Prof Joel Irish
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science
Email: J.D.Irish@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2387
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
• Bioarchaeology
• Dental anthropology
• Human skeletal biology
• Hominin origins and affinities
• Human adaptation and variation
• Human paleopathology
• Computer & statistical applications, phylogenetics
• North and sub-Saharan Africa
RESEARCH
I am a bioarchaeologist with extensive academic and applied experience in dental anthropology, human osteology, and paleopathology. I also have a strong background in prehistoric archaeology, having been involved in >35 seasons of archaeological and bioarchaeological fieldwork in the U.S., Europe, and Africa. A principal area of research involves a biocultural approach to the Upper Pleistocene through modern peopling of Africa, with a concentration on dental morphometric data to understand population origins, biological affinities, migration, and diachronic adaptation. I have assembled a large database of dental and osseous morphometric variants (313 variables in >6,000 individuals), recorded in North and sub-Saharan African samples from institutions throughout the world. Though concentrating on Upper Pleistocene through recent groups, I also apply this approach to Plio-Pleistocene hominins including, Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi from the Rising Star Cave system in conjunction with colleagues from South Africa and the U.S. Because of this and other research I have 4 co-edited books, three co-authored books, >100 peer-reviewed articles in professional journals and edited volumes, >100 presentations at regional, national, and international meetings, and various manuscripts under review or in progress.
TEACHING
With reference to academic background, I have 25 years of full time experience in teaching and advising at the university level. I have taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses prior to joining LJMU, including: Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Human Biology, Paleoanthropology, Human Osteology, Analytical Techniques, Dental Anthropology, Human Genetics, and Proseminar in Physical Anthropology. In teaching I often incorporate a four-field approach, where appropriate, to present a more holistic picture. I am currently module leader 7104 Dental Anthropology, and teach on various other modules in our program.
Beyond teaching, I have advised hundreds of students, served on >50 graduate committees in the U.S. UK, and Europe, and at present am/was the Chair of 12 Masters and 12 Ph.D. student committees. I am currently the Subject Leader of the Anthropology and Archaeology Subject group here at LJMU, and member of the Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology.
Languages
French
Degrees
1993, Arizona State University, United States, PhD, Biological Anthropology
1984, Minnesota State University, Mankato, United States, MS, Anthropology (Continuing Studies Program)
1980, Minnesota State University, Mankato, United States, BS
Academic appointments
Honorary Research Fellow, The Centre for the Exploration of the Deep Human Journey, University of the Witwatersrand, 2014 - present
Professor of Bioarchaeology, Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2012 - present
Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1998 - present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 1995 - 1998
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Arizona State University, 1993 - 1995
Highlighted publications
Rathmann H, Perretti S, Porcu V, Hanihara T, Scott GR, Irish JD, Reyes-Centeno H, Ghirotto S, Harvati K. 2023. Inferring human neutral genetic variation from craniodental phenotypes PNAS Nexus, 2 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Delezene LK, Skinner MM, Bailey SE, Brophy JK, Elliott MC, Gurtov A, Irish JD, Moggi-Cecchi J, de Ruiter DJ, Hawks J, Berger LR. 2023. Descriptive catalog of Homo naledi dental remains from the 2013 to 2015 excavations of the Dinaledi Chamber, site U.W. 101, within the Rising Star cave system, South Africa Journal of Human Evolution, 180 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Morez A, Britton K, Noble G, Günther T, Götherström A, Rodríguez-Varela R, Kashuba N, Martiniano R, Talamo S, Evans NJ, Irish JD, Donald C, Girdland-Flink L. 2023. Imputed genomes and haplotype-based analyses of the Picts of early medieval Scotland reveal fine-scale relatedness between Iron Age, early medieval and the modern people of the UK. Marchini J. PLoS Genetics, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Scott GR, Dern LL, Pastore AJ, Sullivan MR, Nesbitt H, O'Rourke DH, Irish JD, Hoffecker JF. 2023. World variation in three-rooted lower second molars and implications for the hominin fossil record Journal of Human Evolution, 177 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD. 2022. Hyperdontia across sub-Saharan Africa: Prevalence, patterning, and implications Archives of Oral Biology, 140 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Irish JD, Loch C. 2021. Paranthropus robustus tooth chipping patterns do not support regular hard food mastication Journal of Human Evolution, 158 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD, Grabowski M. 2021. Relative tooth size, Bayesian inference, and Homo naledi American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD, Usai D. 2021. The transition from hunting–gathering to agriculture in Nubia: dental evidence for and against selection, population continuity and discontinuity Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 :20210969-20210969 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Loch C, Irish JD, Veneziano A, Ito T. 2021. Chipping and wear patterns in extant primate and fossil hominin molars: ‘Functional’ cusps are associated with extensive wear but low levels of fracture Journal of Human Evolution, 151 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD, Morez A, Girdland Flink EL, Phillips E, Scott GR. 2020. Do dental nonmetric traits actually work as proxies for neutral genomic data? Some answers from continental- and global-level analyses American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Brophy JK, Irish J, Churchill SE, de Ruiter DJ, Hawks J, Berger LR. 2019. A comparison of hominin teeth from Lincoln Cave, Sterkfontein L/63, and the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa South African Journal of Science, 115 :102-104 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Irish JD. 2019. A probable genetic origin for pitting enamel hypoplasia on the molars of Paranthropus robustus Jouranl of Human Evolution, 129 :54-61 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Czekaj-Zastawny A, Goslar T, Irish JD, Kabaciński J. 2018. Gebel Ramlah—a Unique Newborns’ Cemetery of the Neolithic Sahara African Archaeological Review, 35 :393-405 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD. Agenesis of the permanent teeth in sub-Saharan Africans: Prevalence, patterns, interpretations Archives of Oral Biology, 162 :105961-105961 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Journal article
