Friedemann Schrenk

Biographic Data

ID3807581
NAMEFriedemann Schrenk
GIVEN NAMESFriedemann
FAMILY NAMESchrenk
SIGNATURESCHRENK F
AFFILIATIONSGoethe University Frankfurt
ORCID0000-0001-7215-3362
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS34
TOTAL CITATIONS477
WORKS AS AUTHOR33
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1986
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX11

  • The Early Homo Conundrum

    Open AccessC Zanolli, David M Alba et al.ARTICLEEvolutionary Anthropology Issues…2026

    International audience

  • Seasonal Resource Availability and Dietary Selection in Baboons

    Open AccessS Kruger, Christine Hertler et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Environments and Humans2026

    Selective pressures related to resource availability, nutritional constraints, and foraging costs have played an important role in shaping primate and early hominin dietary strategies. To distinguish between ecological and technological drivers of dietary evolution, this study examines baboon ( Papio cynocephalus ) foraging as a comparative model for non-technological foraging systems. Literature based ecological, behavioral, and nutritional data…

  • Globale Umweltgeschichte und biokulturelle Evolution früher Menschen

    Friedemann SchrenkCHAPTERVon Carl Schmitt Zur Kulturgeschich…2025

    Global environmental history and the biocultural evolution of early humans. This study analyses factors of biocultural evolution of early humans as a fundamental process of becoming human. Homo sapiens is the product of complex evolutionary processes. Natural habitats and its resources, which were changing in space and time due to processes of climatic change, provided living spaces for our ancestors. Cultural behaviour influenced and increased t…

  • Taxonomic revision of the SK 15 mandible based on bone and tooth structural organization

    Open AccessC Zanolli, Jean-Jacques Hublin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2025Cited by: 1References: 58

    short molar roots) typically found in specimens of Paranthropus aethiopicus, Paranthropus boisei, and Paranthropus robustus. In particular, SK 15 differs markedly in size and morphology from mandibular remains of P. robustus from Swartkrans Member 2. We thus tentatively attribute SK 15 to Paranthropus capensis, a more gracile species of Paranthropus than the other three currently recognized species of this genus and discuss the implications for t…

  • Cochlear morphology of Indonesian Homo erectus from Sangiran

    Open AccessAlessandro Urciuoli, Jülide Kubat et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2022Cited by: 5References: 77

  • Further analyses of the structural organization of Homo luzonensis teeth

    Open AccessC Zanolli, Koichiro Takaoka et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2022Cited by: 14References: 70

    The species Homo luzonensis has recently been described based on a set of dental and postcranial elements found at Callao Cave (Northern Luzon, Philippines) and dated to at least 50-67 ka. Seven postcanine maxillary teeth are attributed to this taxon, five of them belonging to the same individual (CCH6) and representing the holotype of H. luzonensis, whereas the isolated upper premolar CCH8 and the upper third molar CCH9 are paratypes of the spec…

  • Die Frühzeit des Menschen

    Friedemann SchrenkBOOKDie Frühzeit des Menschen2019

    Afrika war die Wiege der Vor- und Urmenschen; es gibt keinen einzigen Fossilienfund aus irgendeinem Teil der Welt, der dies widerlegen könnte. Daher steht dieser Kontinent im Zentrum der Wissenschaft von den fossilen Menschen, der Paläoanthropologie. Ihre Fachvertreter versuchen, unter häufig schwierigsten Arbeitsbedingungen, die Stammesgeschichte des Menschen zu rekonstruieren. Sie brauchen eine fundierte wissenschaftliche Ausbildung, eine schie…

  • Acheulean Sites at Makuyuni (Lake Manyara, Tanzania)

    Open AccessLiane Giemsch, Christine Hertler et al.ARTICLEAfrican Archaeological Review2018Cited by: 2References: 15

  • Inner tooth morphology of Homo erectus from Zhoukoudian. New evidence from an old collection housed at Uppsala University, Sweden

    Open AccessC Zanolli, Lei Pan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2018Cited by: 37References: 83

  • Flexibility of diet and habitat in Pleistocene South Asian mammals

    Open AccessH Bocherens, Friedemann Schrenk et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2017

  • New cranium of the large cercopithecid primate Theropithecus oswaldi leakeyi (Hopwood, 1934) from the paleoanthropological site of Makuyuni, Tanzania

    Open AccessStephen R Frost, Charles Saanane et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2017Cited by: 3References: 34

  • Persistent C3 vegetation accompanied Plio-Pleistocene hominin evolution in the Malawi Rift (Chiwondo Beds, Malawi)

