2026 Frederick E. Grine: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	63	2496	2382	1002	928	175	13235

Overview

Frederick E. Grine is a researcher affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their work spans several main fields of study, including Social Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Arts and Humanities. Within these broader areas, the subfields of Anthropology, Archeology, and Paleontology are prominent in their research portfolio.

The research topics covered by Grine focus extensively on subjects related to Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, and evolution and paleontology studies. Additional topics addressed include primate behavior and ecology, morphological variations and asymmetry, craniofacial disorders and treatments, and archaeology related to ancient environmental studies.

Grine has published research in a range of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

Journal of Human Evolution
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Scientific Reports
Science Advances
Archives of Oral Biology

Their recent published papers include:

"Isotopic evidence for the timing of the dietary shift toward C ₄ foods in eastern African Paranthropus" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Dietary trends in herbivores from the Shungura Formation, southwestern Ethiopia" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Cochlear shape distinguishes southern African early hominin taxa with unique auditory ecologies" (2021), Scientific Reports
"An updated analysis of hominin phylogeny with an emphasis on re-evaluating the phylogenetic relationships of Australopithecus sediba" (2023), Journal of Human Evolution
"The taxonomic attribution of African hominin postcrania from the Miocene through the Pleistocene: Associations and assumptions" (2022), Journal of Human Evolution

Frederick E. Grine has collaborated with several frequent co-authors over their career. Notable collaborators include:

Carrie S. Mongle
José Braga
Anton du Plessis
Antoine Balzeau
Brendon K. Billings

Best Publications

Dental microwear texture analysis shows within-species diet variability in fossil hominins

Robert S. Scott;Peter S. Ungar;Torbjorn S. Bergstrom;Christopher A. Brown

642
Citations
Dental evidence for dietary differences in Australopithecus and Paranthropus: a quantitative analysis of permanent molar microwear

Frederick E. Grine

592
Citations
Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa : Preliminary report on the 1992-1999 excavations of the Middle Stone Age levels

C.S. Henshilwood;J.C. Sealy;R. Yates;K. Cruz-Uribe

565
Citations
Evolutionary History of the Robust Australopithecines

Frederick E. Grine

428
Citations
A reappraisal of early hominid phylogeny

David S. Strait;Frederick E. Grine;Marc A. Moniz

423
Citations
Trophic differences between 'gracile' and 'robust' Australopithecines: A scanning electron microscope analysis of occlusal events

F.E. Grine

401
Citations
Fossil Homo femur from Berg Aukas, northern Namibia

F. E. Grine;W. L. Jungers;P. V. Tobias;O. M. Pearson

363
Citations
Inferring hominoid and early hominid phylogeny using craniodental characters: the role of fossil taxa.

David S. Strait;Frederick E. Grine

325
Citations
Diet of Paranthropus boisei in the early Pleistocene of East Africa

Thure E. Cerling;Emma Mbua;Francis M. Kirera;Fredrick Kyalo Manthi

306
Citations
Isotopic evidence of early hominin diets

Matt Sponheimer;Zeresenay Alemseged;Thure E. Cerling;Frederick E. Grine

306
Citations
Dental Microwear and Diet of the Plio-Pleistocene Hominin Paranthropus boisei

Peter S. Ungar;Frederick E. Grine;Frederick E. Grine;Mark F. Teaford

304
Citations
Diet in early Homo : A review of the evidence and a new model of adaptive versatility

Peter S. Ungar;Frederick E. Grine;Mark F. Teaford

294
Citations
Early hominid diets from quantitative image analysis of dental microwear

Frederick E. Grine;Richard F. Kay

285
Citations
Stable isotope-based diet reconstructions of Turkana Basin hominins

Thure E. Cerling;Fredrick Kyalo Manthi;Emma N. Mbua;Louise N. Leakey

274
Citations
Cosmopolitanism among Gondwanan Late Cretaceous mammals

David W. Krause;G. V. R. Prasad;Wighart von Koenigswald;Ashok Sahni

273
Citations
The First Humans – Origin and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo

Frederick E. Grine;John G. Fleagle;Richard E. Leakey

210
Citations
Enamel Thickness and Development in Australopithecus and Paranthropus

Frederick E. Grine;Lawrence B. Martin

204
Citations
Error rates in dental microwear quantification using scanning electron microscopy.

Frederick E. Grine;P. S. Ungar;M. F. Teaford

194
Citations
Late Pleistocene Human Skull from Hofmeyr, South Africa, and Modern Human Origins

F. E. Grine;R. M. Bailey;K. Harvati;R. P. Nathan

190
Citations
Compact bone distribution and biomechanics of early hominid mandibles.

D. J. Daegling;F. E. Grine

187
Citations
Enamel thickness of deciduous and permanent molars in modern Homo sapiens.

F.E. Grine

184
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter S. Ungar University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Mark F. Teaford RMIT University

John G. Fleagle Stony Brook University

Matt Sponheimer University of Colorado Boulder

Meave G. Leakey Stony Brook University

William L. Jungers Stony Brook University

Julia A. Lee-Thorp University of Oxford

Jean-Jacques Hublin Collège de France

Matthew M. Skinner Max Planck Society

Thure E. Cerling University of Utah

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