Steven Emilio Churchill

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PhD Anthropology Stanford University
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Bachelors Anthropology University of California, Berkeley

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Guide to the Bryophytes of Tropical America (2002) (611)
Australopithecus sediba: A New Species of Homo-Like Australopith from South Africa (2010) (534)
Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa (2015) (488)
Postcranial robusticity in Homo. II: Humeral bilateral asymmetry and bone plasticity. (1994) (446)
Paramos: A Checklist of Plant Diversity, Geographical Distribuion, and Botanical Literature (1999) (310)
Biodiversity and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Forests (1995) (277)
Patterns of diversity and floristic composition in Neotropical montane forests. (1995) (259)
Australopithecus sediba Hand Demonstrates Mosaic Evolution of Locomotor and Manipulative Abilities (2011) (218)
A cladistic approach to the phylogeny of the “Bryophytes” (1984) (217)
Makers of the early Aurignacian of Europe. (2000) (210)
Weapon Technology, Prey Size Selection, and Hunting Methods in Modern Hunter‐Gatherers: Implications for Hunting in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic (1993) (210)
TRANSITION TO A LAND FLORA: PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE GREEN ALGAE AND BRYOPHYTES (1985) (205)
Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and Implications for the Origins of the Genus Homo (2011) (175)
Geological Setting and Age of Australopithecus sediba from Southern Africa (2010) (169)
The Foot and Ankle of Australopithecus sediba (2011) (165)
Morphological variation and airflow dynamics in the human nose (2004) (159)
A Partial Pelvis of Australopithecus sediba (2011) (155)
The Lower Limb and Mechanics of Walking in Australopithecus sediba (2013) (148)
ON CLADISTIC RELATIONSHIPS IN GREEN PLANTS (1987) (142)
Craniofacial Feminization, Social Tolerance, and the Origins of Behavioral Modernity (2014) (134)
Geological and taphonomic context for the new hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa (2015) (132)
Cold adaptation, heterochrony, and neandertals (1998) (128)
Neotropical plant diversity (1991) (128)
The Upper Limb of Australopithecus sediba (2013) (121)
The panorama of Neotropical cloud forests. (1995) (120)
Experimental Evidence Concerning Spear Use in Neandertals and Early Modern Humans (2003) (119)
A Case of Marked Bilateral Asymmetry in the Upper Limbs of an Upper Palaeolithic Male from Barma Grande (Liguria), Italy (1997) (118)
Paramos: A Checklist of Plant Diversity, Geographical Distribution, and Botanical Literature (Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden Volume 84) (2000) (113)
Biodiversity and conservation of neotropical montane forests. Proceedings of the symposium, the New York Botanical Garden, 21-26 June 1993. (1995) (106)
Morphological affinities of the proximal ulna from Klasies River main site : archaic or modern ? (1996) (104)
The costal skeleton of Shanidar 3 and a reappraisal of Neandertal thoracic morphology. (2002) (103)
The hand of Homo naledi (2015) (102)
New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa (2017) (99)
Muscle marking morphology and labour intensity in prehistoric Khoisan foragers (1998) (98)
New Australopithecus robustus fossils and associated U-Pb dates from Cooper's Cave (Gauteng, South Africa). (2009) (98)
The foot of Homo naledi (2015) (96)
Long Bone Shaft Robusticity and Body Proportions of the Saint-Césaire 1 Châtelperronian Neanderthal (1999) (90)
Subsistence activities and the sexual division of labor in the European Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic: evidence from upper limb enthesopathies. (2010) (89)
