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Y. Rak

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Y. Rak — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 34
Works: 90
Citations: 4,658

Most-cited papers

Late PlioceneHomoand Oldowan Tools from the Hadar Formation (Kada Hadar Member), Ethiopia
W. Kimbel, R. Walter, D. Johanson, K. Reed +13 more
1996333 citations
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The Australopithecine face
Y. Rak
1983303 citations
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The Excavations in Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel [and Comments and Replies]
O. Bar-Yosef, B. Vandermeersch, B. Arensburg, A. Belfer-Cohen +20 more
1992Current Anthropology268 citations Open access
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Thermoluminescence dates for the Neanderthal burial site at Kebara in Israel
H. Valladas, J. Joron, G. Valladas, B. Arensburg +9 more
1987Nature245 citations
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A Middle Palaeolithic human hyoid bone
B. Arensburg, A. Tillier, B. Vandermeersch, H. Duday +2 more
1989Nature239 citations
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The first skull and other new discoveries of Australopithecus afarensis at Hadar, Ethiopia
W. Kimbel, D. Johanson, Y. Rak
1994Nature204 citations
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A reappraisal of the anatomical basis for speech in Middle Palaeolithic hominids.
B. Arensburg, L. Schepartz, A. Tillier, B. Vandermeersch +1 more
1990American Journal of Physical Anthropology192 citations
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The Neanderthal: A new look at an old face
Y. Rak
1986181 citations
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Systematic assessment of a maxilla of Homo from Hadar, Ethiopia.
W. Kimbel, D. Johanson, Y. Rak
1997American Journal of Physical Anthropology175 citations
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Was Australopithecus anamensis ancestral to A. afarensis? A case of anagenesis in the hominin fossil record.
W. Kimbel, Charles A. Lockwood, C. Ward, M. Leakey +2 more
2006Journal of Human Evolution168 citations
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A Neandertal infant from Amud Cave, Israel
Y. Rak, W. Kimbel, E. Hovers
1994141 citations
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The Skull Of Australopithecus Afarensis
W. Kimbel, Y. Rak, D. Johanson, R. Holloway +1 more
2004136 citations
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TL Dates for the Neanderthal Site of the Amud Cave, Israel
H. Valladas, N. Mercier, L. Froget, E. Hovers +3 more
1999116 citations
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Associated cranial and forelimb remains attributed to Australopithecus afarensis from Hadar, Ethiopia.
M. Drapeau, C. Ward, W. Kimbel, D. Johanson +1 more
2005Journal of Human Evolution112 citations
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Tempo and mode in hominid evolution
J. E. Cronin, N. T. Boaz, C. Stringer, Y. Rak
1981Nature111 citations
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The Importance of Species Taxa in Paleoanthropology and an Argument for the Phylogenetic Concept of the Species Category
W. Kimbel, Y. Rak
1993109 citations
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On the differences between two pelvises of Mousterian context from the Qafzeh and Kebara caves, Israel.
Y. Rak
1990American Journal of Physical Anthropology106 citations
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Hominid Remains from Amud Cave in the Context of the Levantine Middle Paleolithic
William H. Kimbel, R. Lavi, Y. Rak, E. Hovers
1995102 citations
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Lucy's pelvic anatomy: its role in bipedal gait
Y. Rak
1991102 citations
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Does Homo neanderthalensis play a role in modern human ancestry? The mandibular evidence.
Y. Rak, Avishag Ginzburg, E. Geffen
2002American Journal of Physical Anthropology92 citations
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Cranium of a juvenile Australopithecus boisei from the lower Omo Basin, Ethiopia
Y. Rak, F. Howell
197881 citations
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Reconstructing Denisovan Anatomy Using DNA Methylation Maps.
David Gokhman, Nadav Mishol, Marc de Manuel, D. de Juan +5 more
2019Cell70 citations Open access
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Does Any Mousterian Cave Present Evidence of Two Hominid Species
Y. Rak
200270 citations
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Morphological Variation in Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens in the Levant
Y. Rak
199363 citations
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New Data on the Origin of Modern Man in the Levant
O. Bar-Yosef, B. Vandermeersch, B. Arensburg, P. Goldberg +5 more
1986Current Anthropology58 citations Open access
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The first Neanderthal remains from an open-air Middle Palaeolithic site in the Levant
