Roberts, Richard G.

Research Areas

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave Published In Nature Volume 565 Pages 640 - 644 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2019	Dishing the dirt: sediments reveal a famous early human cave site was also home to hyenas and wolves Published In The Conversation Volume 26 Sept Pages 1 - 5
2019	Fresh clues to the life and times of the Denisovans, a little-known ancient group of humans Published In The Conversation Volume 31 Jan Pages 1 - 6
2019	Hominin and animal activities in the microstratigraphic record from Denisova Cave (Altai Mountains, Russia) Published In Scientific Reports Volume 9 Pages 13785-1 - 13785-12 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2019	Minimum founding populations for the first peopling of Sahul Published In Nature Ecology and Evolution Volume 3 Pages 1057 - 1063 Altmetric
2019	Pleistocene glacial history of the New Zealand subantarctic islands Published In Climate of the Past Volume 15 Pages 423 - 448 Altmetric
2019	The Pleistocene geoarchaeology and geochronology of Con Moong Cave, North Vietnam: Site formation processes and hominin activity in the humid tropics Published In Geoarchaeology: an international journal Volume Online First Pages 1 - 26 ISSN 0883-6353 Altmetric
2019	Timing of archaic hominin occupation of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia Published In Nature Volume 565 Pages 594 - 599 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2019	pIRIR and IR-RF dating of archaeological deposits at Badahlin and Gu Myaung Caves - First luminescence ages for Myanmar Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 49 Pages 262 - 270 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2018	A reassessment of the early archaeological record at Leang Burung 2, a Late Pleistocene rock-shelter site on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi Published In PLoS One Volume 13 Pages e0193025-1 - e0193025-43 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2018	Fifty years ago, at Lake Mungo, the true scale of Aboriginal Australians’ epic story was revealed Published In The Conversation Volume 6 July Pages 1 - 4
2018	Incorporating terpenes, monoterpenoids and alkanes into multiresidue organic biomarker analysis of archaeological stone artefacts from Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 19 Pages 189 - 199 Altmetric
2018	Monitoring the extent of vertical and lateral movement of human decomposition products through sediment using cholesterol as a biomarker Published In Forensic Science International Volume 285 Pages 93 - 104 ISSN 0379-0738 Altmetric
2018	Raman spectroscopy of lipid micro-residues on Middle Palaeolithic stone tools from Denisova Cave, Siberia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 95 Pages 52 - 63 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2018	Reply to comments on Clarkson et al. (2017) ‘Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago’ Published In Australian Archaeology Volume 84 Pages 84 - 89 ISSN 0312-2417 Altmetric
2018	Single-grain dating of potassium-rich feldspar grains: Towards a global standardised growth curve for the post-IR IRSL signal Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 45 Pages 23 - 36 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2018	The spatio-temporal distribution of archaeological and faunal finds at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) in light of the revised chronology for Homo floresiensis Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 124 Pages 52 - 74 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2018	Timelines for human evolution and dispersals Published In Elements (Ottawa): an international magazine of mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology Volume 14 Pages 27 - 32 ISSN 1811-5209 Altmetric
2017	Deriving spatially resolved beta dose rates in sediment using the Timepix pixelated detector Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 106 Pages 483 - 490 ISSN 1350-4487 Altmetric
2017	Development and application of a comprehensive analytical workflow for the quantification of non-volatile low molecular weight lipids on archaeological stone tools Published In Analytical Methods: advancing methods and applications Volume 9 Pages 4349 - 4362 ISSN 1759-9660 Altmetric
2017	Early human symbolic behavior in the Late Pleistocene of Wallacea Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 114 Pages 4105 - 4110 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2017	Friday essay: when did Australia’s human history begin? Published In The Conversation Volume 17 Nov Pages 1 - 6
2017	Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago Published In Nature Volume 547 Pages 306 - 310 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2017	Initial micromorphological results from Liang Bua, Flores (Indonesia): Site formation processes and hominin activities at the type locality of Homo floresiensis Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 77 Pages 125 - 142 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2017	Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from Pleistocene sediments Published In Science Volume 356 Pages 605 - 608 ISSN 1095-9203 Altmetric
2017	New ages for the Upper Palaeolithic site of Xibaimaying in the Nihewan Basin, northern China: implications for small-tool and microblade industries in north-east Asia during Marine Isotope Stages 2 and 3 Published In Journal of Quaternary Science Volume 32 Pages 540 - 552 ISSN 0267-8179 Altmetric