The Vertebral Column of Australopithecus sediba (2013) (89)
Thin on the Ground: Neandertal Biology, Archeology, and Ecology (2014) (88)
The Evolution of the Human Capacity for “Killing at a Distance”: The Human Fossil Evidence for the Evolution of ProjectileWeaponry (2009) (88)
Bioenergetic perspectives on Neanderthal thermoregulatory and activity budgets (2006) (85)
Shanidar 3 Neandertal rib puncture wound and paleolithic weaponry. (2009) (82)
Throwing in the Middle and Upper Paleolithic: inferences from an analysis of humeral retroversion. (2009) (76)
Particulate versus integrated evolution of the upper body in late pleistocene humans: a test of two models. (1996) (71)
The importance of mountains to pteridophytes, with emphasis on Neotropical montane forests. (1995) (71)
Mosaic Morphology in the Thorax of Australopithecus sediba (2013) (69)
Robusticity versus Shape: The Functional Interpretation of Neandertal Appendicular Morphology (1991) (67)
Chlorophyll concentrations and a/b ratios in mosses collected from exposed and shaded habitats in Kansas (1982) (63)
Neandertal radial tuberosity orientation. (1988) (63)
Present and potential distribution of Polylepis (Rosaceae) forests in Bolivia. (1995) (62)
Synopsis of the Brazilian moss flora: checklist, distribution and conservation (2011) (62)
Locomotion and body proportions of the Saint-Césaire 1 Châtelperronian Neandertal. (1998) (61)
Faunal assemblage composition and paleoenvironment of Plovers Lake, a Middle Stone Age locality in Gauteng Province, South Africa. (2008) (60)
Mandibular Remains Support Taxonomic Validity of Australopithecus sediba (2013) (60)
Neandertal scapular glenoid morphology. (1990) (55)
The upper limb of Homo naledi. (2017) (54)
EMG of the human flexor pollicis longus muscle: implications for the evolution of hominid tool use. (1998) (53)
The Plio-Pleistocene Ancestor of Wild Dogs, Lycaon sekowei n. sp (2010) (50)
A floristic analysis of the high Andes of Ecuador. (1995) (49)
Deforestation of montane forests in Colombia as a result of illegal plantations of opium (Papaver somniferum). (1995) (48)
The thigh and leg of Homo naledi. (2017) (47)
Geographical patterns of neoendemic and older relict species of Andean forest birds: the significance of ecologically stable areas. (1995) (47)
The use of nucleic acid sequence data in phylogenetic reconstruction (1988) (46)
The vertebrae and ribs of Homo naledi. (2017) (45)
A modern human humerus from the early aurignacian of Vogelherdhöhle (Stetten, Germany). (2000) (44)
Sex Determination by Discriminant Function Analysis of Lumbar Vertebrae (2015) (40)
Hand morphology, manipulation, and tool use in Neandertals and early modern humans of the Near East (2001) (40)
Diversity of Hepaticae and Anthocerotae in montane forests of the tropical Andes. (1995) (40)
Erfkroon: a new Florisian fossil locality from fluvial contexts in the western Free State, South Africa (2000) (40)
Upper Limb Versus Lower Limb Loading Patterns among Near Eastern Middle Paleolithic Hominids (2002) (38)
Cladistics: Perspectives on the Reconstruction of Evolutionary History (1986) (38)
Composition and structure of an Andean forest fragment in eastern Ecuador. (1995) (36)
Evidence for high biodiversity of Agaricales (Fungi) in Neotropical montane Quercus forests. (1995) (35)
Osteogenic tumour in Australopithecus sediba: Earliest hominin evidence for neoplastic disease (2016) (35)
Archaic and modern human distal humeral morphology. (2006) (35)
Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia (2008) (35)
Catalog of Amazonian Mosses (1998) (35)
Pelvic Morphology in Homo erectus and Early Homo (2017) (33)
Of assegais and bayonets: Reconstructing prehistoric spear use (2002) (32)
Identification of Euro-Americans, Afro-Americans, and Amerindians from palatal dimensions. (1997) (32)