Potter BA, Irish JD, Reuther JD. 2024. Ancient Burials at Upward Sun River, Central Alaska Bioarchaeology International, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD. 2024. Double Teeth and Coexistent Anomalies: Examples From Continental Africa American Journal of Human Biology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Martin N, Thibeault A, Varadzinová L, Ambrose SH, Antoine D, Brukner Havelková P, Honegger M, Irish JD, Osypiński P, Usai D, Vanderesse N, Varadzin L, Whiting RJ, Velemínský P, Crevecoeur I. 2024. From hunter-gatherers to food producers: New dental insights into the Nile Valley population history (Late Paleolithic-Neolithic) American Journal of Biological Anthropology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Delezene LK, Scott JE, Irish JD, Villaseñor A, Skinner MM, Hawks J, Berger LR. 2024. Sex-biased sampling may influence Homo naledi tooth size variation Journal of Human Evolution, 187 :103490-103490 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Cootes K, Axworthy J, Borrini M, Carlin R, Irish J, Jordan D, King M, Russ H, Swallow R, Thomas M, Valoriani S, Father Terence W, Petchey F. 2023. Poulton, Cheshire: The investigation of a rural chapel in an evolving medieval landscape Church Archaeology, 23 :43-53 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Eliopoulos C, Moraitis K, Borrini M, Irish J, Kallis X, Manoli P, Chimonas M, Cariolou M. 2023. Fatal gunshot trauma of a child: A case from colonial Cyprus Medicine, Science and the Law, :1-4 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Davenport C, Irish JD, De Groote I. 2023. High frequency of dental caries and calculus in dentitions from a British medieval town Archives of Oral Biology, 155 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Valoriani S, Irish JD, King M, Borrini M. 2023. Medieval migrations and the birth of modern British peoples: a craniometric approach Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 15 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Rathmann H, Perretti S, Porcu V, Hanihara T, Scott GR, Irish JD, Reyes-Centeno H, Ghirotto S, Harvati K. 2023. Inferring human neutral genetic variation from craniodental phenotypes PNAS Nexus, 2 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Delezene LK, Skinner MM, Bailey SE, Brophy JK, Elliott MC, Gurtov A, Irish JD, Moggi-Cecchi J, de Ruiter DJ, Hawks J, Berger LR. 2023. Descriptive catalog of Homo naledi dental remains from the 2013 to 2015 excavations of the Dinaledi Chamber, site U.W. 101, within the Rising Star cave system, South Africa Journal of Human Evolution, 180 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Morez A, Britton K, Noble G, Günther T, Götherström A, Rodríguez-Varela R, Kashuba N, Martiniano R, Talamo S, Evans NJ, Irish JD, Donald C, Girdland-Flink L. 2023. Imputed genomes and haplotype-based analyses of the Picts of early medieval Scotland reveal fine-scale relatedness between Iron Age, early medieval and the modern people of the UK. Marchini J. PLoS Genetics, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Scott GR, Dern LL, Pastore AJ, Sullivan MR, Nesbitt H, O'Rourke DH, Irish JD, Hoffecker JF. 2023. World variation in three-rooted lower second molars and implications for the hominin fossil record Journal of Human Evolution, 177 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Van Hattum I, Irish JD, De Groote I. 2022. Oral health and childhood stress during the Final Neolithic in Grotte de la Faucille (Sclayn, BE) Notae Praehistoricae, 1 :179-198 Publisher Url Public Url
De Groote I, Van Hattum I, Halbrucker E, Crombe P, Van Maldegem E, Pirson S, De Modica K, Deforce K, Teetaert D, Abrams G, Pironneau D, Bonjean D, Irish JD, Delaunois E, Vandendriessche H. 2022. Report on the latest excavation campaigns at Grotte de la Faucille, Sclayn (BE) New radiocarbon dates for a better understanding of burial practice during the Final Neolithic Notae Praehistoricae, 42 :161-177 Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD. 2022. Hyperdontia across sub-Saharan Africa: Prevalence, patterning, and implications Archives of Oral Biology, 140 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Phillips ELW, Irish JD, Antoine D. 2022. Dental insights into the biological affinities of the inhabitants of Gabati over a period of cultural transition Sudan & Nubia, 25 Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Irish JD, Sabbi KH, Loch C. 2021. Dental caries in wild primates: Interproximal cavities on anterior teeth American Journal of Primatology, 84 :243-256 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Irish JD, Loch C. 2021. Paranthropus robustus tooth chipping patterns do not support regular hard food mastication Journal of Human Evolution, 158 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD, Grabowski M. 2021. Relative tooth size, Bayesian inference, and Homo naledi American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD, Usai D. 2021. The transition from hunting–gathering to agriculture in Nubia: dental evidence for and against selection, population continuity and discontinuity Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 :20210969-20210969 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Irish JD, De Groote I, Fernée C, Loch C. 2021. Dental caries in South African fossil hominins South African Journal of Science, 117 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Loch C, Irish JD, Veneziano A, Ito T. 2021. Chipping and wear patterns in extant primate and fossil hominin molars: ‘Functional’ cusps are associated with extensive wear but low levels of fracture Journal of Human Evolution, 151 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD, Morez A, Girdland Flink EL, Phillips E, Scott GR. 2020. Do dental nonmetric traits actually work as proxies for neutral genomic data? Some answers from continental- and global-level analyses American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
De Groote I, Di Modica K, Gregory A, Irish JD, Crombe P, Vandendriessche H, Bonjean D. 2020. Preliminary reports on the 2016-2017 excavation of the Neolithic ossuary and terrace Notae Praehistoricae, 39 :143-151 Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Irish JD. 2020. Recording and interpreting enamel hypoplasia in samples from archaeological and palaeoanthropological contexts Journal of Archaeological Science, 114 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Valoriani S, Eliopoulos C, Irish JD, Borrini M. 2019. Health and safety issues in the Victorian workplace: an example of mandibular phosphorus necrosis from Gloucester, UK International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 30 :73-79 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD. 2019. Tooth transposition prevalence and type among sub-Saharan Africans American Journal of Human Biology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Irish JD. 2019. Periapical lesions in hominids: Abscesses on the maxilla of a 2 million-year-old early Homo specimen International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Carter F, Irish JD. 2019. A sub-continent of caries: prevalence and severity in early Holocene through recent Africans Dental Anthropology, 32 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Riga A, Irish JD, Dori I, Menter C, Moggi-Cecchi J. 2019. Root caries on a Paranthropus robustus third molar from Drimolen. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Brophy JK, Irish J, Churchill SE, de Ruiter DJ, Hawks J, Berger LR. 2019. A comparison of hominin teeth from Lincoln Cave, Sterkfontein L/63, and the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa South African Journal of Science, 115 :102-104 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Irish JD. 2019. A probable genetic origin for pitting enamel hypoplasia on the molars of Paranthropus robustus Jouranl of Human Evolution, 129 :54-61 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Veneziano A, Irish JD, Meloro C, Stringer C, De Groote I. 2019. The functional significance of dental and mandibular reduction in Homo: A catarrhine perspective American Journal of Primatology, 81 :E22953-E22953 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Czekaj-Zastawny A, Goslar T, Irish JD, Kabaciński J. 2018. Gebel Ramlah—a Unique Newborns’ Cemetery of the Neolithic Sahara African Archaeological Review, 35 :393-405 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD, Bailey SE, Guatelli-Steinberg D, Delezene LK, Berger LR. 2018. Ancient teeth, phenetic affinities, and African hominins: Another look at where Homo naledi fits in. Jouranl of Human Evolution, 122 :108-123 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Veneziano A, Meloro C, Irish JD, Stringer C, Profico A, De Groote I. 2018. Neuromandibular integration in humans and chimpanzees: implications for dental and mandibular reduction in Homo American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Irish JD, De Groote I. 2018. Amelogenesis imperfecta in the dentition of a wild chimpanzee. J Med Primatol, 47 :117-119 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Towle IE, Irish JD, Elliott M, De Groote I. 2018. Root grooves on two adjacent anterior teeth of Australopithecus africanus International Journal of Paleopathology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Scott GR, Pilloud MA, Navega D, d'Oliveira J, Cunha E, Irish JD. 2018. rASUDAS: A New Web-Based Application for Estimating Ancestry