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Journal + Science Publication Articles
2012
Books and Chapters
J. Mitani, J. Call, P. Kappeler, R. Palombit, J.B. Silk (editors) The Evolution of Primate Societies. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 2012.
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo12986137.html
J.B. Silk. The adaptive value of sociality. In: The Evolution of Primate Societies (J. Mitani, J. Call, P. Kappeler, R. Palombit, and J.B. Silk, eds.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago (552-564). 2012
Robert Boyd, J.B. Silk. How Humans Evolved. W.W. Norton Press, New York. 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012.
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/anthro/bioanth/
J.B. Silk, B.R. House. The phylogeny and ontogeny of prosocial behavior. In: The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology (J.Vonk, T. K. Shackelford, eds.), Oxford University Press, New York. (381–398). 2012.
Published Science Articles
D. L. Roberts, P. Karkanas, Z. Jacobs, C. W. Marean, R. G. Roberts. Melting ice sheets 400,000 years ago raised sea level by 13 m: past analogue for future trends. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 357–358 (226–237). December 1, 2012.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X12005018
J. Kelley and G.T. Schwartz. Life-history inference in the early hominins Australopithecus and Paranthropus International Journal of Primatology 33:6 (1332–1363). December 2012.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10764-012-9607-2
Kyle S. Brown, Curtis W. Marean, Zenobia Jacobs, Benjamin J. Schoville, Simen Oestmo, Erich C. Fisher, Jocelyn Bernatchez, Panagiotis Karkanas, and Thalassa Matthews. An early and enduring advanced technology originating 71,000 years ago in South Africa. Nature 491 (590–593). November 22, 2012.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v491/n7425/abs/nature11660.html
Covered widely by national and international press.
Jayne Wilkins, Benjamin J. Schoville, Kyle S. Brown, Michael Chazan. Evidence for early hafted hunting technology. Science 338: 6109 (942–946). November 16, 2012
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6109/942.full
Covered widely by national and international press.
J. T. Faith, R. Potts, T. W. Plummer, L. C. Bishop, C. W. Marean, C. A. Tryon. New perspectives on middle Pleistocene change in the large mammal faunas of East Africa: Damaliscus hypsodon sp. nov. (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Lainyamok, Kenya. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 361–362 (84–93). November 15, 2012.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018212004579
R,M. Seyfarth, J.B. Silk, D.L. Cheney. Variation in personality and fitness in wild female baboons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 109 (16980–16985). Online October 1, 2012; print October 16, 2012.
http://www.pnas.org/content/109/42/16980.abstract
F.E. Grine, R. Jacobs, K.E. Reed, M. Plavcan. The enigmatic molar from Gondolin South Africa: implications for Paranthropus Paleobiology. Journal of Human Evolution 63 (597–609). October 2012.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248412001157
Rosa Albert and C.W. Marean. The Exploitation Of Plant Resources By Early Homo Sapiens: The Phytolith Record From Pinnacle Point 13B Cave, South Africa. International Journal of Geoarchaeology. 27: 4 (363–384). July/August 2012.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gea.21413/abstract
D.L. Cheney, J.B. Silk, R.M. Seyfarth, Evidence for intra-sexual selection in wild female baboons. Animal Behaviour 84:1 (21–27). July 2012.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000334721200125X
B.R. House, J. Henrich, S.F. Brosnan, J.B. Silk. The ontogeny of human prosociality: behavioral experiments with children aged 3 to 8. Evolution and Human Behavior 33:4 (291–308). Online March 7, 2012; print July 2012
http://www.ehbonline.org/article/S1090-5138%2811%2900114-0/fulltext
J.B. Silk, S.C. Alberts, J. Altmann, D.L. Cheney, R.M. Seyfarth, Stability of partner choice among female baboons. Animal Behaviour 83:6 (1511–1518). June 2012.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347212001443
Carol V. Ward, William H. Kimbel, Elizabeth H. Harmon, Donald C. Johanson. New postcranial fossils of Australopithecus afarensis from Hadar, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution 63 (1–51). May 30, 2012.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248411002302
Kim Hill and A. Magdalena Hurtado, News & Views: Human reproductive assistance. Nature 483 (160–161). March 8, 2012.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7388/full/483160a.html
C. J. Campisano. Geological summary of the Busidima Formation (Plio-Pleistocene) at the Hadar Paleoanthropological Site, Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution 62 (338–352). March 2012.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248411001254
D. Geraads, R. Bobe, K.E. Reed. Pliocene Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation of Hadar and Ledi-Geraru, Lower Awash, Ethiopia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (180–197). January 2012.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2012.632046
M.T. O’Mara, A.D. Gordon, K.C. Catlett, C.J. Terranova, G.T. Schwartz. Growth and the development of sexual size dimorphism in lorises and galagos. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147:1 (11–20). January 2012.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21989860
M. Xue, J.B. Silk. The role of tracking and tolerance in relationships among friends. Evolution and Human Behavior 33:1 (17–25). Online July 12, 2011; print January 2012.
http://www.ehbonline.org/article/S1090-5138%2811%2900043-2/fulltext
Harold L. Dibble, Vera Aldeias, Esteban Alvarez-Fernández, Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Emily Hallett-Desguez, Zenobia Jacobs, Paul Goldberg, Sam C. Lin, André Morala, Michael C. Meyer, Deborah I. Olszewski, Kaye Reed, Denné Reed, Zeljko Rezek, Daniel Richter, Richard G. Roberts, Dennis Sandgathe, Utsav Schurmans, Anne R. Skinner, Teresa E. Steele, and Mohamed el-Hajraoui. New Excavations at the Site of Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco. PaleoAnthropology 2012 (145–201).
