Dr. Fred Smith
University Professor of Anthropology
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Biography
Born and raised in the mountains of East Tennessee, I'm still trying to find a hill in central Illinois.
Teaching Interests & Areas
Biological anthropology, human paleontology, human osteology and functional anatomy
Research Interests & Areas
Dr. Fred H. Smith has worked on Neanderthal and early modern human fossil material for almost 50 years. His is particularly focused on the role of Neanderthals in the emergence of modern humans in western Eurasia. His publications number 7 books, over 200 professional articles, and numerous abstracts, notes and reviews. His 1984 book, The Origin of Modern Humans, was named best book in the life sciences that year by the American Association of Publishers, and his newest book , The Origins of Modern Humans. Biology Reconsidered (with James Ahern), was published in 2013 by Wiley-Blackwell. Smith has carried out field and laboratory research in Europe, West Asia and Africa and has taught at the Universities of Hamburg and Tuebingen (Germany) and Zagreb (Croatia)
Ph D Biological Anthropology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
MA Anthropology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
BA Zoology, Anthropology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville TN
Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science
2018
2017 Distinguished Lecturer
Central States Anthropological Society
2017
Distiguished Faculty Award
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, NIU
2014
William King Medal
National University of Ireland, Galway
2014
Outstanding Researcher Award
Stone Age Institute, Indiana University
2013
Gabriel Ward Lasker Award
American Association of Physical anthropologists
2013
University Professorship
Illinois State University
2013
Book, Authored
The Origins of Modern Humans. Biology Reconsidered
Fred Hines Smith, .
(2013), Wiley Blackwell
Book, Chapter
The European Fossil Record
Fred Hines Smith.
(2018), International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology, Wiley Blackwell
Human skeletal remains
Fred Hines Smith, Ivor Janković, James CM Ahern.
(2017), The Archaeolim Project., rchaeological Museum, Zagreb
Interactions in the Old Stone Age: possible scenarios using the Vindija biological evidence
Fred Hines Smith, Ivor Janković.
(2016), 57-66, BAR-Archaeolpress
New light on the Paleolithic of Croatia.
Ivor Karavanić, Ranja Šošić-Klindžić, James C.M. Ahern, Nikola Čondić, Ivor Janković, Kresimir Zubčić, Fred Hines Smith.
(2016), 153-169, Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia, Springer
The importance of Croatian Pleistocene hominin finds in the study of human evolution
Ivor Janković, James C.M. Ahern, Ivor Karavanić, Fred Hines Smith.
(2016), 35-50, Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia., Springer
Špilje Zala u dijakronijskoj prespktivi: sažetak resultata. (Zala cave in diachronic perspective: summary results).
Fred H Smith, Ivor Karavanić,, Nikola Vukosavljević, Rajna Šošić-Klindžić, Ivor Janković.
(2016), 213-216, Modruš: Katedra Čakavskog sabor Modruše
Introduction: Thoughts on Modern Human Origins from 1984 to 2012.
Fred Hines Smith, James C.M Ahern, .
(2013), xi-xxv, The Origins of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered, Wiley Blackwell
Modern human origins in Central Europe
James CM Ahern, Ivor Jankovic, Jean-Luc Voisin, Fred Hines Smith.
(2013), 151-221, The Origins of Modern Human: Biology Reconsidered, Wiley Blackwell
Assimilation and modern human origins in the African peripheries
Fred Hines Smith, V T Hutchinson, I Janković.
(2012), 365-393, African Genesis: Perspectives on Hominin Evolution, Cambridge University Press
Epigravettian human remains and artifacts from Šandalja II, Istria, Croatia
I Janković, I Karavanić, J C.M Ahern, T Stockton, Fred Hines Smith.
(2012), 87-122, PaleoAnthropology
Journal Article
Hybridization in human evolution: insights from other organisms.
Rebecca R Ackermann, Michael L Arnold, Peter R Grant, Clifford J Jolly, Fred H Smith, Dietmar Zinner.
Evolutionary Anthropology, 28, 189-209, (2019)
Bukovac cave revisited. Recent excavations of an early Upper Paleolithic site in the Gorski kotar region of Croatia.