2017	Single-grain OSL chronologies for the Still Bay and Howieson's Poort industries and the transition between them: Further analyses and statistical modelling Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 107 Pages 1 - 13 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2017	The chronostratigraphy of the Haua Fteah cave (Cyrenaica, northeast Libya) - Optical dating of early human occupation during Marine Isotope Stages 4, 5 and 6 Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 105 Pages 69 - 88 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2017	Variability in quartz OSL signals caused by measurement uncertainties: Problems and solutions Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 41 Pages 11 - 25 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2017	Viability of Raman microscopy to identify micro-residues related to tool-use and modern contaminants on prehistoric stone artefacts Published In Journal of Raman Spectroscopy Volume 48 Pages 1212 - 1221 ISSN 0377-0486 Altmetric
2016	A comprehensive database of quality-rated fossil ages for Sahul's Quaternary vertebrates Published In Scientific Data Volume 3 Pages 160053-1 - 160053-7 Altmetric
2016	A late Quaternary vertebrate deposit in Kudjal Yolgah Cave, south-western Australia: refining regional late Pleistocene extinctions Published In Journal of Quaternary Science Volume 31 Pages 538 - 550 ISSN 0267-8179 Altmetric
2016	Climate change not to blame for late Quaternary megafauna extinctions in Australia Published In Nature Communications Volume 7 Pages 10511-1 - 10511-7 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2016	Earliest hominin occupation of Sulawesi, Indonesia Published In Nature Volume 529 Pages 208 - 211 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2016	Investigation of the applicability of standardised growth curves for OSL dating of quartz from Haua Fteah cave, Libya Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 35 Pages 1 - 15 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2016	Luminescence ages for three 'Middle Palaeolithic' sites in the Nihewan Basin, northern China, and their archaeological and palaeoenvironmental implications Published In Quaternary Research Volume 85 Pages 456 - 470 ISSN 0033-5894 Altmetric
2016	Revised stratigraphy and chronology for Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in Indonesia Published In Nature Volume 532 Pages 366 - 369 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2016	The ‘hobbits’ were extinct much earlier than first thought Published In The Conversation Volume 31 March Pages 1 - 4
2016	What caused extinction of the pleistocene megafauna of sahul? Published In Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Volume 283 Pages 20152399-1 - 20152399-8 ISSN 1471-2954 Altmetric
2015	A stone age "Rosetta stone" Published In Australasian Science Volume 36 Pages 24 - 27
2015	An improved single grain OSL chronology for the sedimentary deposits from Diepkloof Rockshelter, Western Cape, South Africa Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 63 Pages 175 - 192 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2015	Construction of a 'global standardised growth curve' (gSGC) for infrared stimulated luminescence dating of K-feldspar Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 27 Pages 119 - 130 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2015	Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 30 Pages 69 - 79 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2015	Dating techniques: illuminating the past Published In Nature Volume 520 Pages 438 - 439 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2015	Luminescence-based chronologies for Palaeolithic sites in the Nihewan Basin, northern China: first tests using newly developed optical dating procedures for potassium feldspar grains Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 3 Pages 31 - 40 Altmetric
2015	Optical dating in archaeology: thirty years in retrospect and grand challenges for the future Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 56 Pages 41 - 60 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2015	Potential of establishing a 'global standardised growth curve' (gSGC) for optical dating of quartz from sediments Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 27 Pages 94 - 104 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2015	Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene archaeology and stratigraphy of the southern Nejd, Oman Published In Quaternary International Volume 382 Pages 250 - 263 ISSN 1040-6182 Altmetric
2015	The archaeology, chronology and stratigraphy of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II): a site in northern Australia with early occupation Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 83 Pages 46 - 64 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2014	A decade on and the Hobbit still holds secrets Published In The Conversation Pages 1 - 4
2014	A pardon for the Dingo Published In Science Volume 343 Pages 142 - 143 ISSN 1095-9203 Altmetric
2014	A single-aliquot luminescence dating procedure for K-feldspar based on the dose-dependent MET-pIRIR signal sensitivity Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 20 Pages 51 - 64 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2014	Assessing the time of final deposition of Youngest Toba Tuff deposits in the Middle Son Valley, northern India Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 399 Pages 127 - 139 ISSN 0031-0182 Altmetric
