| Sexual dimorphism DW Frayer, MH Wolpoff Annual Review of Anthropology, 429-473, 1985 | 582 | 1985 |
| Grave shortcomings: the evidence for Neandertal burial [and Comments and Reply] RH Gargett, HM Bricker, G Clark, J Lindly, C Farizy, C Masset, DW Frayer, ... Current anthropology 30 (2), 157-190, 1989 | 373 | 1989 |
| Troubled times: Violence and warfare in the past DW Frayer, DL Martin Routledge, 2014 | 352 | 2014 |
| Modern human ancestry at the peripheries: a test of the replacement theory MH Wolpoff, J Hawks, DW Frayer, K Hunley Science 291 (5502), 293-297, 2001 | 344 | 2001 |
| Theories of modern human origins: the paleontological test DW Frayer, MH Wolpoff, AG Thorne, FH Smith, GG Pope American anthropologist 95 (1), 14-50, 1993 | 340 | 1993 |
| Evolution of the dentition in Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic Europe DW Frayer Univ. Kansas Publ. Anthropol. 10, 1, 1978 | 290 | 1978 |
| Evidence for Neandertal jewelry: modified white-tailed eagle claws at Krapina D Radovčić, AO Sršen, J Radovčić, DW Frayer PloS one 10 (3), e0119802, 2015 | 286 | 2015 |
| Pygmoid Australomelanesian Homo sapiens skeletal remains from Liang Bua, Flores: population affinities and pathological abnormalities T Jacob, E Indriati, RP Soejono, K Hsü, DW Frayer, RB Eckhardt, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (36), 13421-13426, 2006 | 234 | 2006 |
| Sexual dimorphism and cultural evolution in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene of Europe DW Frayer Journal of Human Evolution 9 (5), 399-415, 1980 | 232 | 1980 |
| Non‐dietary marks in the anterior dentition of the Krapina Neanderthals CL Fox, DW Frayer International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 7 (2), 133-149, 1997 | 192 | 1997 |
| Early Neolithic tradition of dentistry A Coppa, L Bondioli, A Cucina, DW Frayer, C Jarrige, JF Jarrige, ... Nature 440 (7085), 755-756, 2006 | 184 | 2006 |
| Biological and cultural change in the European Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene DW Frayer The origins of modern humans: A world survey of the fossil evidence 21, 1-50, 1984 | 176 | 1984 |
| Evolution at the European edge: Neanderthal and Upper Paleolithic relationships. DW Frayer Préhistore Européenne 2, 9-69, 1993 | 170 | 1993 |
| Body size, weapon use, and natural selection in the European Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic DW Frayer American Anthropologist 83 (1), 57-73, 1981 | 161 | 1981 |
| Multiregional evolution: A world-wide source for modern human populations MH Wolpoff, AG Thorne, FH Smith, DW Frayer, GG Pope Origins of anatomically modern humans, 175-199, 1994 | 160 | 1994 |
| The functional significance of neandertal pubic length [and comments and reply] KR Rosenberg, CL Brace, DW Frayer, MC Geise, DL Greene, RG Tague, ... Current Anthropology 29 (4), 595-617, 1988 | 155* | 1988 |
| Metric dental change in the European Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic DW Frayer American journal of physical anthropology 46 (1), 109-120, 1977 | 154 | 1977 |
| Artificial grooves on the Krapina Neanderthal teeth DW Frayer, MD Russell American Journal of Physical Anthropology 74 (3), 393-405, 1987 | 140 | 1987 |
| Ofnet: evidence for a Mesolithic massacre DW Frayer Troubled Times, 181-216, 2014 | 138 | 2014 |
| More than 500,000 years of right-handedness in Europe DW Frayer, M Lozano, JM Bermudez de Castro, E Carbonell, JL Arsuaga, ... Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition 17 (1), 51-69, 2012 | 138 | 2012 |