Ivor Jankovic, Nikola Vukosavljevic, James C.M. Ahern, Ivor Karavanic, Sanjin Mihelic, Fred Hines Smith.
Archeologisches Korrespondenzblatt, 48, 297-306, (2018)
Cranial measures and ancient DNA both show greater similarity of Neandertals to recent modern Eurasians than to recent modern sub-Saharan Africans
John Relethford, Fred Hines Smith.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 166, 170-178, (2018)
Paleolithic hominins and settlement in Croatia from MIS 6 to MIS 3: research history and current interpretations
Ivor Karavanic, Nikola Vukosavljevic, Ivor Jankovic, James C.M. Ahern, Fred Hines Smith.
Quaternary International, 494, 152-166, (2018)
The evidence from Vindija Cave (Croatia) reveals diversity of neandertal behaviour in Europe.
Marie Patou-Mathis, Ivor Karavanic, Fred Hines Smith.
Quaternary International, 494, 413-426, (2018)
New research on the Late Pleistocene in the Lim Channel, Istria.
Fred Hines Smith, Ivor Janković, Darko Komšo, James CM Ahern, Rory Becker, Katarina Gerometta, Jacobo Weinstock, Antonela Barbir, Nikola Vukosavljević, Barbara Cvitkušić, Sanjin Mihelić.
Antiquity, 91 359, e4 (2017):, 1-7, (2017)
The Assimilation Model of Modern Human Origins in Light of Current Genetic and Genomic Knowledge
Fred Hines Smith, James MC Ahern, Ivor Jankovic, Ivor Karavanic.
Quaternary International, 450, 126-136, (2017)
[Excavations in] Gorski Kotor – Bukovac cave, cave at the source of the Kupa, Kupjac cave and Lučička cave
Fred Hines Smith, Ivor Janković, James CM Ahern, Ivor Karavanić, Sanjin Mihelić.
Croatian Archaeological Yearbook, 9, 477-500, (2017)
Dental microwear texture analysis of Croatian Neandertal molars
Whitney M Karriger, Christopher W Schmidt, Fred Hines Smith.
PaleoAnthropology, 2016, 164-176, (2016)
On Some Aspects of Nerandertal Zygomatic Morphology
Fred Hines Smith, Ivor Jankovic, James CM Ahern.
Homo: Jouurnal of Comparative Human Biology, 67 (89-99), (2016)
Human Skeletal Evidence for the Peopling of North America: A Paleoanthropological and Historical Perspective.
Fred Hines Smith.
UNESCO World Heritage Papers, 43, 24-38, (2015)
Karel Valoch: Eminent Scholar, Valued Colleague and Friend
Fred Hines Smith.
Anthropologie, 53, 11-12, (2015)
Neanderthal Adaptation: The Biological Costs of Brawn
Fred Hines Smith.
UNESCO World Heritage Papers, 41, 206-219, (2015)
Alternative interpretations of the Middle/Upper Paleolithic
Ivor Karavanic, Fred Hines Smith.
Archaeology, Ethnology, and Anthropology in Eurasia, 41, 11-20, (2014)
Current research on the Middle Paleolithic cave, open-air and underwater sites in Dalmatia, Croatia
Ivor Karavanic, Ivor Jankovic, Ahern CM James, Fred Hines Smith.
Dolní Věstonice Studies, 20, 31-36, (2014)
Morphological evidence for modern human influences in late Central European Neandertals
Fred Hines Smith, Katherine Lacy, Sarah Caldwell.
Anthropologie, 51, (2014)
On Right for the Wrong Reasons: Reflections on Modern Human Origins
Fred Hines Smith.
Current Anthropology, 55, 713, (2014)
The Fate of the Neandertals
Fred Hines Smith.
Journal of Anthropological Research, 69, 187-200, (2013)
Other
Madeline Kneberg and the Birth of Biological Anthropology in Tennessee
Fred Hines Smith, Burton T Smith.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 56, 257
Presentations
The Naming of Neandertals. William King, Ernst Haeckel and the rise and fall of “Homo primigenius.”
Fred Hines Smith.
American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Atlanta, Georgia, April, 2016
Etiology of the horizontal-oval form of the mandibular foramen and a reassessment of its usefulness for paleoanthropological studies
Fred Hines Smith, Katherine Lacy.