    Open AccessTina Lüdecke, Friedemann Schrenk et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2016Cited by: 13References: 80

  • The Earliest Putative Homo Fossils

    Open AccessFriedemann Schrenk, Ottmar Kullmer et al.CHAPTERHandbook of Paleoanthropology2015

  • The early Pleistocene deciduous hominid molar FS ‐72 from the Sangiran dome of java, Indonesia

    Open AccessC Zanolli, Frederick E Grine et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…2015Cited by: 17References: 37

    Given the morphological and metric similarities between fossil orangutan and H. erectus molars, we tested the hypothesis that its internal morphology more closely resembles the patterns evinced by PCG.2 and modern humans than Pongo. Accordingly, we consider that FS-72 more likely represents a dm2 of Pongo rather than Homo

  • The Earliest Putative Homo Fossils

    Open AccessFriedemann Schrenk, Ottmar Kullmer et al.CHAPTERHandbook of Paleoanthropology2013

  • Variation in enamel thickness within the genus Homo

    Open AccessT M Smith, Anthony J Olejniczak et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2012Cited by: 88References: 96

  • New primate remains from Mwenirondo, Chiwondo Beds in northern Malawi

    Open AccessOttmar Kullmer, Oliver Sandrock et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2011Cited by: 5References: 16

  • Brief communication

    Open AccessL Fiorenza, Stefano Benazzi et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…2010Cited by: 12References: 9

    High variability in the dentition of Homo can create uncertainties in the correct identification of isolated teeth. For instance, standard tooth identification criteria cannot determine with absolute certainty if an isolated tooth is a second or third maxillary molar. In this contribution, using occlusal fingerprint analysis, we reassess the identification of Krapina D58 ( Homo neanderthalensis ), which is catalogued as a third maxillary molar. W…

  • The role of culture in early expansions of humans – A new research center

    Open AccessMiriam Noël Haidle, Miriam Haidle et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2009Cited by: 4References: 3

  • Molar enamel thickness and dentine horn height in Gigantopithecus blacki

    Open AccessAnthony J Olejniczak, T M Smith et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…2008Cited by: 28References: 19

    Absolutely thick molar enamel is consistent with large body size estimates and dietary inferences about Gigantopithecus blacki , which focus on tough or fibrous vegetation. In this study, 10 G. blacki molars demonstrating various stages of attrition were imaged using high‐resolution microtomography. Three‐dimensional average enamel thickness and relative enamel thickness measurements were recorded on the least worn molars within the sample ( n = …

  • The Earliest Putative Homo Fossils

    Friedemann Schrenk, Ottmar Kullmer et al.CHAPTERHandbook of paleoanthropology2007

  • Die Neandertaler

    Friedemann Schrenk, Stéphanie MullerBOOKDie Neandertaler2005

    Die Neandertaler gehören nicht nur zu unseren, vor weniger als 30.000 Jahren ausgestorbenen Verwandten, sondern sind - 150 Jahre nach der Entdeckung der ersten Neandertalerfossilien unweit von Düsseldorf - längst zu einem Mythos geworden. Ihr Bild im kulturellen Gedächtnis der Menschheit schwankt zwischen extremen Positionen: hier dumpfe, keulenschwingende Rohlinge, dort Vorfahren des modernen Menschen, die bereits über Sprache, Schmuck und Toten…

  • Taxonomic affinities and evolutionary history of the early Pleistocene hominids of Java

    Open AccessYousuke Kaifu, Hisao Baba et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…2005Cited by: 100References: 75

    Temporal changes, within‐group variation, and phylogenetic positions of the Early Pleistocene Javanese hominids remain unclear. Recent debate focused on the age of the oldest Javanese hominids, but the argument so far includes little morphological basis for the fossils. To approach these questions, we analyzed a comprehensive dentognathic sample from Sangiran, which includes most of the existing hominid mandibles and teeth from the Early Pleistoc…

  • Early Hominid diversity, age and biogeography of the Malawi-Rift

    Open AccessFriedemann Schrenk, Ottmar Kullmer et al.ARTICLEHuman Evolution2002Cited by: 4References: 6

  • African Biogeography, Climate Change, & Human Evolution

    Timothy G Bromage, Friedemann SchrenkEDITORBOOKAfrican biogeography, climate…1999

    This interdisciplinary book interprets early human evolution in the context of the local ecology and specific habitats. It assesses carefully the possible role of climate change in driving early human evolution. Bringing an ecological and biogeographic perspective to recent fossil finds, the book provides a new synthesis of ideas on hominid evolution. It will be a valuable resource for researchers in physical, biological, or paleoanthropology, ev…