from Tooth Morphology Forensic Anthropology, 1 :18-31 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Moreno-Mayar JV, Potter BA, Vinner L, Steinrücken M, Rasmussen S, Terhorst J, Kamm JA, Albrechtsen A, Malaspinas A-S, Sikora M, Reuther JD, Irish JD, Malhi RS, Orlando L, Song YA, Nielsen R, Meltzer DJ, Willerslev E. 2018. Terminal Pleistocene Alaskan genome reveals first founding population of Native Americans Nature, 553 :203-207 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ensor BE, Irish JD, Keegan WF. 2017. The Bioarchaeology of Kinship: Proposed Revisions to Assumptions Guiding Interpretation Current Anthropology, :000-000 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Towle I, Irish J, De Groote IEPM. 2017. Behavioral inferences from the high levels of dental chipping in Homo naledi American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 164 :184-192 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD, Lillios KT, Waterman AJ, Silva AM. 2017. “Other” possibilities? Assessing regional and extra-regional dental affinities of populations in the Portuguese Estremadura to explore the roots of Iberia’s Late Neolithic-Copper Age Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 11 :224-236 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Marado LM, Silva AM, Irish JD. 2017. Fluctuating asymmetry in dental and mandibular nonmetric traits as evidence for childcare sex bias in 19th/20th century Portugal. Homo, 68 :18-29 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ensor BE, Irish JD, Keegan WF. 2017. The Bioarchaeology of Kinship Proposed Revisions to Assumptions Guiding Interpretation Reply CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY, 58 :757-759
Irish JD, Hemphill BE, de Ruiter DJ, Berger LR. 2016. The apportionment of tooth size and its implications in Australopithecus sediba versus other Plio-pleistocene and recent African hominins American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 161 :398-413 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD. 2016. Who Were They Really? Model-Free and Model-Bound Dental Nonmetric Analyses to Affirm Documented Population Affiliations of Seven South African “Bantu” Samples American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159 :655-670 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Tackney JC, Potter BA, Raff J, Powers M, Watkins WS, Warner D, Reuther JD, Irish JD, O’Rourke DH. 2015. Two contemporaneous mitogenomes from terminal Pleistocene burials in eastern Beringia Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 :13833-13838 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Berger LR, Hawks J, de Ruiter DJ, Churchill SE, Schmid P, Delezene LK, Kivell TL, Garvin HM, Williams SA, DeSilva JM, Skinner M, Musiba CM, Cameron N, Holliday TW, Harcourt-Smith W, Ackermann R, Bastir M, Bogin B, Bolter D, Brophy J, Cofran ZD, Congdon KA, Deane AS, Dembo M, Drapeau M, Elliott MC, Feuerriegel EM, Garcia-Martinez D, Green DJ, Gurtov A, Irish JD, Kruger A, Laird MF, Marchi D, Meyer MR, Nalla S, Negash EW, Orr CM, Radovcic D, Schroeder L, Scott JE, Throckmorton Z, Tocheri MW, VanSickle C, Walker CS, Wei P, Zipfel B. 2015. Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa eLife, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Hubbard AR, Guatelli-Steinberg D, Irish JD. 2015. Do nuclear DNA and dental nonmetric data produce similar reconstructions of regional population history? An example from modern coastal Kenya AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 157 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Potter BA, Irish JD, Reuther JD, McKinney HJ. 2014. New insights into Eastern Beringian mortuary behavior: A terminal Pleistocene double infant burial at Upward Sun River Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 111 :17060-17065 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD, Black W, Sealy J, Ackermann RR. 2014. Questions of khoesan continuity: Dental affinities among the indigenous holocene peoples of South Africa AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 155 :33-44 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD, Guatelli-Steinberg D, Legge SS, de Ruiter DJ, Berger LR. 2014. News and views: Response to 'Non-metric dental traits and hominin phylogeny' by Carter et al., with additional information on the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System and phylogenetic 'place' of Australopithecus sediba Journal of Human Evolution, 69 :129-134 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Horwath BC, Waterman AJ, Lillios KT, Irish J. 2014. Assessing change in diet and biological affinity between the 4th and 3rd millennia cal BCE in the Portuguese Estremadura: A preliminary dental comparison of Feteira II and Bolores Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 65 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Schrader S, Buzon M, Irish J. 2014. Illuminating the Nubian 'Dark Age': A bioarchaeological analysis of dental non-metric traits during the Napatan Period HOMO-JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE HUMAN BIOLOGY, 65 :267-280 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD. 2014. Questions of Khoesan continuity: Dental affinities among the indigenous Holocene peoples of South Africa (vol 155, pg 33, 2014) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 155 :179-179 DOI Publisher Url
Irish JD, Kenyhercz MW. 2013. Size does matter: Variation in tooth size apportionment among major regional North and sub-Saharan African populations Dental Anthropology, 26 :38-44
Irish JD, Guatelli-Steinberg D, Legge SS, de Ruiter DJ, Berger LR. 2013. Dental morphology and the phylogenetic "place" of Australopithecus sediba. Science, 340 :1233062 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Gamza T, Irish J. 2012. A comparison of archaeological and dental evidence to determine diet at a predynastic egyptian site International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 22 :398-408 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Cunha C, Silva AM, Irish J, Scott GR, Tomé T, Marquez J. 2012. Hypotrophic roots of the upper central incisors – a proposed new dental discrete trait Dental Anthropology, 25 Publisher Url Public Url
Potter BA, Irish JD, Reuther JD, Gelvin-Reymiller C, Holliday VT. 2011. A terminal Pleistocene child cremation and residential structure from eastern Beringia Science, 331 :1058-1062 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Lukaszek D, Irish J, Abalzeau A, Froment A. 2010. Like I need a hole in the head: Supernumerary external auditory meatus in a Carthaginian cranium International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 20 :344-350 DOI Author Url
Lukaszek DA, Irish JD, Balzeau A, Froment A. 2010. Like I need a hole in the head: supernumerary external auditory meatus in a Carthaginian cranium International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 20 :344-350 DOI Publisher Url
Irish JD, Friedman R. 2010. Dental affinities of the C-group inhabitants of Hierakonpolis, Egypt: Nubian, Egyptian, or both? Homo, 61 :81-101 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD. 2009. The mean measure of divergence (MMD): Its utility in model-free and model-bound analyses relative to the Mahalanobis D2 distance for nonmetric traits American Journal of Human Biology, 22 :378-395 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Judd M, Irish J. 2009. Dying to serve: the mass burials at Kerma ANTIQUITY, 83 :709-722 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Schillaci MA, Irish JD, Wood CCE. 2009. Further analysis of the population history of ancient Egyptians American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 139 :235-243 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD, Bratlund B, Schild R, Kolstrup E, Krolik H, Manka D, Boron T. 2008. A late Magdalenian perinatal human skeleton from Wilczyce, Poland JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION, 55 :736-740 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD, Konigsberg L. 2007. The ancient inhabitants of Jebel Moya Redux: Measures of Population Affinity based on dental morphology International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 17 :138-156 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD. 2006. Who were the ancient Egyptians? Dental affinities among Neolithic through postdynastic peoples. Am J Phys Anthropol, 129 :529-543 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD. 2006. The place of Jebel Moya in northeast African prehistory: A dental perspective AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, :108-108 Author Url
