J. Michael Plavcan
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Department Chair
Also affiliated: Max Planck Society (2014); Duke University (1987–1999); The Ohio State University at Mansfield (2002); New York Institute of Technology (1998–1999); Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (2014); Duke Medical Center (1987–1993); Duke Lemur Center (1999); The Ohio State University (2002); Stony Brook University (1999); University of Cincinnati (1993–1994)
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
J. Michael Plavcan's research focuses on sexual dimorphism in primates, particularly its relationship with intrasexual competition and canine size. His work investigates how male-male competition influences the evolution of physical traits such as body weight and canine dimorphism across anthropoid primates and New World monkeys.
His publications explore these themes, examining the interplay between sexual selection, competition, and the development of specific physical characteristics. Plavcan also considers how primate sexual dimorphism can be used to interpret hominid behavior. He holds a high-impact researcher designation and has a significant publication and citation record, with an h-index of 40 and over 5,000 citations from 97 publications.
Plavcan leads a research group at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and collaborates with several faculty members within the university, including Lucas K. Delezene, Lucyna A. Bowland, Lesley H. Eason, and Peter S. Ungar.
Metrics
- h-index: 40
- Publications: 97
- Citations: 5,180
Positions
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Department Chair publications 2001–2025University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Institution web page
Selected Publications
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Enthesis Size and Hand Preference: Asymmetry in Humans Contrasts With Symmetry in Nonhuman Primates (2025)
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Additional isolated hominin canine tooth from Kanapoi, Kenya (2024)
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Stubby versus stabby: A preliminary analysis of canine microwear in primates: Implication for inferring ingestive behaviors (2024)
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The 50th anniversary of JHE (2022)
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Corrigendum to “New fossils of Australopithecus anamensis from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya (2012–2015)” [Journal of Human Evolution 140 (2020) 102368] (2022)
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Oral processing, sexual selection, and size variation in the circumorbital region of Colobus and Piliocolobus (2021)
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Editorial note: “Reflections on the history and legacy of scientific racism in South African paleoanthropology and beyond” (2020)
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Introduction to special issue Kanapoi: Paleobiology of a Pliocene site in Kenya (2020)
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The ecology of Australopithecus anamensis in the early Pliocene of Kanapoi, Kenya (2020)
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Cercopithecid fossils from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya (2007–2015) (2020)
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A late Miocene hominid partial pelvis from Hungary (2019)
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A diminutive Pliocene guenon from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya (2019)
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Late Middle Pleistocene Elephants from Natodomeri, Kenya and the Disappearance of Elephas (Proboscidea, Mammalia) in Africa (2019)
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Allometry and body size (2018)
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Sexual Dimorphism in Hominin Ancestors (2018)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
- Early Pleistocene third metacarpal from Kenya and the evolution of modern human-like hand morphology
- Anterior dental evolution in the Australopithecus anamensis–afarensis lineage
- Associated ilium and femur from Koobi Fora, Kenya, and postcranial diversity in early Homo
- New fossils of Australopithecus anamensis from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya (2003–2008)
- New hominin fossils from Kanapoi, Kenya, and the mosaic evolution of canine teeth in early hominins
Showing 5 of 23 shared publications
- Early Pleistocene third metacarpal from Kenya and the evolution of modern human-like hand morphology
- Anterior dental evolution in the Australopithecus anamensis–afarensis lineage
- New fossils of Australopithecus anamensis from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya (2003–2008)
- New hominin fossils from Kanapoi, Kenya, and the mosaic evolution of canine teeth in early hominins
- Dental microwear and Pliocene paleocommunity ecology of bovids, primates, rodents, and suids at Kanapoi
Showing 5 of 15 shared publications
- Associated ilium and femur from Koobi Fora, Kenya, and postcranial diversity in early Homo
- Determinants of Iliac Blade Orientation in Anthropoid Primates
- A validated method for modeling anthropoid hip abduction in silico
- A late Miocene hominid partial pelvis from Hungary
- Precision and accuracy of acetabular size measures in fragmentary hominin pelves obtained using sphere‐fitting techniques
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
- Early Pleistocene third metacarpal from Kenya and the evolution of modern human-like hand morphology
- Late Middle Pleistocene Elephants from Natodomeri, Kenya and the Disappearance of Elephas (Proboscidea, Mammalia) in Africa
- A 750,000 year old hominin molar from the site of Nadung'a, West Turkana, Kenya
- Dental microwear and Pliocene paleocommunity ecology of bovids, primates, rodents, and suids at Kanapoi
- Stubby versus stabby: A preliminary analysis of canine microwear in primates: Implication for inferring ingestive behaviors
- Enthesis Size and Hand Preference: Asymmetry in Humans Contrasts With Symmetry in Nonhuman Primates
- Reconstructing Behavior in the Primate Fossil Record
- Seasonality, social organization, and sexual dimorphism in primates
- Seasonality, social organization, and sexual dimorphism in primates
- Oral processing, sexual selection, and size variation in the circumorbital region of Colobus and Piliocolobus
- The enigmatic molar from Gondolin, South Africa: Implications for Paranthropus paleobiology
- Sex at Sterkfontein: ‘Mrs. Ples’ is still an adult female
- Interspecific and intraspecific relationships between tooth size and jaw size in primates
- Oral processing, sexual selection, and size variation in the circumorbital region of Colobus and Piliocolobus
- Dental microwear and Pliocene paleocommunity ecology of bovids, primates, rodents, and suids at Kanapoi
- Stubby versus stabby: A preliminary analysis of canine microwear in primates: Implication for inferring ingestive behaviors
- Reconstructing Behavior in the Primate Fossil Record
- A diminutive Pliocene guenon from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya
- Sex at Sterkfontein: ‘Mrs. Ples’ is still an adult female
- Sex at Sterkfontein: ‘Mrs. Ples’ is still an adult female
- Associated ilium and femur from Koobi Fora, Kenya, and postcranial diversity in early Homo
- Associated ilium and femur from Koobi Fora, Kenya, and postcranial diversity in early Homo
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