Diversity and distribution of the Andean woody bamboos (Poaceae: Bambuseae). (1995) (32)
Body size, brain size, and sexual dimorphism in Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber. (2017) (31)
Homo naledi pelvic remains from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. (2018) (31)
Energetics and the Origin of Modern Humans (2013) (28)
Moss diversity of the tropical Andes. (1995) (27)
The Upper Paleolithic population of Europe in an evolutionary perspective (2000) (27)
The Vindija Neanderthal scapular glenoid fossa: comparative shape analysis suggests evo-devo changes among Neanderthals. (2012) (26)
Vegetation recovery on earthquake-triggered landslide sites in the Ecuadorian Andes. (1995) (26)
A sabre-tooth felid from Coopers Cave (Gauteng, South Africa) and its implications for Megantereon (Felidae: Machairodontinae) taxonomy (2007) (25)
A critique of Wagner groundplan-divergence studies and a comparison with other methods of phylogenetic analysis (1984) (22)
Australopithecus sediba Body Size and Proportions of Australopithecus sediba (2019) (22)
MOSS DIVERSITY AND ENDEMISM OF THE TROPICAL ANDES1 (2009) (22)
Floristic inventory and biogeographic analysis of montane forests in northwestern Peru. (1995) (21)
African Genesis: Body size in African Middle Pleistocene Homo (2012) (20)
Cretaceous to Tertiary geologic and angiosperm paleobiogeographic history of the Andes. (1995) (20)
The Mosses of Amazonian Ecuador (1995) (20)
The Niobrara River Valley, a postglacial migration corridor and refugium of forest plants and animals in the grasslands of central North America (2008) (19)
Coca (Erythroxylum coca) cultivation, cocaine production, and biodiversity loss in the Chapare region of Bolivia. (1995) (19)
The cervical spine of Australopithecus sediba. (2017) (19)
Multivariate analyses of the hominid ulna from Klasies River mouth. (1998) (18)
Penetration, Tissue Damage, and Lethality of Wood- Versus Lithic-Tipped Projectiles (2016) (18)
Development of affinities between Mexican/Central American and northern South American lowland and lower montane vegetation during the Tertiary. (1995) (17)
The impact of changing grasslands on Late Quaternary bison of the Southern Plains (2010) (17)
The Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition in Northwest Italy: new evidence from Riparo Bombrini (Balzi Rossi, Liguria, Italy) (2019) (17)
Preliminary review of the lichen biodiversity of the Colombian montane forests. (1995) (16)
The Evolution of Bison bison: A View from the Southern Plains (2007) (15)
New records of Pottiaceae (Bryophyta) for South America (2008) (15)
The Floristic Composition and Elevational Distribution of Colombian Mosses (1991) (15)
A taxonomic investigation of Leptotheca (Rhizogoniaceae) (1982) (14)
Genera of the Pottiaceae: Mosses of Harsh Environments. (1994) (14)
Functional Morphology of the Neandertal Scapular Glenoid Fossa (2015) (14)
Restoration of equatorial Andes: the challenge for conservation of trop-Andean landscapes in Ecuador. (1995) (14)
Biological realities and the proper methodology: a reply to Duncan (1985) (13)
Contributions toward a Moss Flora of Nebraska. II (1976) (13)
Tropical Andean palms (Arecaceae). (1995) (13)
Floristic exploration and phytogeography of the Cerro del Torrá, Chocó, Colombia. (1995) (13)
Diversity of Huperzia (Lycopodiaceae) in Neotropical montane forests. (1995) (12)
Australopithecus sediba from Malapa, South Africa (2013) (12)
Late Australopiths and the Emergence of Homo (2017) (12)
11. Vegetation of the Tropical Andes: An Overview (2000) (12)
The Vascular Flora of the Niobrara Valley Preserve and Adjacent Areas in Nebraska (1988) (11)
Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of Nebraska (1977) (11)
Neotropical montane forests: A fragile home of genetic resources of wild relatives of new world crops (1995) (11)