E. Been, E. Hovers, R. Ekshtain, Ariel Malinski-Buller +18 more
2017Scientific Reports57 citations Open access
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The cranial base of Australopithecus afarensis: new insights from the female skull
W. Kimbel, Y. Rak
2010Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences57 citations Open access
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Auditory ossicles from southwest Asian Mousterian sites.
R. Quam, Y. Rak
2008Journal of Human Evolution56 citations
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Ardipithecus ramidus and the evolution of the human cranial base
W. Kimbel, G. Suwa, B. Asfaw, Y. Rak +1 more
2014Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America50 citations Open access
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Middle Palaeolithic dental caries: new evidence from Kebara (Mount Carmel, Israel)
A. Tillier, B. Arensburg, Y. Rak, B. Vandermeersch
199548 citations
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Gorilla-like anatomy on Australopithecus afarensis mandibles suggests Au. afarensis link to robust australopiths
Y. Rak, Avishag Ginzburg, E. Geffen
2007Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America45 citations Open access
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Australopithecus sediba and the emergence of Homo: Questionable evidence from the cranium of the juvenile holotype MH 1.
W. Kimbel, Y. Rak
2017Journal of Human Evolution39 citations
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Overcoming the tension between scientific and religious views in teaching anatomical dissection: The Israeli experience
N. Notzer, D. Zisenwine, Libi Oz, Y. Rak
2006Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y. Print)39 citations
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Ear ossicle of Australopithecus robustus
Y. Rak, R. Clarke
1979Nature32 citations
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Persistent Neanderthal occupation of the open-air site of ‘Ein Qashish, Israel
R. Ekshtain, A. Malinsky-Buller, N. Greenbaum, Netta Mitki +16 more
2019PLoS ONE28 citations Open access
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Australopithecine taxonomy and phylogeny in light of facial morphology.
Y. Rak
1985American Journal of Physical Anthropology28 citations
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The DNH 7 skull of Australopithecus robustus from Drimolen (Main Quarry), South Africa.
Y. Rak, W. Kimbel, J. Moggi-Cecchi, Charles A. Lockwood +1 more
2020Journal of Human Evolution25 citations
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Suggested guidelines for invasive sampling of hominid remains.
J. Hublin, S. Pääbo, A. Derevianko, V. Doronichev +26 more
2008Journal of Human Evolution22 citations
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What Else Is the Tall Mandibular Ramus of the RobustAustralopiths Good For
Y. Rak, W. Hylander
200822 citations
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Middle Palaeolithic dental bacteria from Kebara, Israël
B. Vandermeersch, B. Arensburg, A. Tillier, Y. Rak +3 more
199422 citations
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Mousterian and Aurignacian Human Remains from Hayonim Cave, Israel
B. Arensburg, O. Bar-Yosef, A. Belfer-Cohen, Y. Rak
199022 citations
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On Neandertal autapomorphies discernible in Neandertal infants: a response to Creed-Mileset al.
Y. Rak, W. Kimbel, E. Hovers
199621 citations
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Skeletal Remains of an Ancient Jewish Population from French Hill, Jerusalem
B. Arensburg, Y. Rak
1975Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental research17 citations
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Evidence of violence on human bones in Israel, first and third centuries, C.E.
Y. Rak, B. Arensburg, H. Nathan
1976Palestine Exploration Quarterly15 citations
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Reconstructing Denisovan Anatomy Using DNA Methylation Maps.
David Gokhman, Nadav Mishol, Marc de Manuel, D. de Juan +5 more
2020Cell14 citations Open access
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Anatomical basis for celiac trunk and superior mesenteric artery entrapment
Z. Paz, Y. Rak, A. Rosen
199113 citations
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The Neandertal nature of the Atapuerca Sima de los Huesos mandibles
Rolf Quam, I. Martínez, Y. Rak, Bill Hylander +6 more
2023The Anatomical Record12 citations Open access
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On the squamosal suture of KNM-WT 17000.
Y. Rak, W. Kimbel
1991American Journal of Physical Anthropology12 citations
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Amud Cave — 1991 Season
E. Hovers, Y. Rak, W. Kimbel
1991Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society12 citations
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Jewish Skeletal Remains from the Period of the Kings of Judaea
B. Arensburg, Y. Rak
19857 citations
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