2014	Continuity of mammalian fauna over the last 200,000 y in the Indian subcontinent Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 111 Pages 5848 - 5853 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2014	Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet Published In Nature Volume 506 Pages 47 - 51 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2014	Human evolution: just add water Published In Nature Volume 507 Pages 303 - 304 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2014	Review and assessment of the potential of post-IR IRSL dating methods to circumvent the problem of anomalous fading in feldspar luminescence Published In Geochronometria: journal on methods and applications of absolute chronology Volume 41 Pages 178 - 201 ISSN 1733-8387 Altmetric
2014	Testing a model of alluvial deposition in the Middle Son Valley, Madhya Pradesh, India - IRSL dating of terraced alluvial sediments and implications for archaeological surveys and palaeoclimatic reconstructions Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 89 Pages 56 - 69 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2014	The chronostratigraphy of the Haua Fteah cave (Cyrenaica, northeast Libya) Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 66 Pages 39 - 63 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2013	An improved OSL chronology for the Still Bay layers at Blombos Cave, South Africa: further tests of single-grain dating procedures and a re-evaluation of the timing of the Still Bay industry across southern Africa Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 40 Pages 579 - 594 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2013	Beyond the Levant: first evidence of a Pre-Pottery Neolithic incursion into the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia Published In PLoS One Volume 8 Pages e68061-1 - e68061-20 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2013	Extending the age limit of luminescence dating using the dose-dependent sensitivity of MET-pIRIR signals from K-feldspar Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 17 Pages 55 - 67 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2013	Generativity, hierarchical action and recursion in the technology of the Acheulean to middle palaeolithic transition: a perspective from patpara, the Son Valley, India Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 65 Pages 93 - 108 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2013	Humans, megafauna and environmental change in tropical Australia Published In Journal of Quaternary Science Volume 28 Pages 439 - 452 ISSN 0267-8179 Altmetric
2013	Lack of chronological support for stepwise prehuman extinctions of Australian megafauna Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 110 Pages E3368 - E3368 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2013	Michael John Morwood (1950–2013): rock-art archaeologist and driving force behind the 'Hobbit' discovery Published In Nature Volume 500 Pages 401 - 401 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2013	Mid-Holocene age obtained for nested diamond pattern petroglyph in the Billasurgam Cave complex, Kurnool District, southern India Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 40 Pages 1787 - 1796 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2013	OSL dating of loess deposits bracketing Sheep Creek tephra beds, northwest Canada: dim and problematic single-grain OSL characteristics and their effect on multi-grain age estimates Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 15 Pages 67 - 87 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2013	On the dose dependency of the bleachable and non-bleachable components of IRSL from K-feldspar: improved procedures for luminescence dating of Quaternary sediments Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 17 Pages 1 - 13 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2013	Toba supereruption: age and impact on East African ecosystems Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 110 Pages E3047 - E3047 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2012	A southern Indian middle palaeolithic occupation surface sealed by the 74 ka Toba eruption: Further evidence from Jwalapuram Locality 22 Published In Quaternary International Volume 258 Pages 148 - 164 ISSN 1040-6182 Altmetric
2012	Afromontane foragers of the Late Pleistocene: site formation, chronology and occupational pulsing at Melikane Rockshelter, Lesotho Published In Quaternary International Volume 270 Pages 40 - 60 ISSN 1040-6182 Altmetric
2012	Armageddon and its aftermath: dating the Toba super-eruption Published In The Conversation Volume 30 October Pages 1 - 3
2012	Astronomically calibrated 40Ar/39Ar age for the Toba supereruption and global synchronization of late Quaternary records Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 109 Pages 18684 - 18688 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2012	Evolutionary anthropology - Homo 'incendius' Published In Nature Volume 485 Pages 586 - 587 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2012	Hominin dispersal into the Nefud Desert and Middle Palaeolithic settlement along the Jubbah Palaeolake, Northern Arabia Published In PLoS One Volume 7 Pages e49840 - 1 - e49840 - 21 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2012	Luminescence characteristics and dose distributions for quartz and feldspar grains from Mumba rockshelter, Tanzania Published In Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Volume 4 Pages 115 - 135 ISSN 1866-9557 Altmetric
2012	Melting ice sheets 400,000 yr ago raised sea level by 13 m: past analogue for future trends Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 357-358 Pages 226 - 237 ISSN 0012-821X Altmetric