The hand of Australopithecus sediba (2018) (10)
Regional Survey of Middle Stone Age Fossil Vertebrate Deposits in the Virginia-Theunissen area of the Free State , South Africa by (2011) (10)
Preliminary Investigation of the New Middle Stone Age Site of Plovers Lake, South Africa (2006) (10)
Patterns of tree species diversity along latitudinal and altitudinal gradients in the Argentinean subtropical montane forests. (1995) (10)
Additions, Combinations, and Synonyms for the Bolivian Moss Flora (2005) (10)
Australopithecus sediba The Shoulder , Arm , and Forearm of Australopithecus sediba (2019) (10)
Diversity and origins of Andean Rubiaceae (1995) (9)
Diversity and distribution of Andean Symplocaceae. (1995) (9)
A Synopsis of the Kansas Mosses with Keys and Distribution Maps (1986) (9)
Speeding in the slow lane: Phylogenetic comparative analyses reveal that not all human life history traits are exceptional. (2019) (9)
Evaluating morphometric body mass prediction equations with a juvenile human test sample: accuracy and applicability to small-bodied hominins. (2017) (8)
Neandertal and early modern human behavioral variability : A regional-scale approach to lithic evidence for hunting in the Levantine Mousterian. Commentaries. Author's reply (1998) (8)
Montane species-limits in Costa Rica and evidence for local speciation on altitudinal gradients. (1995) (8)
Effects of body orientation on maximum voluntary arm torques (2011) (8)
Distinct among Neanderthals: The scapula of the skeleton from Altamura, Italy (2019) (7)
Pseudocrossidium linearifolium (Pottiaceae) comb. et stat. nov (2009) (7)
Bryophytes from the Environs of Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park, Department of Pasco, Peru (2008) (7)
New fossils of Australopithecus sediba reveal a nearly complete lower back (2021) (7)
The Niobrara Valley Preserve: An Inventory of a Biogeographical Crossroads (1993) (7)
Upper Limb Fossils of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, Rising Star System, South Africa (2019) (7)
A new species of Thamnobryum (Musci: Neckeraceae) from Venezuela, with a key to the Neotropical species of Thamnobryum (2002) (6)
Mosses of the Great Plains: Introduction and Catalogue (1976) (6)
Noteworthy Pteridophyte Records for Nebraska (1983) (6)
Cladistics and the land plants: A response to Robinson (1985) (6)
A BOTANICAL SURVEY OF CUMING COUNTY:PART I, THE VASCULAR PLANTS (1977) (6)
Bryophytes of the Tucuman-Bolivian Montane Forest, Bolivia (2009) (6)
Territory Size in Canis lupus: Implications for Neandertal Mobility (2014) (6)
Floristic comparisons of Araceae in six Ecuadorian florulas. (1995) (5)
New Records of Native and Introduced Plantsfrom Nebraska (1976) (5)
Home‐range size in large‐bodied carnivores as a model for predicting neandertal territory size (2016) (5)
Geological Setting and Age of Australopithecus sediba from (2010) (4)
Morphometric panel regression equations for predicting body mass in immature humans. (2018) (4)
Ecology and management in montane oak forests: an option for conserving biodiversity. (1995) (4)
New and Noteworthy Plant Records for Nebraska (1976) (4)
Bryofloristic affinities betwwen Itatiaia National Park and tropical Andean countries (2018) (4)
Femoral neck and shaft structure in Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber (Rising Star System, South Africa). (2019) (4)
Diversity of Theaceae and Bonnetiaceae in the montane Neotropics. (1995) (4)
Mosses of the Great Plains. III. Additions to Nebraska and the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming (1979) (4)
Bryophytes from the Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador (2009) (4)
Predicting body mass of bonobos (Pan paniscus) with human‐based morphometric equations (2020) (4)
