Thomas Wynn

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas Wynn is a scholar working on Anthropology, Social Psychology and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Wynn has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Anthropology, 24 papers in Social Psychology and 21 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Thomas Wynn's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers), Language and cultural evolution (21 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (17 papers). Thomas Wynn is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers), Language and cultural evolution (21 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (17 papers). Thomas Wynn collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Iran. Thomas Wynn's co-authors include Frederick L. Coolidge, William C. McGrew, Karenleigh A. Overmann, J. A. J. Gowlett, Sophie A. de Beaune, R. Adriana Hernández‐Aguilar, Linda F. Marchant, Derek Roe, Mary D. Leakey and Gadi Herzlinger and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Wynn

70 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Intelligence of Later Acheulean Hominids 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 40 80 120
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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.

  1. The Intelligence of Later Acheulean Hominids
    1979 121 citations Thomas Wynn profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Wynn United States 31 1.3k 1.3k 789 657 652 77 3.0k
Dietrich Stout United States 28 1.8k 1.4× 1.6k 1.3× 798 1.0× 997 1.5× 591 0.9× 54 3.6k
Dean Falk United States 37 1.7k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 673 0.9× 926 1.4× 683 1.0× 117 4.4k
Nicholas Toth United States 29 1.3k 1.0× 1.7k 1.4× 377 0.5× 1.2k 1.8× 386 0.6× 56 3.2k
Ralph L. Holloway United States 45 2.0k 1.5× 1.4k 1.1× 582 0.7× 919 1.4× 765 1.2× 96 4.9k
Kathleen R. Gibson United States 16 1.4k 1.1× 403 0.3× 739 0.9× 252 0.4× 1.0k 1.6× 42 3.2k
Kathy Schick United States 23 869 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 246 0.3× 900 1.4× 241 0.4× 47 2.4k
Lambros Malafouris United Kingdom 20 768 0.6× 347 0.3× 288 0.4× 272 0.4× 200 0.3× 45 2.2k
Claudio Tennie Germany 27 1.9k 1.5× 358 0.3× 938 1.2× 161 0.2× 987 1.5× 84 3.2k
Ignacio de la Torre United Kingdom 36 1.1k 0.9× 2.6k 2.1× 259 0.3× 1.7k 2.6× 169 0.3× 127 3.5k
Stephen J. Lycett United Kingdom 42 852 0.6× 2.7k 2.1× 585 0.7× 2.0k 3.1× 87 0.1× 95 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Wynn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wynn, Thomas, Karenleigh A. Overmann, & Lambros Malafouris. (2020). 4E cognition in the Lower Palaeolithic. Adaptive Behavior. 29(2). 99–106. 14 indexed citations
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Coolidge, Frederick L. & Thomas Wynn. (2020). The evolution of working memory. L’Année psychologique. Vol. 120(2). 103–134. 4 indexed citations
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Overmann, Karenleigh A. & Thomas Wynn. (2019). On Tools Making Minds: an Archaeological Perspective on Human Cognitive Evolution. Journal of Cognition and Culture. 19(1-2). 39–58. 21 indexed citations
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Martín, Fernando Diéz, Thomas Wynn, Policarpo Sánchez‐Yustos, et al.. (2019). A faltering origin for the Acheulean? Technological and cognitive implications from FLK West (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania). Quaternary International. 526. 49–66. 25 indexed citations
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Herzlinger, Gadi, Thomas Wynn, & Naama Goren‐Inbar. (2017). Expert cognition in the production sequence of Acheulian cleavers at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel: A lithic and cognitive analysis. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0188337–e0188337. 43 indexed citations
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Wynn, Thomas. (2013). Representing violence in France, 1760-1820. 23(4). vii–vii.
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Wynn, Thomas, R. Adriana Hernández‐Aguilar, Linda F. Marchant, & William C. McGrew. (2011). “An ape's view of the Oldowan” revisited. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 20(5). 181–197. 90 indexed citations
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Overmann, Karenleigh A., Thomas Wynn, & Frederick L. Coolidge. (2011). The prehistory of number concept. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 34(3). 142–144. 6 indexed citations
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Coolidge, Frederick L., Karenleigh A. Overmann, & Thomas Wynn. (2010). Recursion: what is it, who has it, and how did it evolve?. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science. 2(5). 547–554. 17 indexed citations
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Beaune, Sophie A. de, Frederick L. Coolidge, & Thomas Wynn. (2009). Cognitive Archaeology and Human Evolution.. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 185. 90 indexed citations
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Coolidge, Frederick L. & Thomas Wynn. (2006). The effects of the tree-to-ground sleep transition in the evolution of cognition in early Homo. 2006(4). 1–18. 13 indexed citations
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Wynn, Thomas & Frederick L. Coolidge. (2004). The expert Neandertal mind. Journal of Human Evolution. 46(4). 467–487. 168 indexed citations
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Wynn, Thomas & Frederick L. Coolidge. (2003). The role of working memory in the evolution of managed foraging. 2003(2). 1–16. 36 indexed citations
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Wynn, Thomas. (2002). Archaeology and cognitive evolution. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 25(3). 389–402. 266 indexed citations
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Wynn, Thomas, et al.. (1996). Evolution of sex differences in spatial cognition. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 101(S23). 11–42. 23 indexed citations
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Wynn, Thomas. (1985). Piaget, stone tools and the evolution of human intelligence. World Archaeology. 17(1). 32–43. 103 indexed citations
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McBrearty, Sally, et al.. (1981). Mbeya Region Archaeological Survey. 15–32. 4 indexed citations

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