Russell L Ciochon
Biographic Data
| ID | 86080 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Russell L Ciochon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Russell L |
| FAMILY NAME | Ciochon |
| SIGNATURE | CIOCHON R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iowa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2135-0099 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 55 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 296 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 54 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Extreme modification of teeth and bones by porcupines ( Hystrix cf. H. kiangsenensis and Atherurus macrourus ) Làng Tráng Cave complex, northern Vietnam
Identifying the causative agents of modified bone surfaces can be challenging, particularly in terrestrial systems where numerous biotic and abiotic factors can produce grooves, divots, and striae. This contribution focusses on fossil vertebrates in the Làng Tráng cave system in Vietnam, which preserves a diverse assemblage of middle Pleistocene mammals, and discusses criteria that can identify the agents responsible for the accumulation and degr…
Java Man
Privacy & Personality
Privacy and Personality
Primate Evolution and Human Origins
Human Evolution Source Book
Retracted: Early hominin biogeography in Island Southeast Asia
Island Southeast Asia covers Eurasia's tropical expanse of continental shelf and active subduction zones. Cutting between island landmasses, Wallace's Line separates Sunda and the Eastern Island Arc (the Arc) into distinct tectonic and faunal provinces. West of the line, on Sunda, Java Island yields many fossils of Homo erectus. East of the line, on the Arc, Flores Island provides one skeleton and isolated remains of Homo floresiensis. Luzon Isla…
Evolutionary trend in dental size in Gigantopithecus blacki revisited
Structure and composition of the Trinil femora: Functional and taxonomic implications
The Early Palaeolithic of Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the warm, humid corner of the Eurasian landmass (Map 1.21.1). The region lies east of the Indian Subcontinent and, essentially, south of China. It covers the Indonesian and Philippine archipelagos as well as the Malay and Indochina peninsulas. Herein the northern border is the Tropic of Cancer (23.3 o N). The region has a generally tropical, rainy climate with the wet monsoon dominating the annual cycle. Current political distin…
Animals for food, animals for tools: Fauna as a source of raw material at Abri Cellier, Dordogne, and the Grotte du Renne, Arcy-sur-Cure
The adoption of bone tool technology in the Early Upper Palaeolithic of Europe by Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans has been the focus of considerable debate. In particular this debate has focused on the origins of the technology and the possible implications for the extinction of Neanderthals. This dissertation examines the context of element selection for use as raw material to produce bone tools, related to prey species in the Châtel…
New 1.5 million-year-old Homo erectus maxilla from Sangiran (Central Java, Indonesia)
Divorcing Hominins from the Stegodon-Ailuropoda Fauna: New Views on the Antiquity of Hominins in Asia
Way out of Africa: Early Pleistocene paleoenvironments inhabited by Homo erectus in Sangiran, Java
Assessing mandibular shape variation within Gigantopithecus using a geometric morphometric approach
This study provides a survey of mandibular shape in a sample of extant hominoids ( Pan , Gorilla , Pongo , and Hylobates ), as well as extinct Asian and Eurasian taxa ( Ouranopithecus , Sivapithecus , and Gigantopithecus ) in order to compare overall shape similarity. Results presented call into question differences in mandible shape recently used to distinguish Gigantopithecus giganteus from Gigantopithecus blacki and to justify resurrecting a d…
Molar enamel thickness and dentine horn height in Gigantopithecus blacki
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 = …
Single Reviews
Book reviewed in this article: The First Boat People . Steve Webb
Testing the New Hypotheses
The Third Function: A Hypothesis on the Mysterious Skull of Peking Man
The Nature of Humanness at Longgushan: Brain, Language, Fire, and Cannibalism
The bones of anatomically modern Homo sapiens from the Upper Cave at Longgushan appeared to display evidence for a presumed descendant of Homo erectus, and archaeology provided further evidence of behavioral evolution — advanced humanlike behavior, tools, and fire — in Homo erectus. However, there are other behaviors that have been difficult to interpret and controversial as regards the humanness of Homo erectus. This chapter examines data which …
Giants and Genes: Changing Views of Peking Man's Evolutionary Significance
This chapter examines the twists and turns of the paleoanthropological interpretation of Peking Man: the first, largely fanciful and hopeful pronouncements; the more mature hypotheses based on the remarkably complete fossil remains; the comparative studies of Zhoukoudian with other sites and hominids from around the globe; and finally the understanding of Peking Man after all the pre-World War II fossils had been pulled out of the ground. The ide…
The Dragon Reclaims Its Own
This chapter focuses on the impact of the Sino-Japanese War on excavations at Longgushan and the fate of the Peking Man fossils. Japanese interest in the Peking Man fossils and where the Peking Man fossils went are discussed. The loss of the Peking Man fossils has generated more interest than any other topic in the history of paleoanthropology. Despite all the interest, historical research, and hypotheses, there is still not a single reliable acc…
Alpha and Omega: Resolving the Ultimate Questions of the Beginnings and Endings of Homo erectus, the Species
This chapter discusses where Homo erectus came from and when it evolved. Topics covered include possible African origins, clinical replacement, dispersal and evolution of Homo erectus in Southeast Asia, and climate change and the extinction of Homo erectus.