Irish JD. 2005. Population continuity vs. discontinuity revisited: dental affinities among late Paleolithic through Christian-era Nubians. Am J Phys Anthropol, 128 :520-535 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Guatelli-Steinberg D, Irish JD. 2005. Brief communication: Early hominin variability in first molar dental trait frequencies AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 128 :477-484 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD, Kobusiewicz M, Kabaciński J, Schild R. 2005. Short communication: Two additional Egyptian Neolithic burials exhibiting unusual mortuary treatment of teeth International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 15 :136-139 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Greene TR, Kuba CL, Irish JD. 2005. Quantifying calculus: a suggested new approach for recording an important indicator of diet and dental health. Homo, 56 :119-132 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD. 2005. The backbone of history: Health and nutrition in the western hemisphere. AMERICAN ANTIQUITY, 70 :198-199 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD. 2004. A 5,500-year-old artificial human tooth from Egypt: A historical note International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants, 19 :645-647 Author Url
Irish JD. 2004. Sand, stones, and bones: The archaeology of death in the Wadi Tanezzuft Valley (5000-2000 BP). JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 60 :291-292 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Kobusiewicz M, Kabaciński J, Schild R, Irish JD, Wendorf F. 2004. Discovery of the first Neolithic cemetery in Egypt's western desert Antiquity, 78 :566-578 DOI Publisher Url
Halffman CM, Irish JD. 2004. Palatine torus in the pre-conquest inhabitants of the Canary Islands. Homo, 55 :101-111 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD. 2004. Purposeful manipulation of teeth in Final Neolithic burials from Upper Egypt AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, :118-118 Author Url
Maes KC, Irish JD, Holl AFC, Walker PL, Armelagos GJ. 2004. Preliminary analysis of dental morphology and identity of an early iron producing population in the Mouhoun Bend, Burkina Faso AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, :140-140 Author Url
Irish JD, Guatelli-Steinberg D. 2003. Ancient teeth and modern human origins: an expanded comparison of African Plio-Pleistocene and recent world dental samples. J Hum Evol, 45 :113-144 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD, Kobusiewicz M, Schild R, Wendorf F. 2003. Neolithic tooth replacement in two disturbed burials from Southern Egypt Journal of Archaeological Science, 30 :281-285 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD, Guatelli-Steinberg D. 2003. Ancient teeth and modern humans: Additional dental evidence for an African origin of Homo sapiens. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, :121-121 Author Url
Fredriksson DW, Irish JD, Swift MR, Celikkol B. 2003. The heave response of a central spar fish cage JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 125 :242-248 DOI Publisher Url
Irish J, Schild R, Froment A, Wendorf F. 2002. The role of Neolithic peoples in northeast African prehistory: a biocultural perspective from Nabta Playa, Egypt. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, :88-89 Author Url
Irish JD. 2001. Dental morphology 1998: Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Dental Morphology. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 114 :171-172 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Guatelli-Steinberg D, Irish JD, Lukacs JR. 2001. Canary islands-north African population affinities: Measures of divergence based on dental morphology HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 52 :173-188 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD, Wendorf F, Schild R. 2001. Preliminary report on Neolithic human remains from Nabta Playa, Egypt. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, :85-85 Author Url
Irish JD. 2000. The Iberomaurusian enigma: north African progenitor or dead end? J Hum Evol, 39 :393-410 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD. 1999. Human adaptability: Past, present, and future. JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 55 :284-285 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD. 1998. Diachronic and synchronic dental trait affinities of Late and Post-Pleistocene peoples from North Africa HOMO, 49 :138-155 Author Url
Irish JD. 1998. Ancestral dental traits in recent Sub-Saharan Africans and the origins of modern humans. J Hum Evol, 34 :81-98 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
McGarvey ST. 1997. The human biology of the English village - Harrison,GA JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE, 29 :512-513 Author Url
Irish JD. 1997. Characteristic high- and low-frequency dental traits in sub-Saharan African populations. Am J Phys Anthropol, 102 :455-467 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ensor BE, Irish JD. 1997. Hypoplastic area method for analyzing enamel hypoplasia - Reply AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 102 :296-299 Author Url
Irish JD, Turner CG. 1997. Brief communication: first evidence of LSAMAT in non-native Americans: historic Senegalese from west Africa. Am J Phys Anthropol, 102 :141-146 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Santone L, Irish JD. 1997. Buried in haste: Historic interments from Governors-Island, New-York NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST, 18 :19-39 DOI Publisher Url
Irish JD. 1996. The human biology of the English village - Harrison,GA JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 52 :501-503 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Olgilvie M, Irish J. 1996. Craniofacial asymmetry in a prehistoric Native American skull from the Southwestern United States Journal of Paleopathology, 8 :69-77
Irish JD, Morris DH. 1996. Supplemental description of the Bushman maxillary canine polymorphism SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 92 :351-353 Author Url
Irish JD, Morris DH. 1996. Technical note: canine mesial ridge (Bushman canine) dental trait definition. Am J Phys Anthropol, 99 :357-359 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Irish JD, Morris DH. 1996. A supplemental description of the Bushman maxillary canine polymorphism. South African Journal of Science, 92 :351-353-351-353
ENSOR BE, IRISH JD. 1995. HYPOPLASTIC AREA METHOD FOR ANALYZING DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 98 :507-517 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
IRISH JD. 1994. A BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF PREHISTORIC HUMAN, FAUNAL, AND CULTURAL REMAINS FROM WILSON COVE, ADMIRALTY ISLAND, ALASKA (VOL 30, PG 115, 1993) ARCTIC ANTHROPOLOGY, 31 :154-154
Irish JD, Davis SD, Lively RA. 1993. A bioarchaeological study of prehistoric human, faunal, and cultural remains from Wilson Cove, Admiralty Island Arctic Anthropology, 30 :103-119 Author Url
Irish JD, Pereira da Silva MA, Cussenot O. 1993. Hard tissue regeneration of a gunshot wound in a historic north African skull: A paleopathological perspective Journal of Paleopathology, 5 :135-141
SAKUMA M, IRISH JD, MORRIS DH. 1991. THE BUSHMAN MAXILLARY CANINE OF THE CHEWA TRIBE IN EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA JOURNAL OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NIPPON, 99 :411-417 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
TURNER CG, IRISH JD, MACHADO LMC. 1991. IS LINGUAL SURFACE ATTRITION OF THE MAXILLARY TEETH (LSAMAT) CAUSED BY DENTAL EROSION - REPLY AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 85 :348-351 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
IRISH JD, TURNER CG. 1990. WEST AFRICAN DENTAL AFFINITY OF LATE PLEISTOCENE NUBIANS PEOPLING OF THE EURAFRICAN-SOUTH ASIAN TRIANGLE .2. HOMO-JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE HUMAN BIOLOGY, 41 :42-53 Author Url
