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Robert G. Franciscus

Professor of Anthropology, University of Iowa
Verified email at uiowa.edu
Cited by 4511

Direct dating of Florisbad hominid

…, NA Spooner, L Taylor, CB Stringer, RG Franciscus… - Nature …, 1996 - iro.uiowa.edu
Africa Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Luminescence South Africa Spectroscopy
archaeological sites Bloemfontein South Africa bones Cenozoic Chordata dates Eutheria Florisbad …

Variation in human nasal height and breadth

RG Franciscus, JC Long - American Journal of Physical …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
It has been suggested that the long‐standing association of variability in the human nasal
index [100 × (nasal breadth)/(nasal height)] with climatic variation is spurious evidence for …

Craniofacial feminization, social tolerance, and the origins of behavioral modernity

RL Cieri, SE Churchill, RG Franciscus… - Current …, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
The past 200,000 years of human cultural evolution have witnessed the persistent establishment
of behaviors involving innovation, planning depth, and abstract and symbolic thought, …

Cervical vertebrae maturation method: poor reproducibility

…, F Qian, SD Marshall, RG Franciscus… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: The cervical vertebrae maturation (CVM) method has been advocated as
a predictor of peak mandibular growth. This method relies on the clinician's ability to …

Cervical vertebrae maturation method morphologic criteria: poor reproducibility

…, SD Marshall, F Qian, N Holton, RG Franciscus… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: The cervical vertebrae maturation (CVM) method has been advocated as
a predictor of peak mandibular growth. A careful review of the literature showed potential …

Development of the curve of Spee

…, M Caspersen, RR Hardinger, RG Franciscus… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Introduction: Ferdinand Graf von Spee is credited with characterizing human occlusal
curvature viewed in the sagittal plane. This naturally occurring phenomenon has clinical …

Nasal morphology and the emergence of Homo erectus

RG Franciscus, E Trinkaus - American Journal of Physical …, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
Modern humans, among extant hominoids, possess a unique projecting, external nose whose
basic structure is reflected in a series of skeletal features including nasal bone convexity, …

The role of verbal interaction during experimental bifacial stone tool manufacture

SS Putt, AD Woods, RG Franciscus - Lithic Technology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Many researchers have hypothesized an analogous, and possibly evolutionary, relationship
between Paleolithic stone tool manufacture and language. This study uses a unique design …

Shanidar 3 Neandertal rib puncture wound and paleolithic weaponry

SE Churchill, RG Franciscus… - Journal of human …, 2009 - Elsevier
Since its discovery and initial description in the 1960s, the penetrating lesion to the left ninth
rib of the Shanidar 3 Neandertal has been a focus for discussion about interpersonal …

Peştera cu Oase 2 and the cranial morphology of early modern Europeans

…, S Constantin, RG Franciscus… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Between 2003 and 2005, the Peştera cu Oase, Romania yielded a largely complete early
modern human cranium, Oase 2, scattered on the surface of a Late Pleistocene hydraulically …