| Edge angle as a variably influential factor in flake cutting efficiency: an experimental investigation of its relationship with tool size and loading AJM Key, SJ Lycett Archaeometry 57 (5), 911-927, 2015 | 95 | 2015 |
| Are bigger flakes always better? An experimental assessment of flake size variation on cutting efficiency and loading AJM Key, SJ Lycett Journal of Archaeological Science 41, 140-146, 2014 | 90 | 2014 |
| Influence of handaxe size and shape on cutting efficiency: a large-scale experiment and morphometric analysis AJM Key, SJ Lycett Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 24, 514-541, 2017 | 75 | 2017 |
| The evolution of the hominin thumb and the influence exerted by the non-dominant hand during stone tool production AJM Key, CJ Dunmore Journal of Human Evolution 78, 60-69, 2015 | 75 | 2015 |
| Technology based evolution? A biometric test of the effects of handsize versus tool form on efficiency in an experimental cutting task AJM Key, SJ Lycett Journal of Archaeological Science 38 (7), 1663-1670, 2011 | 70 | 2011 |
| The manual pressures of stone tool behaviors and their implications for the evolution of the human hand EM Williams-Hatala, KG Hatala, MK Gordon, A Key, M Kasper, TL Kivell Journal of Human Evolution 119, 14-26, 2018 | 68 | 2018 |
| Reassessing the production of handaxes versus flakes from a functional perspective AJM Key, SJ Lycett Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 9, 737-753, 2017 | 66 | 2017 |
| Looking at handaxes from another angle: Assessing the ergonomic and functional importance of edge form in Acheulean bifaces AJM Key, T Proffitt, E Stefani, SJ Lycett Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 44, 43-55, 2016 | 66 | 2016 |
| Integrating mechanical and ergonomic research within functional and morphological analyses of lithic cutting technology: key principles and future experimental directions AJM Key Ethnoarchaeology 8 (1), 69-89, 2016 | 61 | 2016 |
| Form and function in the Lower Palaeolithic: history, progress, and continued relevance AJM Key, SJ Lycett Journal of Anthropological Sciences 95, 67-108, 2017 | 57 | 2017 |
| Hand grip diversity and frequency during the use of Lower Palaeolithic stone cutting-tools A Key, SR Merritt, TL Kivell Journal of human evolution 125, 137-158, 2018 | 51 | 2018 |
| Quantifying lithic microwear with load variation on experimental basalt flakes using LSCM and area-scale fractal complexity (Asfc) WJ Stemp, M Morozov, AJM Key Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties 3 (3), 034006, 2015 | 50 | 2015 |
| Investigating interrelationships between Lower Palaeolithic stone tool effectiveness and tool user biometric variation: implications for technological and evolutionary changes AJM Key, SJ Lycett Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 10, 989-1006, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| Raw material optimization and stone tool engineering in the Early Stone Age of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) A Key, T Proffitt, I de la Torre Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17 (162), 20190377, 2020 | 45 | 2020 |
| Modelling the end of the Acheulean at global and continental levels suggests widespread persistence into the Middle Palaeolithic AJM Key, I Jarić, DL Roberts Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 8 (1), 1-12, 2021 | 42 | 2021 |
| Is loading a significantly influential factor in the development of lithic microwear? An experimental test using LSCM on basalt from Olduvai Gorge AJM Key, WJ Stemp, M Morozov, T Proffitt, I de la Torre Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 22, 1193-1214, 2015 | 41 | 2015 |
| Miniaturization optimized weapon killing power during the social stress of late pre-contact North America (AD 600-1600) A Mika, K Flood, JD Norris, M Wilson, A Key, B Buchanan, B Redmond, ... Plos one 15 (3), e0230348, 2020 | 40 | 2020 |
| Early stage blunting causes rapid reductions in stone tool performance A Key, MR Fisch, MI Eren Journal of Archaeological Science 91, 1-11, 2018 | 39 | 2018 |
| Optimal linear estimation models predict 1400–2900 years of overlap between Homo sapiens and Neandertals prior to their disappearance from France and … I Djakovic, A Key, M Soressi Scientific Reports 12 (1), 15000, 2022 | 35* | 2022 |
| Comparing the use of meat and clay during cutting and projectile research A Key, J Young, MR Fisch, ME Chaney, A Kramer, MI Eren Engineering Fracture Mechanics 192, 163-175, 2018 | 32 | 2018 |