IRISH JD, TURNER CG. 1989. DENTAL AFFINITY OF LATE PLEISTOCENE NUBIANS AND HISTORIC WEST AFRICANS AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 78 :245-245 Author Url
Haeussler AM, Irish JD, Morris DH, Turner CG. 1989. Morphological and metrical comparison of San and Central Sotho dentitions from southern Africa. Am J Phys Anthropol, 78 :115-122 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
HAEUSSLER AM, TURNER CG, IRISH JD. 1988. CONCORDANCE OF AMERICAN AND SOVIET METHODS IN DENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 75 :218-218 Author Url
IRISH JD. 1988. DENTAL METRIC ANALYSIS OF 3 SKELETAL NUBIAN POPULATIONS FROM SEMNA SOUTH, SUDAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 75 :225-225 Author Url
IRISH JD, TURNER CG. 1987. MORE LINGUAL SURFACE ATTRITION OF THE MAXILLARY ANTERIOR TEETH IN AMERICAN-INDIANS - PREHISTORIC PANAMANIANS AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 73 :209-213 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
HAEUSSLER AM, IRISH JD, MORRIS DH, TURNER CG. 1987. MORPHOLOGICAL AND METRICAL COMPARISON OF SAN AND CENTRAL SOTHO DENTITIONS FROM SOUTHERN-AFRICA AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 72 :206-207 Author Url
STLAWRENCE JS, HANSEN DJ, CUTTS TF, TISDELLE DA, IRISH JD. 1985. SEX-ROLE ORIENTATION - A SUPERORDINATE VARIABLE IN SOCIAL EVALUATIONS OF ASSERTIVE AND UNASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION, 9 :387-396 DOI Publisher Url
STLAWRENCE JS, HANSEN DJ, CUTTS TF, TISDELLE DA, IRISH JD. 1985. SITUATIONAL CONTEXT - EFFECTS ON PERCEPTIONS OF ASSERTIVE AND UNASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR THERAPY, 16 :51-62 DOI Publisher Url
IRISH JD, BUCHNEA A, MCCONNELL DB. 1971. FACILITY FOR STUDY OF PHOTOPROTON ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS AND CORRELATED PHOTONEUTRON-PHOTOPROTON PAIRS NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS, 96 :125-+ DOI Publisher Url
Towle I, Dove ER, Irish JD, Groote ID. Severe Plane-Form Enamel Hypoplasia in a Dentition from Roman Britain Dental Anthropology Journal, 30 :16-24 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Phillips ELW, Irish JD, Antoine D. Ancient Anomalies: Twinned and supernumerary incisors in a medieval Nubian International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Scott GR, Stull KE, Sbei AN, McKinney M, Boling SR, Irish JD. Rocker jaw: Global context for a Polynesian characteristic The Anatomical Record, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Irish JD. Agenesis of the permanent teeth in sub-Saharan Africans: Prevalence, patterns, interpretations Archives of Oral Biology, 162 :105961-105961 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Conference publication
Martin N, Thibeault A, Varadzinova L, Ambrose SH, Antoine D, Havelkova PB, Honegger M, Irish JD, Osypinski P, Santos F, Usai D, Vanderesse N, Varadzin L, Whiting RJ, Zanolli C, Veleminsky P, Crevecoeur I. 2024. Monitoring the early Holocene Nile Valley biological diversity: a comparison of different 3D geometric morphometrics approaches on the enamel-dentine junction AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 183 :112-112
Delezene LK, Scott JE, Irish JD, Villasenor A, Skinner MM, Hawks J, Berger LR. 2024. Sex-biased sampling may influence Homo naledi tooth size variation AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 183 :41-41
Irish JD, Morez A, Flink LG, Scott GR. 2023. Dental and genomic data in recent global population samples yield corresponding evidence for the Late Pleistocene population diffusion out of Africa AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 180 :82-83
Anctil MJ, Irish JD. 2023. Population continuity or replacement in Monterenzio Vecchio, Italy revisited. Dental affinities during the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 180 :6-6
Towle I, Hlusko LJ, De Pinillos MM, Modesto M, Irish JD, Loch C. 2023. How enamel thickness, mineral concentration and mechanical properties influence tooth wear and fractures in catarrhine molar crowns AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 180 :177-177
Phillips ELW, Irish JD, Antoine D. 2022. Amara West: A dental insight into Egyptian-Nubian interactions in the New Kingdom AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 177 :143-144
ANCTIL MALLORYJ, IRISH JOELD. 2022. Biological distance in east Yorkshire, England: a preliminary analysis AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 177 :3-4
Phillips ELW, Irish JD, Antoine D. 2021. The fall of Meroe: Invasion or decline? The dental evidence AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 174 :84-85
Irish JD, Morez A, Flink LG. 2020. How good are ASUDAS traits for assessing population relatedness? An answer-from comparisons of African dental and genetic data AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 89th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA) 171 :128-128 Author Url
Faillace KE, Mulville J, Madgwick R, Irish JD. 2020. Investigating population affinity from the Iron Age to Early Medieval period: A pilot study from Wessex, England AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 171 :83-83
Towle I, Loch C, Irish JD. 2020. The influence of diet, phylogeny and dental properties on tooth wear and fracture patterns AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 171 :285-286
Phillips ELW, Irish JD, Antoine D. 2020. Who were the people of the Fourth Cataract of the Nile? What their teeth tells us about human migration patterns through the Sahara AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 171 :216-217
Irish JD. 2019. The ASUDAS and fossil hominin teeth: categorical success with qualification(s) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 168 :249-249
Burrell CL, Gonzalez S, Layfield R, Smith L, Irish JD. 2018. An ancient form of Paget's Disease at Norton Priory, UK AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 87th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA) 165 :38-38 Author Url
Anctil MJ, Irish JD, De Groote I. 2018. A dental assessment of biological affinity among Celts, Etruscans and Picenis AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 87th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA) 165 :10-10 Author Url
Irish JD, Carter F. 2018. A sub-continent of caries: Prevalence and severity in Early Holocene through recent Africans AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 165 :129-130
Irish JD, Czekaj-Zastawny A, Kabacinski J. 2017. Preservation poor-data rich: bioarchaeology of the Neolithic peoples from Gebel Ramlah, Western Desert, Egypt AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 86th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA) 162 :227-227 Author Url
Valoriani S, Irish JD, Gonzalez S, Borrini M. 2017. Intra- and inter-population affinities among the Medieval English: a preliminary craniometric study AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 86th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA) 162 :390-390 Author Url
Burrell CL, Gonzalez S, Irish JD. 2017. The Incidence and Variance of Metopism in Three Medieval British Populations AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 86th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA) 162 :133-133 Author Url
Dove ER, Irish JD, Eliopoulos C, De Groote I. 2017. Stressful times: Investigating childhood health in urban and rural medieval Britain AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 86th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA) 162 :164-164 Author Url
Delezene LK, Irish JD, Skinner MW, Brophy J, Hawks J, Berger LR. 2017. Metric Variation in Homo naledi Molars AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 162 :160-160
Brophy JK, Delezene LK, Gurtov AN, Hawks J, Irish JD, de Ruiter DJ. 2016. A morphometric examination of Homo naledi teeth from Dinaledi Chamber, Rising Star cave system, South Africa AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 85th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 159 :103-103 Author Url
Kuosa J-NH, Irish JD, De Groote I. 2016. On the cusp of a great discovery: Dental morphology in medieval England AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 85th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 159 :199-199 Author Url
