| Emergence of modern human behavior: Middle Stone Age engravings from South Africa CS Henshilwood, F d'Errico, R Yates, Z Jacobs, C Tribolo, GAT Duller, ... Science 295 (5558), 1278-1280, 2002 | 911 | 2002 |
| Nassarius kraussianus shell beads from Blombos Cave: evidence for symbolic behaviour in the Middle Stone Age F d'Errico, C Henshilwood, M Vanhaeren, K Van Niekerk Journal of human evolution 48 (1), 3-24, 2005 | 629 | 2005 |
| Middle stone age shell beads from South Africa C Henshilwood, F d'Errico, M Vanhaeren, K Van Niekerk, Z Jacobs Science 304 (5669), 404-404, 2004 | 603 | 2004 |
| Neanderthal acculturation in Western Europe? A critical review of the evidence and its interpretation F d'Errico, J Zilhão, M Julien, D Baffier, J Pelegrin Current anthropology 39 (S1), S1-S44, 1998 | 600 | 1998 |
| Archaeological evidence for the emergence of language, symbolism, and music–an alternative multidisciplinary perspective F d'Errico, C Henshilwood, G Lawson, M Vanhaeren, AM Tillier, M Soressi, ... Journal of World Prehistory 17 (1), 1-70, 2003 | 588 | 2003 |
| The invisible frontier. A multiple species model for the origin of behavioral modernity F d'Errico Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews: Issues, News, and …, 2003 | 536 | 2003 |
| Symbolic use of marine shells and mineral pigments by Iberian Neandertals J Zilhão, DE Angelucci, E Badal-García, F d’Errico, F Daniel, L Dayet, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (3), 1023-1028, 2010 | 531 | 2010 |
| 82,000-year-old shell beads from North Africa and implications for the origins of modern human behavior A Bouzouggar, N Barton, M Vanhaeren, F d'Errico, S Collcutt, T Higham, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (24), 9964-9969, 2007 | 505 | 2007 |
| Middle Paleolithic shell beads in Israel and Algeria M Vanhaeren, F d'Errico, C Stringer, SL James, JA Todd, HK Mienis Science 312 (5781), 1785-1788, 2006 | 485 | 2006 |
| Engraved ochres from the middle stone age levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa CS Henshilwood, F d'Errico, I Watts Journal of human evolution 57 (1), 27-47, 2009 | 466 | 2009 |
| Dispersal ecology and evolution J Clobert, M Baguette, TG Benton, JM Bullock Oxford University Press, 2012 | 435 | 2012 |
| The chronology and taphonomy of the earliest Aurignacian and its implications for the understanding of Neandertal extinction J Zilhão, F d'Errico Journal of world prehistory 13 (1), 1-68, 1999 | 421 | 1999 |
| An early bone tool industry from the Middle Stone Age at Blombos Cave, South Africa: implications for the origins of modern human behaviour, symbolism and language CS Henshilwood, F D'errico, CW Marean, RG Milo, R Yates Journal of human evolution 41 (6), 631-678, 2001 | 418 | 2001 |
| A 100,000-year-old ochre-processing workshop at Blombos Cave, South Africa CS Henshilwood, F d’Errico, KL Van Niekerk, Y Coquinot, Z Jacobs, ... science 334 (6053), 219-222, 2011 | 398 | 2011 |
| Aurignacian ethno-linguistic geography of Europe revealed by personal ornaments M Vanhaeren, F d'Errico Journal of Archaeological Science 33 (8), 1105-1128, 2006 | 318 | 2006 |
| Additional evidence on the use of personal ornaments in the Middle Paleolithic of North Africa F d'Errico, M Vanhaeren, N Barton, A Bouzouggar, H Mienis, D Richter, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (38), 16051-16056, 2009 | 291 | 2009 |
| Neandertal extinction and the millennial scale climatic variability of OIS 3 F d’Errico, MFS Goñi Quaternary Science Reviews 22 (8-9), 769-788, 2003 | 260 | 2003 |
| Neandertal extinction and the millennial scale climatic variability of OIS 3 F d’Errico, MFS Goñi Quaternary Science Reviews 22 (8-9), 769-788, 2003 | 260 | 2003 |
| Evolution, revolution or saltation scenario for the emergence of modern cultures? F d'Errico, CB Stringer Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366 …, 2011 | 250 | 2011 |
| Middle stone age bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa L Backwell, F d'Errico, L Wadley Journal of Archaeological Science 35 (6), 1566-1580, 2008 | 249 | 2008 |
Lucinda BackwellSenior ResearcherVerified email at wits.ac.za