The Bones of Dragon Hill
This chapter focuses on the discoveries at Dragon Bone Hill in northern China. Topics discussed include the mysterious affinity between the ancient dragons of Chinese myth and the fossilized remains of extinct animals, suspicions of hominids at Longgushan and their discovery, a “missing link expedition” through China to the Gobi Desert, and the discovery of the first hominid skull.
The Adaptive Behavior of the Not-Quite-Human
This chapter examines primary evidence of behavioral complexity in Homo erectus — the use of stone tools and, above all, fire — the effective use of which may have been the driving force behind the brain's remarkable evolution. The use of rudimentary stone tools and tenuous control of fire, and having a dependent scavenging relationship with large carnivores, showed that Homo erectus did more than eke out an existence in Pleistocene. Rather it fl…
Way out of Africa: Early Pleistocene paleoenvironments inhabited by Homo erectus in Sangiran, Java
Mapping and taphonomic analysis of the Homo erectus loci at Locality 1 Zhoukoudian, China
Structure and composition of the Trinil femora: Functional and taxonomic implications
Morphometric affinities of the human shoulder
To analyze differences between apes and monkeys and the affinities of man, we have studied the shoulder girdle of 327 specimens of anthropoid primates. The scapula, clavicle and humerus are viewed as an integrated functional complex on the basis of 18 measurements. Several varieties of multivariate analysis show that man is clearly closer to other hominoids than to the included monkey taxa (whether terrestrial or arboreal, Old World or New World)…
Molar enamel thickness and dentine horn height in Gigantopithecus blacki
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 = …
Canine Teeth: Notes on Controversies in the Study of Human Evolution 1
The synthetic theory of evolution requires the reconstruction of the behaviors of past populations, and such reconstruction cannot be neatly packaged. In this situation the primitive systems of the brain will find support for the opposite sides of almost any question. As individuals, we have the need to feel that what we do is “real, true, and important” and this has a profound influence on our supposedly scientific attitudes. At the present time…
New Interpretations of Ape and Human Ancestry
Paleoanthropological and archaeological research in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Dragon Bone Hill: An Ice-Age Saga of Homo erectus
This book recreates the story of life before Homo sapiens walked the earth. It was once thought that "Peking Man", the remains of a cave man discovered at the famous fossil site of Dragon Bone Hill in China, had been a great hunter. But Peking Man was actually a composite of the remains of some fifty women, children, and men unfortunate enough to have been the prey of a giant cave hyena. The book retells the story of the cave's unique species of …
Morphometric analysis of platyrrhine femora with taxonomic implications and notes on two fossil forms
Morphoclinal variation in the anthropoid shoulder
A morphocline in the organization of the shoulder joint is demonstrated among anthropoid primates. This metrical test supports the view that hominoid distinctions are monophyletic in origin. The primates that are behaviorally and functionally convergent on hominoids are only partially convergent or are not convergent in shoulder morphology
Chronology of primate discoveries in Myanmar: Influences on the anthropoid origins debate
The history of primate paleontology in Asia is long and complex, beginning with the first discoveries of fossil primates on the Indian subcontinent in the early 1830's. The first Eocene mammals from Asia were collected in Myanmar and described in 1916, while the first primates, Pondaungia and Amphipithecus, were described in 1927 and 1937, respectively, both from the Pondaung Formation in Myanmar. For the next 60 years, these two Pondaung taxa re…
Assessing mandibular shape variation within Gigantopithecus using a geometric morphometric approach
This study provides a survey of mandibular shape in a sample of extant hominoids ( Pan , Gorilla , Pongo , and Hylobates ), as well as extinct Asian and Eurasian taxa ( Ouranopithecus , Sivapithecus , and Gigantopithecus ) in order to compare overall shape similarity. Results presented call into question differences in mandible shape recently used to distinguish Gigantopithecus giganteus from Gigantopithecus blacki and to justify resurrecting a d…
Evolutionary trend in dental size in Gigantopithecus blacki revisited
What's in a name? Family-group taxonomy of larger-bodied Southeast Asian Eocene Primates
Lithostratigraphic Context for Kln-1993.05-SNJ, a Fossil Colobine Maxilla from Jokotingkir, Sangiran Dome
A canine tooth from the Siwaliks: First recorded discovery of a fossil ape
The fossil mammal fauna of the Lang Trang caves, Vietnam, compared with Southeast Asian fossil and recent mammal faunas: The geographical implications
Relationship of Australopithecus and Homo
The Single Species Hypothesis
[Human Evolution in Southern and Eastern Asia] Palaeoanthropological and Archaeological Discoveries From Lang Trang Caves: A new Middle Pleistocene hominid site from northern Viet Nam
Canine Teeth: Notes on Controversies in the Study of Human Evolution 1
The synthetic theory of evolution requires the reconstruction of the behaviors of past populations, and such reconstruction cannot be neatly packaged. In this situation the primitive systems of the brain will find support for the opposite sides of almost any question. As individuals, we have the need to feel that what we do is “real, true, and important” and this has a profound influence on our supposedly scientific attitudes. At the present time…
Morphometric analysis of platyrrhine femora with taxonomic implications and notes on two fossil forms
The postcranium of Miocene hominoids: Were dryopithecines merely “dental apes”?
