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Human Remains from the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition of Southwest China Suggest a Complex Evolutionary History for East Asians

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-27

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Further geological and palaeoanthropological investigations at the Maludong hominin site, Yunnan Province, Southwest China

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-27

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First description of in situ primate and faunal remains from the Plio-Pleistocene Drimolen Makondo palaeocave infill, Gauteng, South Africa

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-27

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Scientific drilling of sediments at Darwin Crater, Tasmania

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-27

Integrating palaeocaves into palaeolandscapes: An analysis of cave levels and karstification history across the Gauteng Malmani dolomite, South Africa

Integrating palaeocaves into palaeolandscapes: An analysis of cave levels and karstification history across the Gauteng Malmani dolomite, South Africa

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-27

Terrestrial laser scanning and photogrammetry techniques for documenting fossil-bearing palaeokarst with an example from the Drimolen Palaeocave System, South Africa

Terrestrial laser scanning and photogrammetry techniques for documenting fossil-bearing palaeokarst with an example from the Drimolen Palaeocave System, South Africa

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-26

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78,000-year-old record of Middle and Later Stone Age innovation in an East African tropical forest

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-26

The first bone tools from Kromdraai and stone tools from Drimolen, and the place of bone tools in the South African Earlier Stone Age

The first bone tools from Kromdraai and stone tools from Drimolen, and the place of bone tools in the South African Earlier Stone Age

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-26

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Renewed investigations at Taung; 90 years after the discovery of Australopithecus africanus

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-26

U–Pb-dated flowstones restrict South African early hominin record to dry climate phases

U–Pb-dated flowstones restrict South African early hominin record to dry climate phases

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-26

Comparison of climate and environment on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain to the Little Karoo (South Africa) in Marine Isotope Stages 5–3 as indicated by speleothems

Comparison of climate and environment on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain to the Little Karoo (South Africa) in Marine Isotope Stages 5–3 as indicated by speleothems

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-26

Elemental signatures of Australopithecus africanus teeth reveal seasonal dietary stress

Elemental signatures of Australopithecus africanus teeth reveal seasonal dietary stress

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-26

Geoarchaeological and 3D visualisation approaches for contextualising in-situ fossil bearing palaeokarst in South Africa: A case study from the ∼2.61 Ma Drimolen Makondo

Geoarchaeological and 3D visualisation approaches for contextualising in-situ fossil bearing palaeokarst in South Africa: A case study from the ∼2.61 Ma Drimolen Makondo

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-26

Ground-penetrating radar analysis of the Drimolen early Pleistocene fossil-bearing palaeocave, South Africa

Ground-penetrating radar analysis of the Drimolen early Pleistocene fossil-bearing palaeocave, South Africa

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-26

Chronostratigraphy of a 270-ka sediment record from Lake Selina, Tasmania: Combining radiometric, geomagnetic and climatic dating

Chronostratigraphy of a 270-ka sediment record from Lake Selina, Tasmania: Combining radiometric, geomagnetic and climatic dating

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-25

Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and Paranthropus

Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and Paranthropus

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-21

Amanzi Springs, South Africa

Amanzi Springs, South Africa

chapter posted on 2025-03-21

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Modeling wind speed data using the generalized positive exponential family of distributions

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-19

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Technology or taphonomy? A study of the 2.04–1.95 Ma bone tools from Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-06

Regional geological formation and speleogenesis of the ‘Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa’ UNESCO World Heritage Site

Regional geological formation and speleogenesis of the ‘Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa’ UNESCO World Heritage Site

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-06

Spherical data handling and analysis with R package rcosmo

Spherical data handling and analysis with R package rcosmo

conference contribution posted on 2025-03-04

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Mercury in an Australian sclerophyll Eucalyptus forest and emissions from fuel reduction prescribed burning

journal contribution posted on 2025-03-03

Using X-rays as an irradiation source for direct ESR dating of fossil teeth

Using X-rays as an irradiation source for direct ESR dating of fossil teeth

journal contribution posted on 2025-02-18

ESRfrag: A new suite of open access programs for the efficient handling of Electron Spin Resonance spectra of enamel fragments

ESRfrag: A new suite of open access programs for the efficient handling of Electron Spin Resonance spectra of enamel fragments

journal contribution posted on 2025-02-18

Why the geosciences are becoming increasingly vital to the interpretation of the human evolutionary record

Why the geosciences are becoming increasingly vital to the interpretation of the human evolutionary record

journal contribution posted on 2025-02-17

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In need of improvement: archaeological evidence of river management in South-Eastern Australia

journal contribution posted on 2025-02-05

Elevated atmospheric CO2 and warming enhance the acquisition of soil-derived nitrogen rather than urea fertilizer by rice cultivars

Elevated atmospheric CO2 and warming enhance the acquisition of soil-derived nitrogen rather than urea fertilizer by rice cultivars

journal contribution posted on 2025-01-31

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Landscape burning facilitated Aboriginal migration into Lutruwita/Tasmania 41,600 years ago

journal contribution posted on 2025-01-31

Isotopic variation within Tasmanian bare-nosed wombat tooth enamel: Implications for archaeological and palaeoecological research

Isotopic variation within Tasmanian bare-nosed wombat tooth enamel: Implications for archaeological and palaeoecological research

journal contribution posted on 2025-01-30

Historical dredge mining as a significant anthropomorphic agent in river systems: A case study from south-eastern Australia

Historical dredge mining as a significant anthropomorphic agent in river systems: A case study from south-eastern Australia

journal contribution posted on 2025-01-28

Groundwater extraction on the goldfields of Victoria, Australia

Groundwater extraction on the goldfields of Victoria, Australia

journal contribution posted on 2025-01-28

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Constraining the age of the Middle Stone Age locality of Bargny (Senegal) through a combined OSL-ESR dating approach

journal contribution posted on 2025-01-07

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Combining legacy data with new drone and DGPS mapping to identify the provenance of Plio-Pleistocene fossils from Bolt's Farm, Cradle of Humankind (South Africa)

journal contribution posted on 2025-01-06

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We the hunted

journal contribution posted on 2024-12-19

Naming droughts: Historical perspectives on the scientific coining of “the Tinderbox Drought”

Naming droughts: Historical perspectives on the scientific coining of “the Tinderbox Drought”

journal contribution posted on 2024-11-15

Refining the chronology of Middle/Late Pleistocene fossil assemblages in the Argentine Pampas

Refining the chronology of Middle/Late Pleistocene fossil assemblages in the Argentine Pampas

journal contribution posted on 2024-10-31

The White Hills Gravel of central Victoria: an anomalous Paleogene very coarse-grained fluvial deposit

The White Hills Gravel of central Victoria: an anomalous Paleogene very coarse-grained fluvial deposit

journal contribution posted on 2024-10-28

Ironing out complexities in karst chronology: (U-Th)/He ferricrete ages reveal wet MIS 5c

Ironing out complexities in karst chronology: (U-Th)/He ferricrete ages reveal wet MIS 5c

journal contribution posted on 2024-10-24

Rivers of gold

book posted on 2024-10-17

Harnessing a systems approach for sustainable adaptation in vulnerable mega-deltas: A case study of the dyke heightening program in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta's floodplains

Harnessing a systems approach for sustainable adaptation in vulnerable mega-deltas: A case study of the dyke heightening program in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta's floodplains

journal contribution posted on 2024-10-14