| Paleoanthropological investigations of Middle Stone Age sites at Pinnacle Point, Mossel Bay (South Africa): Archaeology and hominid remains from the 2000 Field Season. CW Marean, PJ Nilssen, K Brown, A Jerardino, D Stynder PaleoAnthropology 2004, 14-83, 2004 | 99 | 2004 |
| Craniofacial variation and population continuity during the South African Holocene DD Stynder, RR Ackermann, JC Sealy American Journal of Physical Anthropology 134 (4), 489-500, 2007 | 96 | 2007 |
| Mid-Pleistocene hominin occupation at Elandsfontein, western cape, South Africa DR Braun, NE Levin, D Stynder, AIR Herries, W Archer, F Forrest, ... Quaternary Science Reviews 82, 145-166, 2013 | 69 | 2013 |
| Erfkroon: a new Florisian fossil locality from fluvial contexts in the western Free State, South Africa P Churchill, SE*, Brink, JS**, Berger, LR***, Hutchison, RA***, Rossouw, L ... South African Journal of Science 96 (4), 161-163, 2000 | 66 | 2000 |
| Carnivoran dental microwear textures: comparability of carnassial facets and functional differentiation of postcanine teeth PS Ungar, JR Scott, BW Schubert, DD Stynder Walter de Gruyter 74 (2), 219-224, 2010 | 65 | 2010 |
| Human mandibular incisors from the late Middle Pleistocene locality of Hoedjiespunt 1, South Africa DD Stynder, J Moggi-Cecchi, LR Berger, JE Parkington Journal of Human Evolution 41 (5), 369-383, 2001 | 65 | 2001 |
| Finite element analysis of ursid cranial mechanics and the prediction of feeding behaviour in the extinct giant Agriotherium africanum CC Oldfield, CR McHenry, PD Clausen, U Chamoli, WCH Parr, ... Journal of Zoology 286 (2), 171-171, 2012 | 60 | 2012 |
| The diets of ungulates from the hominid fossil-bearing site of Elandsfontein, Western Cape, South Africa DD Stynder Quaternary Research 71 (1), 62-70, 2009 | 46 | 2009 |
| Craniometric evidence for South African Later Stone Age herders and hunter–gatherers being a single biological population DD Stynder Journal of Archaeological Science 36 (3), 798-806, 2009 | 44 | 2009 |
| A dental microwear texture analysis of the Mio−Pliocene hyaenids from Langebaanweg, South Africa DD Stynder, PS Ungar, JR Scott, BW Schubert Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 (3), 485-496, 2012 | 38 | 2012 |
| A quantitative assessment of variation in Holocene Khoesan crania from South Africa's western, south-western, southern and south-eastern coasts and coastal forelands DD Stynder | 36 | 2006 |
| Stable isotopic composition of fossil mammal teeth and environmental change in southwestern South Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene SB Lehmann, DR Braun, KJ Dennis, DB Patterson, DD Stynder, ... Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 457, 396-408, 2016 | 34 | 2016 |
| Evidence for opal phytolith preservation in the Langebaanweg'E'Quarry Varswater Formation and its potential for palaeohabitat reconstruction L Rossouw, DD Stynder, P Haarhof South African Journal of Science 105 (5), 223-227, 2009 | 34 | 2009 |
| Early to mid-Holocene South African Later Stone Age human crania exhibit a distinctly Khoesan morphological pattern DD Stynder, RR Ackermann, JC Sealy South African Journal of Science 103 (7), 349-352, 2007 | 31 | 2007 |
| Tooth root morphology as an indicator for dietary specialization in carnivores (Mammalia: Carnivora) K Kupczik, DD Stynder Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105 (2), 456-471, 2012 | 29 | 2012 |
| Mosaic functionality in a transitional ecomorphology: skull biomechanics in stem Hyaeninae compared to modern South African carnivorans ZJ Tseng, D Stynder Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102 (3), 540-559, 2011 | 29 | 2011 |
| A mid-Holocene AMS 14C date for the presumed upper Pleistocene human skeleton from Peers Cave, South Africa DD Stynder, F Brock, JC Sealy, S Wurz, AG Morris, TP Volman Journal of Human Evolution 56 (4), 431-434, 2009 | 29 | 2009 |
| Fossil bovid diets indicate a scarcity of grass in the Langebaanweg E Quarry (South Africa) late Miocene/early Pliocene environment DD Stynder Paleobiology 37 (1), 126-139, 2011 | 26 | 2011 |
| When was silcrete heat treatment invented in South Africa? P Schmidt, D Stynder, NJ Conard, JE Parkington Palgrave Communications 6 (1), 1-10, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| The use of faunal evidence to reconstruct site history at Hoedjiespunt 1 (HDP1), Western Cape DD Stynder MA Thesis. Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, 1997 | 22 | 1997 |
