Contact
Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 350
fax: +49 (0341) 3550 - 399
e-mail: streiber@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Publications
Articles
Spoor, F. (2019). Elusive cranium of early hominin found. Nature,573, 200-202. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Stelzer, S., Neubauer, S., Hublin, J.-J., Spoor, F., & Gunz, P. (2019). Morphological trends in arcade shape and size in Middle Pleistocene Homo. American Journal of Physical Anthropology,168(1), 70-91. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Neubauer, S., Gunz, P., Leakey, L., Leakey, M., Hublin, J.-J., & Spoor, F. (2018). Reconstruction, endocranial form and taxonomic affinity of the early Homo calvaria KNM-ER 42700. Journal of Human Evolution,121, 25-39. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Stelzer, S., Gunz, P., Neubauer, S., & Spoor, F. (2018). Using the covariation of extant hominoid upper and lower jaws to predict dental arcades of extinct hominins. Journal of Human Evolution,114, 154-175. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Nengo, I., Tafforeau, P., Gilbert, C. C., Fleagle, J. G., Miller, E. R., Feibel, C., Fox, D. L., Feinberg, J., Pugh, K. D., Berruyer, C., Mana, S., Engle, Z., & Spoor, F. (2017). New infant cranium from the African Miocene sheds light on ape evolution. Nature,548(7666), 169-174. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Ward, C. V., Nalley, T. K., Spoor, F., Tafforeau, P., & Alemseged, Z. (2017). Thoracic vertebral count and thoracolumbar transition in Australopithecus afarensis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,114(23), 6000-6004. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Douka, K., Slon, V., Stringer, C., Potts, R., Hübner, A., Meyer, M., Spoor, F., Pääbo, S., & Higham, T. (2017). Direct radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis of the Darra-i-Kur (Afghanistan) human temporal bone. Journal of Human Evolution,107, 86-93. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Stelzer, S., Gunz, P., Neubauer, S., & Spoor, F. (2017). Hominoid arcade shape: Pattern and magnitude of covariation. Journal of Human Evolution,107, 71-85. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
David, R., Stoessel, A., Berthoz, A., Spoor, F., & Bennequin, D. (2016). Assessing morphology and function of the semicircular duct system: Introducing new in-situ visualization and software toolbox. Scientific Reports,6: 32772. ![]() | |
Spoor, F., Leakey, M. G., & O'Higgins, P. (2016). Middle Pliocene hominin diversity: Australopithecus deyiremeda and Kenyanthropus platyops. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences,371(1698): 20150231. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Stoessel, A., Gunz, P., David, R., & Spoor, F. (2016). Comparative anatomy of the middle ear ossicles of extant hominids – Introducing a geometric morphometric protocol. Journal of Human Evolution,91, 1-25. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Gonzales, L. A., Benefit, B. R., McCrossin, M. L., & Spoor, F. (2015). Cerebral complexity preceded enlarged brain size and reduced olfactory bulbs in Old World monkeys. Nature Communications,6: 7580. ![]() | |
Spoor, F. (2015). Palaeoanthropology: The middle Pliocene gets crowded. Nature, (521), 432-433. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Ward, C. V., Feibel, C. S., Hammond, A. S., Leakey, L. N., Moffett, E. A., Plavcan, M., Skinner, M. M., Spoor, F., & Leakey, M. G. (2015). Associated ilium and femur from Koobi Fora, Kenya, and postcranial diversity in early Homo. Journal of Human Evolution,81, 48-67. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Spoor, F., Gunz, P., Neubauer, S., Stelzer, S., Scott, N., Kwekason, A., & Dean, &. M. C. (2015). Reconstructed Homo habilis type OH 7 suggests deep-rooted species diversity in early Homo. Nature,519, 83-86. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Tryon, C. A., Crevecoeur, I., Faith, J. T., Ekshtain, R., Nivens, J., Patterson, D., Mbua, E. N., & Spoor, F. (2015). Late Pleistocene age and archaeological context for the hominin calvaria from GvJm-22 (Lukenya Hill, Kenya). