Nina G Jablonski

Biographic Data

ID75420
NAMENina G Jablonski
GIVEN NAMESNina G
FAMILY NAMEJablonski
SIGNATUREJABLONSKI N G
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS35
TOTAL CITATIONS318
AUTHOR COUNT32
EDITOR COUNT3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX9

  • The earliest most complete skeleton of Theropithecus

    Open AccessStephen R Frost, Nina G Jablonski et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2023Cited by: 1References: 45

  • Persistence of Race

    Nina G JablonskiBOOKPersistence of Race2020

    CITATION: Jablonski, N. G. (ed.) 2020. Persistence of Race. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480457.

  • The biology of human hair

    Open AccessSandra L Koch, Silvana R Tridico et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2020

    In the last century, human scalp hair morphology has been studied from multiple, and sometimes mutually exclusive, perspectives by anthropologists, biologists, geneticists, forensic scientists, and cosmetic scientists. Here, we review and synthesize historical and current research on hair to better understand the scientific basis and biological implications of hair microstructure and morphology. We revisit the origins of existing nomenclature reg…

  • Caught between “light skin is beautiful and tanned skin is attractive”

    Hsin-Yi Chen, Nina G Jablonski et al.ARTICLEAsian American Journal of…2019

  • Shades of complexity

    Open AccessEllen E Quillen, Heather L Norton et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…2019Cited by: 6References: 217

    Like many highly variable human traits, more than a dozen genes are known to contribute to the full range of skin color. However, the historical bias in favor of genetic studies in European and European‐derived populations has blinded us to the magnitude of pigmentation's complexity. As deliberate efforts are being made to better characterize diverse global populations and new sequencing technologies, better measurement tools, functional assessme…

  • Early Pliocene Cercopithecidae from Woranso-Mille (Central Afar, Ethiopia) and the origins of the Theropithecus oswaldi lineage

    Open AccessStephen R Frost, Nina G Jablonski et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2014Cited by: 21References: 31

  • Technical Note

    Open AccessAnna K Swiatoniowski, Ellen E Quillen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…2013Cited by: 2References: 16

    Prior to the introduction of reflectance spectrophotometry into anthropological field research during the 1950s, human skin color was most commonly classified by visual skin color matching using the von Luschan tiles, a set of 36 standardized, opaque glass tiles arranged in a chromatic scale. Our goal was to establish a conversion formula between the tile‐based color matching method and modern reflectance spectrophotometry to make historical and …

  • The Human Environment and the Vitamin D Compromise

    George Chaplin, George Chaplin George Chaplin et al.ARTICLEHuman Biology2013Cited by: 7References: 67

    Year-round human habitation of environments with highly seasonal regimes of ultraviolet B radiation (UVB) depended on adaptive complexes of biological and cultural traits to ensure adequacy of vitamin D. Perturbations of such adaptive complexes resulting from changes in the physical environment, human behavior and culture, or both have had unexpected and untoward consequences for health. Scotland is an excellent case study of the changing nature …

  • Epidermal pigmentation in the human lineage is an adaptation to ultraviolet radiation

    Nina G Jablonski, Nina Jablonski et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2013Cited by: 7References: 70

  • Human Adaptation to Climate

    Cynthia M Beall, Nina G Jablonski et al.OTHERHuman Biology2012

    This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Cold and Heat (Section by A. Theodore Steegmann, Jr.) Sunlight, UVR, and the Human Body (Section by Nina G. Jablonski) High - Altitude Hypoxia (Section by Cynthia M. Beall) Chapter Summary References Cited Recommended Readings

  • Human skin pigmentation as an adaptation to UV radiation

    Open AccessNina G Jablonski, Nina Jablonski et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2010

    Human skin pigmentation is the product of two clines produced by natural selection to adjust levels of constitutive pigmentation to levels of UV radiation (UVR). One cline was generated by high UVR near the equator and led to the evolution of dark, photoprotective, eumelanin-rich pigmentation. The other was produced by the requirement for UVB photons to sustain cutaneous photosynthesis of vitamin D 3 in low-UVB environments, and resulted in the e…

  • Shades of Difference

    Nina G Jablonski, Nina JablonskiARTICLEJournal of Anthropological Research2010

  • Theropithecus

    Nina G JablonskiBOOKTheropithecus2009

  • Shaping Primate Evolution

    Fred Charles Anapol, Fred Anapol et al.BOOKShaping Primate Evolution2009

  • Vitamin D and the evolution of human depigmentation

    Open AccessGeorge Chaplin, Nina G Jablonski et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…2009Cited by: 14References: 122

  • The hippo's tale

    Open AccessNina G Jablonski, Nina JablonskiARTICLEQuaternary International2004

  • Ceape

    Open AccessNat Rutter, Nina G Jablonski et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2004

  • The Evolution of Human Skin and Skin Color

    Nina G Jablonski, Nina JablonskiARTICLEAnnual Review of Anthropology2004Cited by: 52References: 142

    Humans skin is the most visible aspect of the human phenotype. It is distinguished mainly by its naked appearance, greatly enhanced abilities to dissipate body heat through sweating, and the great range of genetically determined skin colors present within a single species. Many aspects of the evolution of human skin and skin color can be reconstructed using comparative anatomy, physiology, and genomics. Enhancement of thermal sweating was a key i…

  • The evolution of human skin coloration

    Open AccessNina G Jablonski, Nina Jablonski et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2000Cited by: 96References: 92

  • The influence of life history and diet on the distribution of catarrhine primates during the Pleistocene in eastern Asia

    Open AccessNina G Jablonski, Nina Jablonski et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2000Cited by: 28References: 31

  • Trachypithecus auratus sangiranensis, A New Fossil Monkey from Sangiran, Central Java, Indonesia

    Open AccessNina G Jablonski, Nina Jablonski et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…1999Cited by: 3References: 11

  • The Origin and Diversification of Language

    Joseph F Eska, Nina G Jablonski et al.ARTICLELanguage1999

  • The response of catarrhine primates to pleistocene environmental fluctuations in East Asia

    Open AccessNina G Jablonski, Nina JablonskiARTICLEPrimates1998

  • Hemispheric difference in human skin color

    Open AccessGeorge Chaplin, Nina G JablonskiARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…1998

  • Hemispheric difference in human skin color

    Open AccessGeorge Chaplin, Nina G Jablonski et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…1998