Towle IE, Irish JD, De Groote I. 2016. Enamel defects in Paranthropus robustus relative to other South African hominins AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 85th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 159 :316-316 Author Url
Irish JD. 2016. Tracing the "Bantu Expansion" from its source: Dental nonmetric affinities among West African and neighboring populations AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 85th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 159 :182-182 Author Url
Lillios KT, Irish JD, Waterman AJ, Silva AM. 2016. Regional and extra-regional dental affinities of populations between the Late Neolithic and Copper Age in the Portuguese Estremadura AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 85th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 159 :209-209 Author Url
Burrell CL, Gonzalez S, Smith L, Emery MM, Irish JD. 2016. More than meets the eye: Paget's Disease within archaeological remains AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 85th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 159 :105-106 Author Url
Dove ER, Irish JD, Eliopoulos C, De Groote I. 2016. Re-evaluating the co-occurrence and age of formation of Harris lines and linear enamel hypoplasia AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 85th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 159 :133-133 Author Url
Veneziano A, Meloro C, Irish JD, Stringer C, De Groote I. 2016. A primate viewpoint on mandibular reduction in Homo: the impact of allometry and encephalisation AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 85th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 159 :322-322 Author Url
Scott GR, Navega D, Coelho J, Cunha E, Irish JD. 2016. rASUDAS: A New Method for Estimating Ancestry from Tooth Crown and Root Morphology AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 159 :285-286
Delezene LK, Brophy JK, Skinner MM, Gurtov AN, Hawks J, Irish JD, Berger LR, de Ruiter DJ. 2016. Metric and nonmetric features of the Homo naledi dentition AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 159 :128-+
Irish JD. 2015. Who were they really? Model-free and model-bound dental nonmetric analyses to affirm "known" population affiliations of seven South African "Bantu" samples AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 84th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 156 :175-176 Author Url
Dove ER, Burrell CL, Ohman JC, Irish JD. 2015. A (w)hole new idea: Using nutrient foramen location to identify relative growth and the center of ossification in juvenile tibiae AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 84th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 156 :123-123 Author Url
Irish JD. 2014. Knocking, filing, and chipping: Following the paths of dental modification across sub-Saharan Africa AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 83rd Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 153 :149-149 Author Url
Huffman MM, Guatelli-Steinberg D, Hubbe M, Irish J, Bailey S. 2014. The peopling of South America: Analysis of dental morphology AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 83rd Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 153 :146-146 Author Url
Irish JD. 2013. New results from an old excavation: The biological "place" of Jebel Moyans in the prehistory of Nubia and Sudan. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 82nd Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 150 :157-158 Author Url
Triambelas K, Irish JD. 2013. Caries prevalence in ancient Egyptians and Nubians, ca. 14,000 BCE-1,400 CE. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 82nd Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 150 :272-273 Author Url
Kenyhercz MW, Irish JD. 2013. Size does matter: Variation in tooth size apportionment among major regional North and sub-Saharan African populations. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 150 :166-166
Dicke-Toupin CR, Irish JD. 2012. Population continuity or replacement at ancient Lachish? A dental affinity analysis in the Levant. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 81st Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 147 :132-132 Author Url
Horwath BC, Irish JD. 2012. Dental morphological analysis of two Portuguese Neolithic samples. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 81st Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 147 :168-169 Author Url
Irish JD. 2012. Population continuity after all? Potential late Pleistocene dental ancestors of Holocene Nubians have been found! AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 81st Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 147 :172-173 Author Url
Horwath BC, Irish JD. 2011. Dental anomalies in the deciduous dentition of a C-Group Nubian child from Hierakonpolis, Egypt AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 80th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 144 :168-168 Author Url
Dicke CR, Irish JD. 2011. Supporting evidence for a genetic component in the etiology of Mx.C.P1 transposition in a Rwandan sample from Africa AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 80th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists 144 :125-126 Author Url
Irish JD. 2009. Among the enemy: Dental affinities of the C-Group Nubians at Hierakonpolis, Egypt AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 78th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists :155-155 Author Url
Greene TR, Irish JD. 2008. Working class diet in Predynastic Egypt: as examined through dental indicators. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 77th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists :107-107 Author Url
Irish JD, Bratlund B, Schild R, Kolstrup E, Krolik H, Manka D, Boron T. 2008. A magdalenian perinatal skeleton from Wilcyzee, Poland. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 77th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists :122-123 Author Url
Irish JD. 2007. A 'Garden of Eden' in the Western Desert? Good health and long life among the neolithic Egyptians of Gebel Ramlah. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, :133-134 Author Url
Judd MA, Irish JD, Froment A. 2006. Self sacrifice or slaughter? The mass burials of Kerma AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, :110-111 Author Url
Irish JD. 2000. Decapitation and cremation: A Southeast Alaskan burial practice reserved for warriors killed in battle. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, :185-186 Author Url
Irish JD. 1999. The Iberomaurusians: Ancestors to subsequent North African peoples or a genetic dead-end? AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, :159-159 Author Url
Dickson LW, Elder PH, Devaal JW, Irish JD, Yamazaki AR. 1995. Preliminary results of the BTF-104 experiment: An in-reactor test of fuel behaviour and fission-product release and transport under LOCA/LOECC conditions CANADIAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY - SIXTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE 1995 PROCEEDINGS, VOLS I AND II, :831-846
IRISH JD, TOWNES BM, TSENG CM. 1988. STARTUP OF THE SLOWPOKE DEMONSTRATION REACTOR AND LOW-POWER TESTS 9TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE 1988 - CANADIAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY, :67-73
Runge T, Irish J, Borrini M. Rare is Good, Unique is Better: Testing Maxillary Sinus Morphologies for Human Identification PROCEEDINGS of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting, 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting :211-211 Publisher Url
Runge T, Irish J, Miller AV, Borrini M. Does Age Matter?! An Age Study on Maxillary Sinus Morphologies in Human Identification PROCEEDINGS of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting :58-58 Publisher Url
Runge T, Irish J, Miller AV, Borrini M. Uncovering Identities: A Case Study on Using Maxillary Sinus Morphologies in Human Identification Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 74th Annual Scientific Meeting XXVIII
preprint
