J. Michael Plavcan
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Also affiliated: State University of New York (1999); SUNY Old Westbury (1995–2002); Max Planck Society (2014); Duke University (1987–1999); Morpho (United States) (1993); The Ohio State University at Mansfield (2002); New York Institute of Technology (1997–1999); York University (1995–2002); Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (2014); Duke Medical Center (1987–1993); Fayetteville Public Library (2024); Duke University Hospital (1988–1993); Institute of Seismology (2001); The Ohio State University (2002); University of Cincinnati (1993–1994)
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J. Michael Plavcan's research investigates primate evolution, focusing on functional morphology, sexual selection, and the interpretation of fossil evidence. His work often examines skeletal features related to diet and locomotion, contributing to our understanding of primate adaptation and diversification. Recent publications explore the circumorbital region in colobine monkeys, analyzing size variation in relation to oral processing and sexual selection. He has also investigated primate canine microwear to infer ingestive behaviors and examined enthesis size and hand preference, contrasting human asymmetry with nonhuman primate symmetry.
Plavcan's contributions extend to paleoanthropology, with research on hominin fossil discoveries. He has published on isolated hominin canine teeth and has been involved in corrigenda for studies on *Australopithecus anamensis* fossils from Kenya. His scholarly output is reflected in a high h-index of 41 and over 5,600 citations, indicating significant impact within his field. He leads a research group at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and collaborates with colleagues such as Lucas K. Delezene and Peter S. Ungar.
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- h-index: 41
- Publications: 99
- Citations: 5,307
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 <i>Colobus</i> and <i>Piliocolobus</i> (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)
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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]
- Additional isolated hominin canine tooth from Kanapoi, Kenya
- Corrigendum to “New fossils of Australopithecus anamensis from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya (2012–2015)” [Journal of Human Evolution 140 (2020) 102368]
- Additional isolated hominin canine tooth from Kanapoi, Kenya
- 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
- Oral processing, sexual selection, and size variation in the circumorbital region of <i>Colobus</i> and <i>Piliocolobus</i>
- Oral processing, sexual selection, and size variation in the circumorbital region of <i>Colobus</i> and <i>Piliocolobus</i>
- Oral processing, sexual selection, and size variation in the circumorbital region of <i>Colobus</i> and <i>Piliocolobus</i>
- Stubby versus stabby: A preliminary analysis of canine microwear in primates: Implication for inferring ingestive behaviors
- Stubby versus stabby: A preliminary analysis of canine microwear in primates: Implication for inferring ingestive behaviors
- 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
- Enthesis Size and Hand Preference: Asymmetry in Humans Contrasts With Symmetry in Nonhuman Primates