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,112(9), 2682-2687. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Joordens, J. C. A., Dupont-Nivet, G., Feibel, C. S., Spoor, F., Sier, M. J., Lubbe, J. H. J. L. v. d., Nielsen, T. K., Knul, M. V., Davies, G. R., & Vonhof, H. (2013). Improved age control on early Homo fossils from the upper Burgi Member at Koobi Fora, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution,65(6), 731-745. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Spoor, F. (2013). Palaeoanthropology: Small-brained and big-mouthed. Nature,502(7472), 452-453. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Braga, J., Thackeray, J. F., Dumoncel, J., Descouens, D., Bruxelles, L., Loubes, J.-M., Kahn, J.-L., Stampanoni, M., Barni, L., Hoffmann, J., de Beer, F., & Spoor, F. (2013). A new partial temporal bone of a juvenile hominin from the site of Kromdraai B (South Africa). Journal of Human Evolution,66(4), 447-456. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Ryan, T. M., Silcox, M. T., Walker, A., Mao, X., Begun, D. R., Benefit, B. R., Gingerich, P. D., Köhler, M., Kordos, L., McCrossin, M. L., Moyà-Solà, S., Sanders, W. J., Seiffert, E. R., Simons, E., Zalmout, I. S., & Spoor, F. (2012). Evolution of locomotion in Anthropoidea: the semicircular canal evidence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,279(1742), 3467-3475. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Leakey, M. G., Spoor, F., Dean, M. C., Feibel, C. S., Antón, S. C., Kiarie, C., & Leakey, L. N. (2012). New fossils from Koobi Fora in northern Kenya confirm taxonomic diversity in early Homo. Nature,488(7410), 201-204. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Gunz, P., Ramsier, M., Kuhrig, M., Hublin, J.-J., & Spoor, F. (2012). The mammalian bony labyrinth reconsidered, introducing a comprehensive geometric morphometric approach. Journal of Anatomy,220(6), 529-543. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Noback, M. L., Harvati, K., & Spoor, F. (2011). Climate-Related Variation of the Human Nasal Cavity. American Journal of Physical Anthropology,145(4), 599-614. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Spoor, F. (2011). Malapa and the genus Homo. Nature,478(7367), 44-45. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Spoor, F., Leakey, M. G., & Leakey, L. N. (2010). Hominin diversity in the Middle Pliocene of eastern Africa: the maxilla of KNM-WT 40000. The first four million years of human evolution, 3377-3388. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Alemseged, Z., Spoor, F., Kimbel, W. H., Bobe, R., Geraads, D., Reed, D., & Wynn, J. G. (2006). A juvenile early hominin skeleton from Dikika, Ethiopia. Nature,443, 296-301. DOI BibTeX Endnote |
Book Chapters
Stoessel, A., Gunz, P., Kuhrig, M., Hublin, J.-J., & Spoor, F. (2015). The bony labyrinth of the Oberkassel hominins. In L. Giemsch, & R. Schmitz ( BibTeX Endnote |
Posters
Stelzer, S., Gunz, P., & Spoor, F. (2014).Predicting jaw shape based on models of maxillomandibular integration. Poster presented at 4th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Florence, Italy. BibTeX Endnote | |
Stelzer, S., Gunz, P., & Spoor, F. (2013).Morphological integration of upper and lower jaws in extant hominoids. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Vienna, Austria. BibTeX Endnote | |
Strauss, A., Gunz, P., & Spoor, F. (2011).Late juvenile, early adult cranial growth in a chimpanzee population from the Tai forest. Poster presented at The Inaugural Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE), Leipzig, Germany. BibTeX Endnote |
Meeting Abstracts
Stoessel, A., David, R., Gunz, P., Hublin, J.-J., & Spoor, F. (2017). Shape and function of the hominid auditory region. Folia primatologica,88(2), 154-155. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Stelzer, S., Gunz, P., Neubauer, S., & Spoor, F. (2016). Using the covariation of extant hominoid upper and lower jaws to identify group affinity of fossil hominins. In European Society for the study of Human Evolution ( BibTeX Endnote | |