European Society for the Study of Human Evolution, London, September, 2015
Continuity and Change in the Interpretation of Vindija Neandertal Morphology
Fred Hines Smith, Ivor Jankovic, James C.M. Ahern, Ivor Karavanic.
Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers in the Adriatic and neighboring Regions, Kastela, Croatia, September, 2015
Current Research on Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the Lim Chanel, Istria, Croatia
Fred Hines Smith, Ivor Jankovic, James C.M. Ahern.
Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers in the Adriatic and neighboring Regions, Kastela, Croatia, September, 2015
The Chronology, Stratigraphy, Archaeology and Biology of the Late Neandertals from Vindija Cave: An Update of the Evidence.
Fred Hines Smith, Ivor Jankovic, James C.M. Ahern.
Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers in the Adriatic and neighboring Regions, Kastela, Croatia, September, 2015
Something Old, Something New: The Relationship betweeen Neandertals and Early Modern Europeans in Croatia and East central Europe.
Fred Hines Smith.
Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers in the Adriatic and neighboring Regions., Kastela, Croatia, September, 2015
There Are Neandertals Among Us
Fred Hines Smith.
Mikey Science Lecture Series, Springfield, IL, April, 2015
a Visit With Neandertals
Fred Hines Smith.
Epic of Creation, Chicago, IL, February, 2015
Neandertal paranasal sinus and possible lifestyle correlates.
Maria Smith, Ralf Schmitz, Fred Hines Smith.
From Fossils to the Genome: The Anniversary of the, Galway, Ireland, May 20, 2014
We have met the Neandertals and they are us
Fred Hines Smith.
From Fossils to the Genome: The Anniversary of the Naming of Homo neanderthalensis by William King., Galway, Ireland, May 20, 2014
Effects of cold adaptation on the growth and development of the Neandertal cranial base
Sarah Caldwell, Katherine Lacy, Fred Hines Smith.
American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Online, April 15, 2014
The effect of plastic remodeling on mandibular lingular morphology: implications for paleoanthropological population studies
Katherine Lacy, Sarah Caldwell, Fred Hines Smith.
American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Online, April 15, 2014
Something old, something new: Neandertal morphology revisited.
Fred Hines Smith.
ISU Biology Student Conference, Online, April 9, 2014
Something old, something new: Neandertal morphology revisited
Fred Hines Smith.
University of Wisconsin Anthropology Student Conference, Online, March 22, 2014
The emergence of modern humans
Fred Hines Smith.
16th Annual PaleoFest, Online, March 13, 2014
The 2.5% Solution: The Role of Neandertals in the Origin of Modern Eurasians
Fred Hines Smith.
OnlineOctober 29, 2013
The Earliest Americans: A Paleoanthropological Perspective
Fred Hines Smith.
UNESCO Human Evolution Conference, Online, September 5, 2013
The Role of Neandertals in Modern Human Origins
Fred Hines Smith.
OnlineApril 20, 2013
Neandertals and the Beginning of People Like Us
Fred Hines Smith.
OnlineApril 14, 2013
The Joy of Data: Dick Jantz's Impact on the Development of Contemporary Biological Anthropology.
Fred Hines Smith.
American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Online, April 13, 2013
Neandertals and the Beginnings of People Like Us.
Fred Hines Smith.
OnlineMarch 25, 2013
The Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition: Neandertal Geography in Eurasia
Fred Hines Smith.
UNESCO Human Evolution Conference, Online, February 25, 2013
Das Schicksal des Neandertalers (The Fate of the Neandertal).
Fred Hines Smith.
Human Evolution in the Southern Balkans, Germany, December, 2012
Recent research on the Middle/Upper Paleolithic interface in Croatia in the context of central and SE Europe
Fred Hines Smith, I Karavanić, R Šošić, J C.M Ahern, N Čondić, I Janković, K Zubčić.
International Symposium – Human Evolution in the Southern Balkans, Tübingen,Germany, December, 2012
The importance of Croatian Pleistocene hominin finds in the study of human evolution
Fred Hines Smith, I Janković, J C.M Ahern, I Karavanić.
International Symposium – Human Evolution in the Southern Balkans, Tübingen, Germany, December, 2012