.7× 40 0.9× 17 382
Michelle S.M. Drapeau Canada 11 216 1.2× 227 1.5× 268 1.8× 100 1.7× 54 1.2× 18 449
Carrie S. Mongle United States 11 90 0.5× 157 1.0× 150 1.0× 55 0.9× 43 0.9× 30 319
Guillaume Daver France 9 160 0.9× 139 0.9× 165 1.1× 32 0.5× 30 0.7× 19 318
Andrew S. Deane United States 13 319 1.8× 269 1.8× 241 1.6× 67 1.1× 81 1.8× 35 593

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Prang, Thomas C., Matthew W. Tocheri, Biren A. Patel, Scott A. Williams, & Caley M. Orr. (2025). Ardipithecus ramidus ankle provides evidence for African ape-like vertical climbing in the earliest hominins. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1454–1454.
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Haile‐Selassie, Yohannes, Gary T. Schwartz, Thomas C. Prang, et al.. (2025). New finds shed light on diet and locomotion in Australopithecus deyiremeda. Nature. 648(8094). 640–648.
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Williams, Scott A., et al.. (2025). A three-dimensional geometric morphometric study of Miocene ape lumbar vertebrae, with implications for hominoid locomotor evolution. Journal of Human Evolution. 201. 103650–103650.
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Russo, Gabrielle A., et al.. (2024). An ape partial postcranial skeleton (KNM-NP 64631) from the Middle Miocene of Napudet, northern Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 192. 103519–103519. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, Scott A., Thomas C. Prang, Gabrielle A. Russo, Nathan M. Young, & Daniel L. Gebo. (2023). African apes and the evolutionary history of orthogrady and bipedalism. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 181(S76). 58–80. 19 indexed citations
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Prang, Thomas C.. (2023). The relative size of the calcaneal tuber reflects heel strike plantigrady in African apes and humans. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 183(2). e24865–e24865.
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Prang, Thomas C. & Matthew W. Tocheri. (2022). Ecological divergence and calcaneal‐cuboid morphology in gorillas. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 183(3). 3 indexed citations
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Williams, Scott A., et al.. (2022). Inferring lumbar lordosis in Neandertals and other hominins. PNAS Nexus. 1(1). pgab005–pgab005. 5 indexed citations
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Williams, Scott A., Thomas C. Prang, Marc R. Meyer, et al.. (2021). New fossils of Australopithecus sediba reveal a nearly complete lower back. Library Open Repository (Universidad Complutense Madrid). 4 indexed citations
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Prabhat, Anjali M., et al.. (2021). Homoplasy in the evolution of modern human-like joint proportions in Australopithecus afarensis. eLife. 10. 12 indexed citations
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Prang, Thomas C., et al.. (2021). Ardipithecushand provides evidence that humans and chimpanzees evolved from an ancestor with suspensory adaptations. Science Advances. 7(9). 43 indexed citations
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Williams, Scott A., Thomas C. Prang, Marc R. Meyer, Gabrielle A. Russo, & Liza J. Shapiro. (2020). Reevaluating bipedalism in Danuvius. Nature. 586(7827). E1–E3. 19 indexed citations
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DeSilva, Jeremy M., Corey M. Gill, Thomas C. Prang, Miriam A. Bredella, & Zeresenay Alemseged. (2018). A nearly complete foot from Dikika, Ethiopia and its implications for the ontogeny and function of Australopithecus afarensis. Science Advances. 4(7). eaar7723–eaar7723. 27 indexed citations
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Harcourt‐Smith, William E. H., Kimberly A. Congdon, Bernhard Zipfel, et al.. (2016). Homo naledi strides again: preliminary reconstructions of an extinct hominin’s gait. CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa). 159. 314–314. 1 indexed citations
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Prang, Thomas C.. (2016). Reevaluating the functional implications of Australopithecus afarensis navicular morphology. Journal of Human Evolution. 97. 73–85. 12 indexed citations
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Prang, Thomas C.. (2016). Conarticular congruence of the hominoid subtalar joint complex with implications for joint function in Plio‐Pleistocene hominins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 160(3). 446–457. 16 indexed citations
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Prang, Thomas C.. (2015). Rearfoot posture of Australopithecus sediba and the evolution of the hominin longitudinal arch. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 17677–17677. 26 indexed citations
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Prang, Thomas C.. (2015). The subtalar joint complex of Australopithecus sediba. Journal of Human Evolution. 90. 105–119. 33 indexed citations
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Prang, Thomas C.. (2014). Calcaneal robusticity in Plio-Pleistocene hominins: Implications for locomotor diversity and phylogeny. Journal of Human Evolution. 80. 135–146. 36 indexed citations

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