Yoel Rak

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Affiliation: Tel Aviv University
Country: Israel

Publications

  1. ncbi Gorilla-like anatomy on Australopithecus afarensis mandibles suggests Au. afarensis link to robust australopiths
    Yoel Rak
    Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:6568-72. 2007
  2. ncbi Does Homo neanderthalensis play a role in modern human ancestry? The mandibular evidence
    Yoel Rak
    Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    Am J Phys Anthropol 119:199-204. 2002
  3. ncbi Was Australopithecus anamensis ancestral to A. afarensis? A case of anagenesis in the hominin fossil record
    William H Kimbel
    Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, 80287 4101, USA
    J Hum Evol 51:134-52. 2006
  4. ncbi Overcoming the tension between scientific and religious views in teaching anatomical dissection: the Israeli experience
    Netta Notzer
    Unit of Medical Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    Clin Anat 19:442-7. 2006
  5. ncbi Auditory ossicles from southwest Asian Mousterian sites
    Rolf Quam
    Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
    J Hum Evol 54:414-33. 2008

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Publications5

  1. ncbi Gorilla-like anatomy on Australopithecus afarensis mandibles suggests Au. afarensis link to robust australopiths
    Yoel Rak
    Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:6568-72. 2007
    ..afarensis as a modern human ancestor. The ramal anatomy of the earlier Ardipithecus ramidus is virtually that of a chimpanzee, corroborating the proposed phylogenetic scenario...
  2. ncbi Does Homo neanderthalensis play a role in modern human ancestry? The mandibular evidence
    Yoel Rak
    Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    Am J Phys Anthropol 119:199-204. 2002
    ..These morphologies provide further support for the contention that Neanderthals do not play a role in modern human biological ancestry, either through "regional continuity" or through any other form of anagenetic progression...
  3. ncbi Was Australopithecus anamensis ancestral to A. afarensis? A case of anagenesis in the hominin fossil record
    William H Kimbel
    Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, 80287 4101, USA
    J Hum Evol 51:134-52. 2006
    ..Each site-sample appears to capture a different point along this evolutionary trajectory. We discuss the implications of this conclusion for the taxonomy and adaptive evolution of these early-middle Pliocene hominins...
  4. ncbi Overcoming the tension between scientific and religious views in teaching anatomical dissection: the Israeli experience
    Netta Notzer
    Unit of Medical Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    Clin Anat 19:442-7. 2006
    ..Confronting these issues enhances both personal growth as individuals and professional behavior as future physicians...
  5. ncbi Auditory ossicles from southwest Asian Mousterian sites
    Rolf Quam
    Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA
    J Hum Evol 54:414-33. 2008
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