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Michel Brunet is affiliated with the University of Poitiers in France and specializes in social sciences with a focus on anthropology, paleontology, archaeology, and social psychology. Their research primarily covers the study of Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, evolution and paleontology studies, primate behavior and ecology, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, as well as archaeology and rock art.

Their recent publications illustrate a broad engagement with both human evolution and paleontological discoveries. These include:

  • A NEW LAGOMORPH FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF CHAD (CENTRAL AFRICA), 2021, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Frontal sinuses and human evolution, 2022, Science Advances
  • Sahelanthropus tchadensis dit " Toumaï ": le plus ancien membre connu de notre tribu, 2020, Bulletin de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine
  • Paléontologie humaine (2008-2011), 2020, L'annuaire du Collège de France
  • Paléontologie humaine (2008-2011), 2022, L'annuaire du Collège de France

Brunet collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, highlighting cooperative efforts across related fields. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Antoine Balzeau
  • Lou Albessard-Ball
  • Anna Maria Kubicka
  • Amélie Beaudet
  • Elena Santos

The main venues for their published work reflect a multidisciplinary approach, involving contributions to journals and collections centered on palaeontology and anthropology:

  • L'annuaire du Collège de France
  • Science Advances
  • Bulletin de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine
  • Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris

The scientist's work contributes to understanding early human evolution with a particular emphasis on fossil records and anatomical studies, including investigations into ancient species such as Sahelanthropus tchadensis. Their research spans both human and non-human paleontological subjects, intersecting ecological and behavioral perspectives within primate studies.

Brunet's field of study integrates anthropology and archaeology with paleontological data to examine evolutionary biology and ancient human relatives. This interdisciplinary approach supports studies in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, aligning with their interest in both human history and environmental contexts through time.

Best Publications

  • A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa

    Michel Brunet;Franck Guy;Franck Guy;David Pilbeam;Hassane Taisso Mackaye

  • Tectonic Uplift and Eastern Africa Aridification

    Pierre Sepulchre;Gilles Ramstein;Frédéric Fluteau;Mathieu Schuster

  • Geology and palaeontology of the Upper Miocene Toros-Menalla hominid locality, Chad

    Patrick Vignaud;Philippe Duringer;Hassane Taïsso Mackaye;Andossa Likius;Andossa Likius

  • Virtual cranial reconstruction of Sahelanthropus tchadensis

    Christoph P. E. Zollikofer;Marcia Ponce de Leon;Daniel Eric Lieberman;Franck Guy;Franck Guy

  • The first australopithecine 2,500 kilometres west of the Rift Valley (Chad)

    Michel Brunet;Alain Beauvilain;Yves Coppens;Emile Heintz

  • The age of the Sahara desert.

    Mathieu Schuster;Mathieu Schuster;Philippe Duringer;Jean-François Ghienne;Patrick Vignaud

  • New material of the earliest hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad

    Michel Brunet;Franck Guy;Franck Guy;David Pilbeam;Daniel Eric Lieberman

  • Macrovertebrate paleontology and the pliocene habitat of ardipithecus ramidus

    Tim D. White;Stanley H. Ambrose;Gen Suwa;Denise F. Su

  • Cosmogenic nuclide dating of Sahelanthropus tchadensis and Australopithecus bahrelghazali: Mio-Pliocene hominids from Chad.

    Anne-Elisabeth Lebatard;Didier L. Bourlès;Philippe Duringer;Marc Jolivet

  • The Late Miocene paleoenvironment of Afghanistan as inferred from dental microwear in artiodactyls

    Gildas Merceron;Cécile Blondel;Michel Brunet;Sevket Sen

  • Australopithecus bahrelghazali, une nouvelle espèce d'Hominidé ancien de la région de Koro Toro (Tchad)

    M Brunet;A Beauvilain;Y Coppens;E Heintz

  • Holocene Lake Mega-Chad palaeoshorelines from space

    Mathieu Schuster;Claude Roquin;Philippe Duringer;Michel Brunet

  • Herbivore paleodiet and paleoenvironmental changes in Chad during the Pliocene using stable isotope ratios of tooth enamel carbonate

    Antoine Zazzo;Hervé Bocherens;Michel Brunet;Alain Beauvilain

  • Isotopic evidence for an early shift to C₄ resources by Pliocene hominins in Chad.

    Julia Lee-Thorp;Andossa Likius;Hassane T. Mackaye;Patrick Vignaud

  • Chad: discovery of a vertebrate fauna close to the Mio-Pliocene boundary

    Michel Brunet

  • Morphological affinities of the Sahelanthropus tchadensis (Late Miocene hominid from Chad) cranium.

    Franck Guy;Daniel Eric Lieberman;David Pilbeam;Marcia Ponce de Leon

  • Late middle Eocene epoch of Libya yields earliest known radiation of African anthropoids

    Jean-Jacques Jaeger;K Christopher Beard;Yaowalak Chaimanee;Mustafa Salem

  • Diets of modern and late Miocene hippopotamids: Evidence from carbon isotope composition and micro-wear of tooth enamel

    Jean-Renaud Boisserie;Jean-Renaud Boisserie;Antoine Zazzo;Gildas Merceron;Gildas Merceron;Cécile Blondel

  • Application of the authigenic 10Be/9Be dating method to continental sediments: Reconstruction of the Mio-Pleistocene sedimentary sequence in the early hominid fossiliferous areas of the northern Chad Basin

    Anne-Elisabeth Lebatard;Didier L. Bourlès;Regis Braucher;Maurice Arnold

  • The Holocene giant Lake Chad revealed by digital elevation models

    Jean-François Ghienne;Mathieu Schuster;Armelle Bernard;Philippe Duringer

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Vignaud
Patrick Vignaud University of Poitiers
Mathieu Schuster
Mathieu Schuster University of Strasbourg
David Pilbeam
David Pilbeam Harvard University
Denis Geraads
Denis Geraads Sorbonne University
Jean-Jacques Jaeger
Jean-Jacques Jaeger University of Poitiers
Jean-François Ghienne
Jean-François Ghienne University of Strasbourg
Yaowalak Chaimanee
Yaowalak Chaimanee University of Poitiers
Hervé Bocherens
Hervé Bocherens University of Tübingen
Philippe Duringer
Philippe Duringer University of Strasbourg
Antoine Zazzo
Antoine Zazzo French National Museum of Natural History

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