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Shannon P. McPherron

Shannon P. McPherron

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
52
Citations
10116
World Ranking
2455
National Ranking
70

Overview

Shannon P. McPherron is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has made contributions across several interrelated research fields, primarily within social sciences and earth and planetary sciences. Their scholarly work extensively covers anthropology, paleontology, archaeology, social psychology, and genetics.

Their research focuses on key topics that include Pleistocene-Era hominins and archaeology, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, primate behavior and ecology, forensic and genetic research, archaeology and rock art studies, and evolution and paleontology studies.

McPherron has frequently published in notable venues, including:

  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • Nature
  • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Their recent papers are as follows:

  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria (2020, Nature)
  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry (2021, Nature)
  • A 14C chronology for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition at Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago (2024, Nature)
  • Ancient human DNA recovered from a Palaeolithic pendant (2023, Nature)

Collaborative efforts have been a notable aspect of McPherron's work, with frequent co-authors including Jean-Jacques Hublin, Geoffrey M. Smith, Frido Welker, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot, and Željko Režek. These partnerships reflect a multidisciplinary approach combining expertise across archaeology and paleoanthropology.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for stone-tool-assisted consumption of animal tissues before 3.39 million years ago at Dikika, Ethiopia

    Shannon P. McPherron;Zeresenay Alemseged;Curtis W. Marean;Jonathan G. Wynn

  • The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age

    Daniel Richter;Rainer Grün;Rainer Grün;Renaud Joannes-Boyau;Renaud Joannes-Boyau;Teresa E. Steele

  • Additional evidence on the use of personal ornaments in the Middle Paleolithic of North Africa

    Francesco d'Errico;Marian Vanhaeren;Nick Barton;Abdeljalil Bouzouggar

  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria

    Jean Jacques Hublin;Jean Jacques Hublin;Nikolay Sirakov;Vera Aldeias;Shara Bailey;Shara Bailey

  • Neandertals made the first specialized bone tools in Europe

    Marie Soressi;Shannon P. McPherron;Michel Lenoir;Tamara Dogandzic

  • Handaxes as a Measure of the Mental Capabilities of Early Hominids

    Shannon Patrick McPherron

  • Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry.

    Mateja Hajdinjak;Mateja Hajdinjak;Fabrizio Mafessoni;Laurits Skov;Benjamin Vernot

  • Testing the Reality of a “Living Floor” with Archaeological Data

    Harold L. Dibble;Philip G. Chase;Shannon P. McPherron;Alain Tuffreau

  • Earliest known Oldowan artifacts at >2.58 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia, highlight early technological diversity

    David R. Braun;David R. Braun;Vera Aldeias;William Benjamin Dean Sipho Archer;J Ramon Arrowsmith

  • Early Stone Tools and Cultural Transmission: Resetting the Null Hypothesis

    Claudio Tennie;Lukas S. Premo;David R. Braun;Shannon P. McPherron

  • The Missing Mousterian

    Harold L. Dibble;Shannon P. McPherron

  • The handaxe reloaded: A morphometric reassessment of Acheulian and Middle Paleolithic handaxes

    Radu Iovita;Shannon P. McPherron

  • Strontium isotope evidence for migration in late Pleistocene Rangifer: Implications for Neanderthal hunting strategies at the Middle Palaeolithic site of Jonzac, France

    Kate Britton;Vaughan Grimes;Laura Niven;Teresa E. Steele

  • How heat alters underlying deposits and implications for archaeological fire features: A controlled experiment

    Vera Aldeias;Harold L. Dibble;Dennis Sandgathe;Paul Goldberg;Paul Goldberg;Paul Goldberg

  • Major fallacies surrounding stone artifacts and assemblages

    Harold L. Dibble;Harold L. Dibble;Harold L. Dibble;Simon J. Holdaway;Simon J. Holdaway;Sam C. Lin;David R. Braun;David R. Braun

  • The Island Test for Cumulative Culture in the Paleolithic

    Claudio Tennie;David R. Braun;L. S. Premo;Shannon P. McPherron

  • Isotopic dietary analysis of a Neanderthal and associated fauna from the site of Jonzac (Charente-Maritime), France.

    M.P. Richards;G. Taylor;T. Steele;T. Steele;S.P. Mcpherron

  • New evidence on Neandertal use of fire: Examples from Roc de Marsal and Pech de l’Azé IV

    Paul Goldberg;Harold L Dibble;Francesco Berna;Dennis Sandgathe

  • Neandertal mobility and large-game hunting: The exploitation of reindeer during the Quina Mousterian at Chez-Pinaud Jonzac (Charente-Maritime, France)

    Laura Niven;Teresa E. Steele;William Rendu;Jean-Baptiste Mallye;Jean-Baptiste Mallye

  • Evidence for Neandertal use of fire at Roc de Marsal (France)

    Vera Aldeias;Paul Goldberg;Dennis M Sandgathe;Dennis M Sandgathe;Francesco Berna

  • A 14C chronology for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition at Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria

    Helen Fewlass;Sahra Talamo;Sahra Talamo;Lukas Wacker;Bernd Kromer;Bernd Kromer

  • Timing of the appearance of habitual fire use

    Dennis M. Sandgathe;Harold L. Dibble;Paul Goldberg;Shannon P. McPherron

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Goldberg
Paul Goldberg Boston University
Jean-Jacques Hublin
Jean-Jacques Hublin Collège de France
David R. Braun
David R. Braun George Washington University
Daniel Richter
Daniel Richter Duke University
Curtis W. Marean
Curtis W. Marean Arizona State University
Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons
Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons Max Planck Society
Norbert Mercier
Norbert Mercier University of Bordeaux
Denis Geraads
Denis Geraads Sorbonne University
Peter Ditchfield
Peter Ditchfield University of Oxford
Jonathan G. Wynn
Jonathan G. Wynn National Science Foundation

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