Gonzales, L. A., Benefit, B. R., McCrossin, M. L., Gunz, P., & Spoor, F. (2014). New perspectives on cercopithecid brain evolution based on microCT scans of the Victoriapithecus cranium. American Journal of Physical Anthropology,153(S58), 127. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Moffett, E. A., Leakey, L. N., Leakey, M. G., Plavcan, J. M., Spoor, F., & Ward, C. V. (2014). Pelvic inlet shape and sex determination from a fragmentary fossil pelvis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology,153(S58), 188. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Stelzer, S., Gunz, P., & Spoor, F. (2014). Using an integration model to predict hominoid jaw shape. American Journal of Physical Anthropology,153(S58), 245-246. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Stoessel, A., Gunz, P., & Spoor, F. (2014). Comparative anatomy of ear ossicles in African apes and modern humans – Introducing a geometric morphometric measurement protocol. American Journal of Physical Anthropology,153(S58), 246-247. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Stoessel, A., Gunz, P., Spoor, F., David, R., Schmidt, T., & Hublin, J.-J. (2014). Small bones, big differences - A comparison of modern human and Neandertal ear ossicles. In A. Reid ( BibTeX Endnote | |
Gunz, P., Stoessel, A., Neubauer, S., Kuhrig, M., Hoyka, M., Hublin, J.-J., & Spoor, F. (2013). Morphological integration of the bony labyrinth and the cranial base in modern humans and Neandertals. In European Society for the study of Human Evolution ( BibTeX Endnote | |
Neubauer, S., Gunz, P., Leakey, M., Leakey, L., Hublin, J.-J., & Spoor, F. (2013). Virtual reconstruction of the KNM-ER 42700 (H.erectus) endocast. In European Society for the study of Human Evolution ( BibTeX Endnote | |
Stoessel, A., Gunz, P., & Spoor, F. (2013). Geometric morphometric analysis of ear ossicles in African apes and modern humans. In European Society for the study of Human Evolution ( BibTeX Endnote | |
Strauss, A., Gunz, P., Benazzi, S., & Spoor, F. (2013). Late juvenile cranial growth and the diagnosis of 'Australopithecus sediba'. In European Society for the study of Human Evolution ( BibTeX Endnote | |
Wannaprasert, T., Spoor, F., & Jeffery, N. (2013). Size and shape maturation of the human cochlea. American Journal of Physical Anthropology,Suppl. 56, Special Issue, 284. DOI BibTeX Endnote | |
Noback, M. L., Harvati, K., & Spoor, F. (2012). Testing uniqueness of Inuit cranial shape and its effect on climate-shape analysis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology,147(Suppl. 54), 224-225. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.22033/pdf. BibTeX Endnote | |
Ramsier, M., Cunningham, A. J., Patiño, M. V., Villanea, F. A., Spoor, F., Demes, B., Larson, S., Glander, K. E., Talebi, M., & Dominy, N. J. (2012). Hearing sensitivity and the evolution of acoustic communication in platyrrhine monkeys. American Journal of Physical Anthropology,147(Suppl. 54), 243-243. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.22033/pdf. BibTeX Endnote | |
Strauss, A., Gunz, P., & Spoor, F. (2012). Late juvenile cranial growth in hominids. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution (pp. 177). BibTeX Endnote | |
Strauss, A., Gunz, P., & Spoor, F. (2011). Late juvenile, early adult cranial growth in a chimpanzee population from the Tai forest. In Abstracts of the Inaugural Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE). BibTeX Endnote | |
Gunz, P., Spoor, F., Tilgner, R., & Hublin, J.-J. (2009). The Neanderthal bony Labyrinth Reconsidered, Introducing a New Geometric Morphometric Approach. American Journal of Physical Anthropology,138(S48), 142. DOI BibTeX Endnote |
Talks
Strauss, A., Gunz, P., & Spoor, F. (2012).Late juvenile, early adult cranial growth in Pan. Talk presented at Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society. Memphis, TN. 2012-04-17 - 2012-04-18. BibTeX Endnote |