Mosses of the Great Plains VI. The Niobrara River Basin of Nebraska (1982) (4)
A Botanical Survey of Cuming County: Part II, the Bryophytes: with Additions to Part I, the Vascular Plants (1979) (4)
Additions to the Bolivian Bryophyte Flora (2008) (3)
Ethnobotany of the Chachapoyas people: use of plants from the Peruvian montane forest and related areas. (1995) (3)
Immature Hominin Craniodental Remains From a New Locality in the Rising Star Cave System, South Africa (2021) (3)
Mosses of the Great Plains. II. South Dakota East of the Missouri River (1977) (3)
Bryophytes of the Loess Hills of Western Iowa (1985) (3)
Bryologia Novo Granatensis. Studies on the Moss Flora of Colombia I. New Combinations, Synonyms, and Comments (1988) (3)
Thigh and leg remains of Homo naledi (2016) (3)
Correction: Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia (2008) (3)
Mosses of the Great Plains X. The Niobrara Valley Preserve and Adjacent Area in Nebraska (1985) (3)
Forest types of the Cerro Duida, Venezuelan Guayana. (1995) (3)
Expanded Explorations of the Dinaledi Subsystem, Rising Star Cave System, South Africa (2021) (3)
New Synonyms and Deletions for the Moss Floras of Colombia and Ecuador (1994) (3)
Morphology of the Homo naledi femora from Lesedi. (2019) (3)
Gough's Cave 1 (Somerset, England): an assessment of body size and shape (2003) (2)
The axial skeleton and scaling of the trunk in Homo naledi (2016) (2)
TRANSITION TO A LAND FLORA: A REPLY BRENT (1987) (2)
Pseudocrossidium steerei (Pottiaceae), a New Species from Ecuador (1990) (2)
Bryologia Novo Granatensis. Studies on the Moss Flora of Colombia II. Further Additions to Colombia and the Department of Antioquia (1988) (2)
Mosses of the Great Plains VIII. Additions (1982) (2)
Gough's Cave 1 (Somerset, England): an Assessment of the Sex and Age at Death (2003) (2)
Rosaceae in the high Andes of Ecuador. (1995) (2)
Bryophytes of Alarachi Natural Reserve, Department of Tarija, Bolivia (2009) (2)
Revisiting Middle Stone Age hunting at ≠GI, Botswana: A tip cross-sectional area study (2022) (2)
On Barbula munyensis R.S.Williams (Pottiaceae), an overlooked species from the tropical montane forest of South America (2014) (2)
MOSS DIVERSITY AND ENDEMISM OF THE TROPICAL (2009) (2)
Homo naledi: a new species of hominin from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa (2016) (2)
Gough's Cave 1 (Somerset, England): a study of the axial skeleton (2002) (2)
New remains of Australopithecus sediba from the Malapa site, South Africa (2011) (1)
A Bibliography of the Ecological and Taxonomic Literature of the Nebraska Vascular Plants (1986) (1)
The mountains of Ecuador as a birth place of ecology and endangered landscape (1997) (1)
Surviving the Cold (2014) (1)
Contributions to the Oklahoma moss flora. (1981) (1)
Author response: New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa (2017) (1)
Bryologia Novo Granatensis. V. Additional Records for Colombia and Antioquia, with a Review of the Distribution of Hydropogon fontinaloides in South America (1991) (1)
A CRITIQUE OF WAGNER GROUNDPLAN-DIVERGENCE (1984) (1)
Geometric methods of body mass estimation in small-bodied hominins (2015) (1)
Projectile point morphology and penetration performance (2023) (1)
Homo naledi strides again: preliminary reconstructions of an extinct hominin’s gait (2016) (1)
The Upper Limb of Homo naledi: New material from the Lesedi Chamber, Rising Star System, South Africa (2018) (1)
Primitive pelvic features in a new species of Homo (2016) (1)
The Bryophytes of The Department of Nariño, Colombia: II. Hepatics and Hornworts (2008) (1)
Midfacial Morphology and Neandertal–Modern Human Interbreeding (2022) (1)
The number of vertebrae in early hominins: insights from Australopithecus sediba (2013) (1)
Preliminary analysis of the diversity and distribution of Asclepiadaceae in Venezuelan Andean forests. (1995) (0)