Morphometric affinities of the human shoulder
To analyze differences between apes and monkeys and the affinities of man, we have studied the shoulder girdle of 327 specimens of anthropoid primates. The scapula, clavicle and humerus are viewed as an integrated functional complex on the basis of 18 measurements. Several varieties of multivariate analysis show that man is clearly closer to other hominoids than to the included monkey taxa (whether terrestrial or arboreal, Old World or New World)…
The Single Species Hypothesis
Morphoclinal variation in the anthropoid shoulder
A morphocline in the organization of the shoulder joint is demonstrated among anthropoid primates. This metrical test supports the view that hominoid distinctions are monophyletic in origin. The primates that are behaviorally and functionally convergent on hominoids are only partially convergent or are not convergent in shoulder morphology
Relationship of Australopithecus and Homo
New Interpretations of Ape and Human Ancestry
Paleoanthropological and archaeological research in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Media Monitor
Biological Anthropology: Another Unique Species: Patterns in Human Evolutionary Ecology. Robert Foley
A review of evidence for postulated Middle Pleistocene occupations in Viet Nam
[Human Evolution in Southern and Eastern Asia] Palaeoanthropological and Archaeological Discoveries From Lang Trang Caves: A new Middle Pleistocene hominid site from northern Viet Nam
Primates in northern Viet Nam: A review of the ecology and conservation status of extant species, with notes on pleistocene localities
Relative Ages of Eocene Primate-Bearing Deposits of Asia
Rencunius zhoui, New Primate from the Late Middle Eocene of Henan, China, and a Comparison with Some Early Anthropoidea
The Asian Origin of Anthropoidea Revisited
Early Homo and associated artefacts from Asia
The fossil mammal fauna of the Lang Trang caves, Vietnam, compared with Southeast Asian fossil and recent mammal faunas: The geographical implications
Human evolution in China: A metric description of the fossils and a review of the sites
By Xinxhi Wu and Frank E. Poirier. New York: Oxford University Press. 1995. 317 pp. ISBN 0-19-507432-7. $65.00 (cloth). © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
A canine tooth from the Siwaliks: First recorded discovery of a fossil ape
Lithostratigraphic Context for Kln-1993.05-SNJ, a Fossil Colobine Maxilla from Jokotingkir, Sangiran Dome
Early Pleistocene 40 Ar/ 39 Ar ages for Bapang Formation hominins, Central Jawa, Indonesia
The Sangiran dome is the primary stratigraphic window for the Plio-Pleistocene deposits of the Solo basin of Central Jawa. The dome has yielded nearly 80 Homo erectus fossils, around 50 of which have known findspots. With a hornblende 40 Ar/ 39 Ar plateau age of 1.66 ± 0.04 mega-annum (Ma) reportedly associated with two fossils [Swisher, C.C., III, Curtis, G. H., Jacob, T., Getty, A. G., Suprijo, A. & Widiasmoro (1994) Science 263, 1118–1121), th…
New eosimiid primate from Myanmar
Eocene primates from Myanmar: Historical perspectives on the origin of Anthropoidea
The phylogenetic and geographic origins of the primate suborder Anthropoidea have long been major focal points in the study of primate evolution. Field work in Africa and Asia over the past forty years has produced a bewildering array of fossil primates, many having been linked in one way or another with the early origins of anthropoids. Asia recently has become fashionable in some circles as the ultimate geographic source of anthropoids, while A…
Biology (37 works) · Geography (30 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (26 works) · Paleontology (25 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (21 works) · Archaeology (20 works) · Evolutionary biology (20 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (17 works) · History (16 works) · Pleistocene (16 works)