Thomas W. Plummer

3.5k total citations
47 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas W. Plummer is a scholar working on Anthropology, Social Psychology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas W. Plummer has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Anthropology, 24 papers in Social Psychology and 21 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thomas W. Plummer's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (36 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (24 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (20 papers). Thomas W. Plummer is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (36 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (24 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (20 papers). Thomas W. Plummer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Kenya. Thomas W. Plummer's co-authors include Laura C. Bishop, Peter Ditchfıeld, Fritz Hertel, David R. Braun, Richard Potts, Joseph V. Ferraro, James S. Oliver, Larissa Swedell, Jennifer Parkinson and Sally McBrearty and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas W. Plummer

42 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas W. Plummer 1.7k 1.1k 811 645 580 47 2.3k
Laura C. Bishop 1.7k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 734 0.9× 718 1.1× 522 0.9× 51 2.3k
Yonas Beyene 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 895 1.1× 300 0.5× 623 1.1× 32 2.4k
Sileshi Semaw 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 987 1.2× 300 0.5× 590 1.0× 34 2.3k
John Harris 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 812 1.0× 332 0.5× 596 1.0× 49 2.3k
Nicholas Toth 1.7k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 1.3k 1.6× 223 0.3× 652 1.1× 56 3.2k
Kaye E. Reed 1.9k 1.2× 1.8k 1.6× 1.2k 1.5× 988 1.5× 410 0.7× 58 3.2k
J. A. J. Gowlett 1.9k 1.1× 1.6k 1.4× 588 0.7× 318 0.5× 780 1.3× 73 3.0k
Zeresenay Alemseged 1.5k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 488 0.8× 394 0.7× 66 2.3k
Travis Rayne Pickering 3.0k 1.8× 2.0k 1.7× 1.2k 1.5× 836 1.3× 1.6k 2.7× 91 3.9k
Kathy Schick 1.3k 0.8× 900 0.8× 869 1.1× 166 0.3× 472 0.8× 47 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Plummer, Thomas W., Peter Ditchfıeld, Jonathan S. Reeves, et al.. (2025). Selective use of distant stone resources by the earliest Oldowan toolmakers. Science Advances. 11(33). eadu5838–eadu5838.
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Braun, David R., et al.. (2024). Stone selection by wild chimpanzees shares patterns with Oldowan hominins. Journal of Human Evolution. 199. 103625–103625. 3 indexed citations
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Reeves, Jonathan S., et al.. (2021). Ecological perspectives on technological diversity at Kanjera South. Journal of Human Evolution. 158. 103029–103029. 20 indexed citations
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Swedell, Larissa & Thomas W. Plummer. (2019). Social evolution in Plio-Pleistocene hominins: Insights from hamadryas baboons and paleoecology. Journal of Human Evolution. 137. 102667–102667. 25 indexed citations
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Oliver, James S., Thomas W. Plummer, Fritz Hertel, & Laura C. Bishop. (2019). Bovid mortality patterns from Kanjera South, Homa Peninsula, Kenya and FLK-Zinj, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: Evidence for habitat mediated variability in Oldowan hominin hunting and scavenging behavior. Journal of Human Evolution. 131. 61–75. 21 indexed citations
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Forrest, Frances, Thomas W. Plummer, & Ryan L. Raaum. (2017). Ecomorphological analysis of bovid mandibles from Laetoli Tanzania using 3D geometric morphometrics: Implications for hominin paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Journal of Human Evolution. 114. 20–34. 11 indexed citations
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Plummer, Thomas W. & Laura C. Bishop. (2016). Oldowan hominin behavior and ecology at Kanjera South,Kenya.. PubMed. 94. 29–40. 30 indexed citations
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Plummer, Thomas W., Peter Ditchfıeld, Laura C. Bishop, et al.. (2016). Olduvai Gorge paleoecology: a multiproxy approach using bovid ecomorphological, tooth wear, and enamel stable isotopic studies.
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O'brien, Haley, J. Tyler Faith, Kirsten Jenkins, et al.. (2016). Unexpected Convergent Evolution of Nasal Domes between Pleistocene Bovids and Cretaceous Hadrosaur Dinosaurs. Current Biology. 26(4). 503–508. 20 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, Scott A., Thomas W. Plummer, Thure E. Cerling, et al.. (2015). Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene paleoenvironments in southwestern Kenya from carbon isotopes in herbivore tooth enamel. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations
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Plummer, Thomas W., Joseph V. Ferraro, Julien Louys, et al.. (2015). Bovid ecomorphology and hominin paleoenvironments of the Shungura Formation, lower Omo River Valley, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution. 88. 108–126. 25 indexed citations
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Lemorini, Cristina, Thomas W. Plummer, David R. Braun, et al.. (2014). Old stones' song: Use-wear experiments and analysis of the Oldowan quartz and quartzite assemblage from Kanjera South (Kenya). Journal of Human Evolution. 72. 10–25. 140 indexed citations
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Parkinson, Jennifer, Thomas W. Plummer, & Adam Hartstone‐Rose. (2014). Characterizing felid tooth marking and gross bone damage patterns using GIS image analysis: An experimental feeding study with large felids. Journal of Human Evolution. 80. 114–134. 63 indexed citations
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Ferraro, Joseph V., Thomas W. Plummer, Briana Pobiner, et al.. (2013). Earliest Archaeological Evidence of Persistent Hominin Carnivory. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e62174–e62174. 144 indexed citations
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Plummer, Thomas W., Peter Ditchfıeld, Laura C. Bishop, et al.. (2009). Oldest Evidence of Toolmaking Hominins in a Grassland-Dominated Ecosystem. PLoS ONE. 4(9). e7199–e7199. 72 indexed citations
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Plummer, Thomas W.. (2004). Flaked stones and old bones: Biological and cultural evolution at the dawn of technology. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 125(S39). 118–164. 228 indexed citations
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Plummer, Thomas W. & Craig B. Stanford. (2000). Analysis of a bone assemblage made by chimpanzees at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Journal of Human Evolution. 39(3). 345–365. 29 indexed citations
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Plummer, Thomas W., Laura C. Bishop, Peter Ditchfıeld, & Jason F. Hicks. (1999). Research on Late Pliocene Oldowan Sites at Kanjera South, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 36(2). 151–170. 76 indexed citations
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Ditchfıeld, Peter, Jason F. Hicks, Thomas W. Plummer, Laura C. Bishop, & Richard Potts. (1999). Current research on the Late Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits north of Homa Mountain, southwestern Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 36(2). 123–150. 48 indexed citations
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Plummer, Thomas W. & Richard Potts. (1995). Hominid fossil sample from Kanjera, Kenya: Description, provenance, and implications of new and earlier discoveries. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 96(1). 7–23. 9 indexed citations

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