The Functional Interpretation of Neandertal Appendicular Morphology (2007) (0)
The Caloric Economy of Pleistocene Europe (2014) (0)
Geographical and altitudinal distribution of the genus Heliconia (Heliconiaceae) in Colombia. (1995) (0)
A comparison of lateral iliac flare measurement methods and their correlation with lesser gluteal moment arms (2018) (0)
Accuracy of human-based morphometric equations for predicting bonobo body mass (2018) (0)
In the Company of Killers: Neandertals as Carnivores (2014) (0)
Decreased maintenance energy expenditure in modern humans and the resultant demographic displacement of archaic humans (2012) (0)
Geological and taphonomic context of excavations within the Rising Star cave system (2016) (0)
The Identity of Campylotrichum (Callicostaceae) (1989) (0)
The Neandertals in Time and Space (2014) (0)
The Body Neandertal (2014) (0)
Red in Tooth and Claw: Neandertals as Predators (2014) (0)
Body size and sexual dimorphism in H. naledi (2016) (0)
Three-dimensional shape analysis of the distal femur of Australopithecus sediba (2015) (0)
A comparison of hominin teeth from Lincoln Cave, Sterkfontein L/63, and the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa (2019) (0)
LATMOSS. A catalogue of neotropical mosses. Claudio Delgadillo M., Bernardina Bello & Angeles Cardenas S. (2008) (0)
Geometric morphometrics of hominoid thoraces and its bearing for reconstructing the ribcage of H. naledi (2017) (0)
Neandertals as Consumers (2014) (0)
Australopithecus sediba The Hand of Australopithecus sediba (2019) (0)
Structure and composition of a secondary forest fragment in the Central Cordillera, Colombia. (1995) (0)
A revision of Afro-American genus Pilotrichella s s (1997) (0)
Correction to: Expanded Explorations of the Dinaledi Subsystem, Rising Star Cave System, South Africa (2021) (0)
Biodiversity in the Colombian Andes and its conservation in national parks. (1995) (0)
Evolution of the hominin hand: old and new evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene (2011) (0)
The shoulder and upper limb of Homo naledi (2016) (0)
From Thin to Thick: The African MSA (2014) (0)
Phytogeography and conservation of mountain forests of northwest Argentina. (1995) (0)
Chapter 9 Australopithecus sediba from Malapa , South Africa (2013) (0)
Floristic diversity in the Andean region of Colombia. (1995) (0)
Special Issue: Australopithecus sediba The Pelvis of Australopithecus sediba (2019) (0)
Musci Planitiebus Incolae Exsiccati, Mosses of the Great Plains of North America (1989) (0)
New state and county mosses for the Great Plains (1998) (0)
Protected areas of mountain forests in Ecuador. (1995) (0)
Additional state and county mosses for the Great Plains (1999) (0)
NEW AND VERIFIED ADDITIONS TO THE NEBRASKA VASCULAR FLORA. II (1977) (0)
New Records Of Native And Introduced Plants (1976) (0)
Clarification and review of Lepidopilum affine and L. grevilleanum (Callicostaceae) (1992) (0)
Book reviews (1994) (0)
The Cost of Living in Ice Age Europe (2014) (0)
Neandertal Material Culture (2014) (0)
Syrrhopodon perangustifolius (Musci; Calymperaceae) comb. et stat. nov., and New to the Flora of Colombia (1998) (0)
Morphometric analyses of maxillary and mandibular first molars of Pleistocene hominins (2015) (0)
Morphological correlates of human hip osteoarthritis (2012) (0)
Thin on the Ground: Population Density and Technological Innovation (2014) (0)
Neandertal Social Life, Life History, and Demography (2014) (0)
New craniodental remains of the type specimen of Australopithecus sediba (2018) (0)
Three-dimensional morphology and comparative anatomy of the Australopithecus sediba scapula (2018) (0)
Functional interpretation of the Homo naledi hand (2016) (0)

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