Morez A, Britton K, Noble G, Günther T, Götherström A, Rodríguez-Varela R, Kashuba N, Martiniano R, Talamo S, Evans N, Irish J, Donald C, Girdland-Flink L. 2022. Imputed genomes and haplotype-based analyses of the Picts of early medieval Scotland reveal fine-scale relatedness between Iron Age, early medieval and the modern people of the UK bioRxiv DOI Publisher Url
Irish JD, Grabowski M. 2021. Tooth size apportionment, Bayesian inference, and the phylogeny of Homo naledi DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Editorial/letter to the editor
Scott GR, Irish J, Martinón-Torres M. 2020. Apples and oranges: a more comprehensive view of the Denisovan three-rooted lower second molar from Xiahe Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 117 :37-38 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Books (authored)
Kabacinski J, Czekaj-Zastawny A, Irish J. 2019. The Neolithic of Gebel Ramlah, Volume 1, Cemetery for Newborns 1 Polish Academy of Sciences. Poznan, Poland 978-83-953153-6-7
Scott GR, Irish JD. 2017. Human Tooth Crown and Root Morphology Cambridge University Press 9781107480735
Irish JD. 2013. Anthropological Perspectives on Tooth Morphology: Genetics, Evolution, Variation Scott GR, Irish JD. Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01145-8
Irish JD, Nelson GC. 2008. Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology Cambridge University Press 9780521870610
Kobusiewicz M, Kabacinski, J, Schild R, Irish J, Gatto MC, Wendorf F. Gebel Ramlah: Final Neolithic Cemeteries from the Western Desert of Egypt. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences... Poznan
Nelson I, Irish . Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology Cambridge University Press 9781139468114
Thesis/Dissertation
Valoriani S. 2019. Cranial remains from the graveyard to the laboratory: restoration, conservation and craniometric analysis of medieval British skeletal samples Borrini M, Irish J, Gonzalez S. Public Url
Towle IE. Dental pathology, wear and developmental defects in South African hominins Irish JD, De Groote I. Author Url Public Url
Veneziano A. Big Brains and Small Teeth: a primate comparative approach to dental and mandibular reduction in hominins De Groote I, Irish JD, Meloro C. Public Url
Chapters
Czekaj-Zastawny A, Irish J, Kabaciński J, Mugaj J. 2018. The Neolithic Settlements by a Paleo-lake of Gebel Ramlah, Western Desert of Egypt Kabaciński J, Chłodnicki M, Kobusiewicz M, Winiarska-Kabacińska M. Desert and the Nile. Prehistory of the Nile Basin and the Sahara Papers in honour of Fred Wendorf 15 :539-550 Poznań Archaeological Museum. Poznań, Poland 978-83-60109-60-1 Publisher Url
Kabaciński J, Czekaj-Zastawny A, Irish J. 2018. The Neolithic Infant Cemetery at Gebel Ramlah in Egypt’s Western Desert Han S, Betsinger TK, Scott AB. The Anthropology of the Fetus: Biology, Culture, and Society 37 :132-145 Berghahn Books. New York 978-1-78533-691-1 Publisher Url
Irish J, Braga J, Gérard P, Crubézy E. 2018. Evolution and morphological affinities of the Adaima population Crubézy E. Adaïma Demograpic and epidemiological transitions before the pharaohs. III III :49-58 Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire - IFAO. Cairo, Egypt 9782724707021
Burnett SE, Irish JD. 2017. Introduction to a World View of Bioculturally Modified Teeth WORLD VIEW OF BIOCULTURALLY MODIFIED TEETH :1-16 978-0-8130-5483-4
Irish JD. 2017. Knocking, Filing, and Chipping Dental Modification in Sub-Saharan Africans WORLD VIEW OF BIOCULTURALLY MODIFIED TEETH :33-47 978-0-8130-5483-4
Zakrzewski S, Shortland A, Rowland J, Irish JD. 2016. Additional insight into post-Pleistocene Nubian population history. In Chapter 3, The Biography of People. Science in the Study of Ancient Egypt Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. New York 978-0-415-88574-4
irish , De Groote IEPM. 2016. The human skeletal remains from Ghaba: A physical anthropology assessment Salvatori S, Usai D, Lecointe Y. Ghaba: An early Neolithic Cemetery in Central Sudan 1 :85-108 Africa Magna Verlag. Frankfurt am Mainz 9783937248523
Irish JD. 2016. Alternate Methods to Assess Phenetic Affinities and Genetic Structure Among Seven South African "Bantu" Groups Based on Dental Nonmetric Data BIOLOGICAL DISTANCE ANALYSIS: FORENSIC AND BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES :363-389 978-0-12-801966-5 DOI Publisher Url
Irish JD. 2016. Assessing Dental Nonmetric Variation among Populations COMPANION TO DENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY :265-286 978-1-118-84543-1
Irish JD. 2016. Terms and Terminology Used in Dental Anthropology COMPANION TO DENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY :87-93 978-1-118-84543-1
Irish JD, Scott GR. 2016. Introduction to Dental Anthropology COMPANION TO DENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY :3-6 978-1-118-84543-1
Irish JD, Potter B, Reuther JD. 2015. An 11,500-year old Human Cremation from Eastern Beringia (Central Alaska). Schmidt C, Symes S. The Analysis of Burned Human Remains, 2nd Edition. :295-306 Academic Press / Elsevier. London 978-0-12-800451-7 Publisher Url
Irish JD. 2014. Dental nonmetric variation around the world: Using key traits in populations to estimate ancestry in individuals Berg GE, Ta'ala SC. Biological Affinity in Forensic Identification of Human Skeletal Remains: Beyond Black and White :165-190 CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group 9781439815755 Publisher Url
Irish JD. 2014. The Human Perinatal Skeleton from Wilczyce Schild R. WILCZYCE. A Late Magdalenian Winter Hunting Camp in Southern Poland Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Warsaw, Poland 978-83-63760-25-0 Publisher Url
Irish JD. 2013. Afridonty: the ''Sub-Saharan African Dental Complex'' revisited. Anthropological Perspectives on Tooth Morphology: Genetics, Evolution, Variation Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01145-8 Author Url
Burnett S, Irish J, Fong MR. 2013. Wears the problem? Examining the effect of dental wear on studies of crown morphology Anthropological Perspectives on Tooth Morphology: Genetics, Evolution, Variation Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01145-8
Scott GR, Irish J. 2013. Introduction Anthropological Perspectives on Tooth Morphology: Genetics, Evolution, Variation Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01145-8 DOI Publisher Url
Irish JD, De Groote I. The Neolithic and historic remains from the Ghaba cemetery, Sudan Salvatori S, Usai D. The Neolithic Inhabitants of Ghaba, Sudan British Museum. London
Book review
Irish J. 2018. Evolution's Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Originsby Ungar, Peter S. Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 2 :143-146 DOI Publisher Url
Irish JD. 2002. Sand, Stones, and Bones: The Archaeology of Death in the Wadi Tanezzuft Valley (5000-2000 BP), edited by Savino di Lernia and Giorgio Manzi Journal of Anthropological Research, 60 :291-292
Irish JD. 2002. The Backbone of History: Health and Nutrition in the Western Hemisphere, edited by Richard H. Steckel and Jerome C. Rose American Antiquity, 70 :198-199
Irish JD. 2001. Dental Morphology 1998: Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Dental Morphology, edited by John T. Mayhall and Tuomo Heikkinen American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 114 :171-172
Irish JD. 1999. Human Adaptability: Past, Present, and Future, edited by S.J. Ulijaszek and R.A. Huss-Ashmore Journal of Anthropological Research, 55 :284-285
Books (edited)
2016. A World View of (Bio)Culturally Modified Teeth: Past and Present Irish JD, Burnett S. University Press of Florida. Gainesville, FL
2015. A Companion to Dental Anthropology Irish JD, Scott GR. :1-576 Wiley-Blackwell. New York 9781118845431 Publisher Url
Report
Irish JD. 2014. Report on the forensic analysis of Case #03-81025 skeletal remains
Other
Irish JD. Who Were the Hyksos? Investigating Provenance from Dental Nonmetric Traits Comments CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY, 63 :679-679
Highlighted activities
Other Professional Activity:
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence Post-Graduate Supervisor, Liverpool John Moores University. 2021
Award:
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence Post-Graduate Supervisor, Liverpool John Moores University. 2021
Media Coverage:
Gizmodo.com asks: "What's the Oldest Disease"? by Daniel Kolitz, with answer by Joel D. Irish. 2019. .
