Robert Foley

12.6k citations
132 papers · 7.9k · 4 hit papers · h-index 36

Impact in

  • Paleontology top 0.5%
    • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Archeology top 0.5%
    • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Papers in

    • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology 48
    • Evolution and Paleontology Studies 30
    • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies 8

Robert Foley

127 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Robert Foley's Hit Papers

Developmental plasticity and human health 2004 · 1.4k citations
1.4k0+13+26Years since publication4008001.2k

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Robert Foley
Comparison fields: 5 of 188
  • Paleontology 1.9k
  • Archeology 279
  • Anthropology 2.3k
  • Developmental Biology 341
  • Archeology 1.2k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Robert Foley, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Developmental plasticity and human health
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20041380
2
The phylogeography of Y chromosome binary haplotypes and the origins of modern human populations
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2001612
3
Comparative socioecology : the behavioural ecology of humans and other mammals
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1989608
4 1998344
5 1994324
6 1997315
7 1991299
8
Prehistoric hunter-gatherers: The emergence of cultural complexity
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1986291
9 2005220
10 1991199
11 2003195
12 1987190
13
Another Unique Species: Patterns in Human Evolutionary Ecology
1987168
14 2009166
15 1995157
16 2005125
17 1991106
18 1999104
19
Principles of Human Evolution
199795
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Latitudinal patterns and environmental determinants of recent human cultural diversity: do humans follow biogeographical rules?
200292

About Robert Foley

Robert Foley is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology, Social Psychology, Cultural Studies and Archeology, having authored 132 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (48 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (30 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (29 papers), Language and cultural evolution (20 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (16 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (13 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (13 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (1.9k citations), Archeology (279 citations), Anthropology (2.3k citations), Developmental Biology (341 citations) and Archeology (1.2k citations). Robert Foley has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Marta Mìrazón Lahr, Vivien G. Standen, Phyllis C. Lee, John M. McNamara, Debal Deb, Tom Kirkwood, Neil B. Metcalfe, David J.P. Barker, Timothy H. Clutton-Brock and Pat Monaghan. Their work appears in journals such as Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews, PLoS ONE, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal of Human Evolution and Current Anthropology.

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