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Robin Dennell publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robin Dennell sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 157 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Robin Dennell D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robin Dennell sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Robin Dennell is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans across Social Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Arts and Humanities, with notable subfields in Anthropology, Paleontology, Archeology, Social Psychology, and Atmospheric Science. The work broadly addresses topics related to Pleistocene-Era hominins and archaeology, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, primate behavior and ecology, evolution and paleontology studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, and Pacific and Southeast Asian studies.

Dennell has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, including:

  • A demographic history of Late Pleistocene China, 2020, Quaternary International
  • Mid-Pleistocene aridity and landscape shifts promoted Palearctic hominin dispersals, 2024, Nature Communications
  • 300,000-year-old wooden tools from Gantangqing, southwest China, 2021, Research Square (Research Square)
  • Geoarchaeology in India in the 21st Century: an Outsider's Perspective, 2021, Geological Society London Special Publications
  • 300,000-year-old wooden tools from Gantangqing, southwest China, 2025, Science

Frequent co-authors in their works include Xing Gao, Qijun Ruan, Junyi Ge, Yong-Jiang Huang, and Shufeng Li. Dennell has published in a variety of venues, including Nature Communications, Quaternary International, Research Square, Geological Society London Special Publications, and Science.

The main themes of their research involve examining the demographic history and dispersal patterns of ancient human populations, as well as exploring material culture such as wooden tools dating back hundreds of thousands of years. Their work often intersects with environmental and landscape studies relevant to understanding ancient human ecology and behavior.

Dennell was recognized as a Member of the Academia Europaea in 2014, indicating a formal acknowledgment within the academic community for their scientific contributions.

Best Publications

  • Hominid Use of Fire in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene: A Review of the Evidence [and Comments and Replies]

    Steven R. James;R. W. Dennell;Allan S. Gilbert;Henry T. Lewis

  • Did our species evolve in subdivided populations across Africa, and why does it matter?

    Eleanor M.L. Scerri;Eleanor M.L. Scerri;Mark G. Thomas;Andrea Manica;Philipp Gunz

  • An Asian perspective on early human dispersal from Africa

    Robin Dennell;Wil Roebroeks

  • Dispersal and colonisation, long and short chronologies: how continuous is the Early Pleistocene record for hominids outside East Africa?

    Robin Dennell

  • Hominin variability, climatic instability and population demography in Middle Pleistocene Europe

    Robin Dennell;María Martinón-Torres;José María Bermúdez de Castro

  • The paleolithic settlement of Asia

    Robin Dennell

  • Hominin occupation of the Chinese Loess Plateau since about 2.1 million years ago

    Zhaoyu Zhu;Robin Dennell;Weiwen Huang;Yi Wu

  • Human dispersal across diverse environments of Asia during the Upper Pleistocene

    Nicole Boivin;Dorian Q. Fuller;Robin Dennell;Robin G. Allaby

  • Dense Forests, cold Steppes and the palaeolithic Settlement of Northern Europe

    Wil Roebroeks;Nicholas J. Conard;Thijs van Kolfschoten;R. W. Dennell

  • The earliest colonization of Europe : the short chronology revisited

    Robin Dennell;Wil Roebroeks

  • Early Tool-Making in Asia : Two-Million-Year-Old-Artefacts in Pakistan

    R.W. Dennell;H. Rendell;E. Hailwood

  • European Economic Prehistory: A New Approach

    Robin Dennell

  • Hominid evolution and community ecology: Edited by R. Foley. 1984. 296 pp., tables, figures. New York: Academic Press (Studies in Archaeology Series). $37.50. ISBN 0 12 261920 X

    Robin Dennell

  • Recent Excavations at Nahal Oren, Israel

    Tamar Noy;A. J. Legge;E. S. Higgs;R. W. Dennell

  • The Economic Importance of Plant Resources Represented on Archaeological Sites

    Robin W. Dennell

  • Discontinuity in the record for hominin occupation in south-western Europe: Implications for occupation of the middle latitudes of Europe

    Katharine MacDonald;María Martinón-Torres;Robin W. Dennell;José María Bermúdez de Castro

  • New dating of the Homo erectus cranium from Lantian (Gongwangling), China

    Zhao-Yu Zhu;Robin Dennell;Wei-Wen Huang;Yi Wu

  • The dispersal of Homo sapiens across southern Asia: how early, how often, how complex?

    Robin Dennell;Michael D. Petraglia

  • Book reviewPlants and ancient man: Edited by W. van Zeist and W. A. Casparie. 1984. viii + 344 pp., figures., tables, maps. Rotterdam: Balkema (Proceedings 6th Symposium of International Work Group for Paleoethnobotany, Groningen). £18.00. ISBN 90 6191 528 7

    Robin Dennell

  • Dated Lower Palaeolithic Artefacts From Northern Pakistan

    H. Rendell;R. W. Dennell

  • Predators and scavengers in Early Pleistocene southern Asia

    R.W. Dennell;R. Coard;A. Turner

  • The Hunter–Gatherer/Agricultural Frontier in Prehistoric Temperate Europe

    Robin W. Dennell

  • Botanical evidence for prehistoric crop processing activities

    R.W. Dennell

  • Book reviewAncestors: The hard evidence: Edited by E. Delson. 1985. xii + 366 pp., tables, figures, 16 plates. New York: Alan Liss Inc. £38.00. ISBN 0 8451 0249 4

    Robin Dennell

  • Did our species evolve in subdivided populations across Africa, and Why does it matter?

    Eleanor M.L. Scerri;Mark G. Thomas;Andrea Manica;Philipp Gunz

Frequent Co-Authors

María Martinón-Torres
María Martinón-Torres University College London
José María Bermúdez de Castro
José María Bermúdez de Castro University College London
Michael D. Petraglia
Michael D. Petraglia Griffith University
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin University of Cambridge
Huw S. Groucutt
Huw S. Groucutt Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Lounès Chikhi
Lounès Chikhi Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Mark G. Thomas
Mark G. Thomas University College London
Peter B deMenocal
Peter B deMenocal Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Axel Timmermann
Axel Timmermann Pusan National University
Nicholas Drake
Nicholas Drake King's College London

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