Professional activities
Other Professional Activity:
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence Post-Graduate Supervisor, Liverpool John Moores University. 2021
Award:
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence Post-Graduate Supervisor, Liverpool John Moores University. 2021
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Social & Economic Engagement, Team Award, Liverpool John Moores University. 2019
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship & Knowledge Transfer, Liverpool John Moores University. 2018
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship & Knowledge Transfer, Liverpool John Moores University. 2016
Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks., http://www.uaf.edu/commence/2013/emeriti/irish/. 2013
Faculty Recognition & Appreciation Award, College of Liberal Arts, Research & Sponsored Activities, University of Alaska Fairbanks.. 2006
Research Grants Awarded:
British Museum, The origins and migrations of the inhabitants of the middle Nile valley: dental morphology and biological affinity across time and changing cultures. R254176., Grant value (£): 34,618.25, Duration of research project: 3.5 years. 2018
Leverhulme Trust, From Wolf to Dog: Reconstructing their Role in Early Human Societies. Early Career Felowship for Ardern Hulme-Beaman, R254181., Keith Dobney, University of Liverpool, Grant value (£): 32,496.91, Duration of research project: 4 years. 2017
Other invited event:
Workshop: Human tooth crown and root morphology, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Workshop to 50 faculty and students about scoring dental nonmetric traits using the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System.. 2017
83rd annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, “A world view of (bio)culturally modified teeth: reason, result, response” symposium organized with Scott E. Burnett. 2014
Conference organisation:
17th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Biological Anthropology & Osteoarchaeology, Co-organizer, http://www.babao.org.uk/. 2015
The Pecos Conference, Co-Organizer.. 1993
Membership of professional bodies:
Full Member, British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, http://www.babao.org.uk/. 2015
Full member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, http://www.aaas.org/. 2011
Board Member, International Commission of the Later Prehistory of Northeastern Africa, https://nubianstudiessociety.wordpress.com/tag/international-commission-of-the-later-prehistory-of-northeastern-africa/. 2007
Full member; founding member, former secretary-treasurer, former co-editor, past-president, and executive board member, Dental Anthropology Association, http://anthropology.osu.edu/DAA/. 1986
Full Member, American Anthropological Association, http://www.aaanet.org/. 1984
Full member; Chair of AAPA Career Development Committee; (former) Associate Editor of official journal American Journal of Physical Anthropology, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, http://physanth.org/. 1984
External PGR Supervision - completed students:
University of Coimbra, Portugal, PhD. 2014
University of Alaska Fairbanks, PhD. 2014
University of Coimbra, Portugal, PhD. 2014
University of Alaska Fairbanks, M.A.. 2014
University of Alaska Fairbanks, M.A.. 2012
University of Alaska Fairbanks, M.A.. 2012
University of Alaska Fairbanks, PhD. 2009
University of Alaska Fairbanks, MPhil. 2008
University of Alaska Fairbanks, PhD. 2006
University of Alaska Fairbanks, PhD. 2002
Liverpool John Moores University, MPhil.
External collaboration:
http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/newsitems/201312/21993/news_item_21993.html, University of the Witwatersrand, Dental anthropologist, Rising Star Expedition, dental morphological specialist for study of early hominin remains from cave site in collaboration with PI Lee Berger, Institute for Human Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand.. 2014
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/08/malapa-fossils/fischman-text, University of Witwatersrand, Malapa team member, dental anthropology of Australopithecus sediba remains, in collaboration with PI Lee Berger, Institute for Human Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand.. 2012
http://frontierscientists.com/projects/upward-sun-river/, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Project bioarchaeologist, Upward Sun River Site, central Alaska. National Science Foundation funded project to excavate oldest known human remains from northern North America, and related habitation site. Project PI, Dr. Ben Potter.. 2010
http://www.polacynadnilem.uw.edu.pl/sezony/2012-2013/misje-polskie-egipt/198-gebel-ramlah-gebel-ramlah/, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences., Bioarchaeological research at the Neolithic sites at Nabta Playa and Gebel Ramlah, Egypt with Jacek Kabaciński (Project Director), Romuald Schild, and Fred Wendorf (Past Directors), Combined Pre-historic Expedition: Southern Methodist University, Polish Academy of Sciences, and Geological Survey of Egypt.. 2001
External PGR examinations performed:
Ohio State University, PhD. 2012
Editorial boards:
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2008
External committees:
Career Development Committee, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Chair, http://physanth.org/association/committees. 2007
Teaching qualification:
Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Alaska Fairbanks. 2004
Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Alaska Fairbanks. 2003
Media Coverage:
Fossilized Teeth Provide New Insight into Human Ancestor
Gizmodo.com asks: "What's the Oldest Disease"? by Daniel Kolitz, with answer by Joel D. Irish. 2019.
Ice Age Child: Earliest Human Remains and Residential Structure in Northern North America
Upward Sun River Site, Alaska.