http://www.paleoanthro.org/journal/contents_dynamic.asp?volume=2012
C.J. Campisano. Milankovitch cycles, paleoclimatic change, and hominin evolution. Nature Education Knowledge 3 (7), 5 (online publication) 2012. (no access online)
H. Glowacka, G. Schwartz, and W. Kimbel. The role of canine reduction in diagnosing the earliest hominins: lessons from a Miocene ape. Amer. J. Phys. Anthrop. S54: 151 (abstract). 2012 (in press)
2011
Published Science Articles
Journal of Human Evolution
January 2011. Evolution of the lower third premolar in early Australopithecus. Delezene, L. and Kimbel, W.H. (60: 711–730)
Journal of Anatomy
January 2011. In vivo bone strain and finite-element modeling of the craniofacial haft in catarrhine primates. Ross, C.F., Berthaume, M.A., Dechow, P., Iriarte-Diaz, J., Porro, L.B., Richmond, B., Spencer, M., and Strait, D. (218:112–141)
Science
February 2011. Complete fourth metatarsal and arches in the foot of Australopithecus afarensis.
Ward, C.V., Kimbel, W.H. and Johanson, D.C. (331: 750–753)
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
March 2011. Environmental implications of micromammals accumulated close to the MIS 6 to MIS 5 transition at Pinnacle Point Cave 9 (Mossel Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa). Matthews, T., Rector, A., Jacobs, Z., Herries, A.I.R., Marean, C.W. (302: 213–229)
Journal of Mammalian Evolution
March 2011. Fossil Tragelaphini (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from the Hadar Formation, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia. Reed, K.E. and Bibi, F. (18: 57–69)
SAA Archaeological Record
May 2011. Total Station Archaeology and the Use of Digital Photography. J. A. Bernatchez and C.W. Marean. (11 (3): 16–21).
Journal of Human Evolution
July 2011. Geological Summary of the Busidima Formation (Plio-Pleistocene) at the Hadar Paleoanthropological Site, Afar Depression, Ethiopia. C. J. Campisano.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
July 2011. Timing of the appearance of habitual fire use. Dennis M. Sandgathea, Harold L. Dibble, Paul Goldbergf, Shannon P. McPherrond, Alain Turqh, Laura Nivend, and Jamie Hodgkins.
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/29/E298.extract
(Harold Dibble lists IHO as one of his affiliations; IHO student Jamie Hodgkins is one of the authors)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
September 2011. CT-based study of internal structure of the anterior pillar in extinct hominins and its implications for the phylogeny of robust Australopithecus. Brian Villmoare and William Kimbel. (108: 16200–16205).
Quaternary Geochronology
October 2011. Development of the SAR TT-OSL Procedure for Dating of Middle Pleistocene Beach and Dune Deposits along the Southern Cape Coast of South Africa. Zenobia Jacobs, Richard G. Roberts, Panagiotis Karkanas, Curtis W. Marean, David L. Roberts. (6: 491–513).
Coastal South Africa and the co-evolution of the modern human lineage and coastal adaptations In Trekking the Shore: Changing Coastlines and the Antiquity of Coastal Settlement. C. W. Marean. Edited by Nuno Bicho, Jonathan A. Haws, and Loren G. Davis, New York: Springer, (421–440).
2009
William H. Kimbel and Lucas K. Delezene. (2009). "'Lucy' Redux: A Review of Research on Australopithecus afarnesis" Yearbook of Physical Anthroplogy 52: 2–48. pdf link
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Books + Book Chapters
FACULTY BOOKS
Lucy’s Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins. Donald Johanson and Kate Wong. New York: Harmony Books. (2009)
From Lucy to Language. Donald Johanson and Blake Edgar New York: Simon and Schuster. (Principal Photography David L. Brill) (2006)
The Skull of Australopithecus afarensis. William Kimbel, Yoel Rak, and Donald Johanson New York: Oxford University Press. (2004)
Ecce Homo: Writings in Honour of Third-Millenium Man. Donald Johanson and Giancarlo Ligabue. Milan: Electa. (1999)
Ancestors: In Search of Human Origins. Donald Johanson, Lenora Johanson, and Blake Edgar. New York: Villard Books. (Companion volume to the NOVA series.) (1994)
Journey from the Dawn: Life with the World’s First Family. Donald Johanson and Kevin O’Farrell. New York: Villard Books. (1990)
Blueprints: Solving the Mystery of Evolution. Donald Johanson and Maitland A. Edey. New York: Penguin Books. (1989)
Lucy’s Child: The Discovery of a Human Ancestor. Donald Johanson and James Shreeve. New York: Viking Penguin. (1989)
Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind. Donald Johanson and Maitland Edey. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. (1981)
FACULTY BOOK CHAPTERS
William Kimbel. (2009). "The Origin of Homo" in The First Humans: Origins and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Eds. Frederick E. Grine, John G. Fleagle, Richard E. Leakey. Springer Science + Business Media B.V. (2009) pdf link
William H. Kimbel. (2005). “The Human Species on the Tree of Life,” in Evolutionary Science and Society: Educating a New Generation. Eds. Joel Cracraft and Rodger W. Bybee. Proceedings of the BSBC, American Institute of Biological Sciences Symposium, Washington DC.