2012	Natural variations in the properties of TL and IRSL emissions from metamorphic and volcanic K-feldspars from East Africa: assessing their reliability for dating Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 47 Pages 659 - 664 ISSN 1350-4487 Altmetric
2012	New ages for middle and later Stone Age deposits at Mumba rockshelter, Tanzania: optically stimulated luminescence dating of quartz and feldspar grains Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 62 Pages 533 - 547 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2012	New excavations at the site of Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco Published In PaleoAnthropology Volume 2012 Pages 145 - 201 Altmetric
2012	Single-grain OSL chronologies for Middle Palaeolithic deposits at El Mnasra and El Harhoura 2, Morocco: Implications for Late Pleistocene human-environment interactions along the Atlantic coast of northwest Africa Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 62 Pages 377 - 394 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2012	Single-grain OSL dating of glaciofluvial quartz constrains Reid glaciation in NW Canada to MIS 6 Published In Quaternary Research Volume 77 Pages 305 - 316 ISSN 0033-5894 Altmetric
2012	Sources of overdispersion in a K-rich feldspar sample from north-central India: Insights from De, K content and IRSL age distributions for individual grains Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 47 Pages 696 - 702 ISSN 1350-4487 Altmetric
2012	Statistical aspects of equivalent dose and error calculation and display in OSL dating: an overview and some recommendations Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 11 Pages 1 - 27 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2011	Application of sedimentary and chronological analyses to refine the depositional context of a Late Pleistocene vertebrate deposit, Naracoorte, South Australia Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 30 Pages 2690 - 2702 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2011	Development of the SAR TT-OSL procedure for dating Middle Pleistocene dune and shallow marine deposits along the southern Cape coast of South Africa Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 6 Pages 491 - 513 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2011	Dirt, dates and DNA:OSL and radiocarbon chronologies of perenially frozen sediments in Siberia, and their implications for sedimentary ancient DNA studies Published In Boreas: an international journal of quaternary research Volume 40 Pages 417 - 445 ISSN 0300-9483 Altmetric
2011	Late Acheulean hominins at the Marine Isotope Stage 6/5e transition in north-central India Published In Quaternary Research Volume 75 Pages 670 - 682 ISSN 0033-5894 Altmetric
2011	Middle Paleolithic occupation on a Marine Isotope Stage 5 lakeshore in the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 30 Pages 1555 - 1559 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2011	Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of perenially frozen deposits in north-central Siberia: OSL characteristics of quartz grains and methodological considerations regarding their suitability for dating Published In Boreas: an international journal of quaternary research Volume 40 Pages 389 - 416 ISSN 0300-9483 Altmetric
2011	Single-grain OSL dating at La Grotte des Contrebandiers ('Smugglers' Cave'), Morocco: improved age constraints for the Middle Paleolithic levels Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 38 Pages 3631 - 3643 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2011	The Nubian complex of Dhofar, Oman: an African Middle Stone Age industry in Southern Arabia Published In PLoS One Volume 6 Page p. e28239 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2010	And then there were none? Published In Science Volume 327 Pages 420 - 422 ISSN 1095-9203 Altmetric
2010	Low temperature (LT) combustion of sediments does not necessarily provide accurate radiocarbon ages for site chronology Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 5 Pages 625 - 630 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2010	New excavations of Middle Stone Age deposits at Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia: stratigraphy, archaeology, chronology and past environments Published In Journal of African Archaeology Volume 8 Pages 185 - 218 ISSN 1612-1651 Altmetric
2010	Still Bay and serrated points from Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 37 Pages 1773 - 1784 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2010	The biggest losers Published In Australasian Science Volume 31 Pages 14 - 17
2010	Timing and dynamics of Late Pleistocene mammal extinctions in southwestern Australia Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 107 Pages 22157 - 22162 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2010	Turning back the clock on the extinction of megafauna in Australia Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 29 Pages 593 - 595 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2009	A revised burial dose estimation procedure for optical dating of young and modern-age sediments Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 4 Pages 306 - 325 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2009	Ancient DNA reveals late survival of mammoth and horse in interior Alaska Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 106 Pages 22352 - 22357 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2009	Catalysts for stone age innovations: what might have triggered two short-lived bursts of technological and behavioral innovation in southern Africa during the middle stone age? Published In Communicative and Integrative Biology Volume 2 Pages 191 - 193 ISSN 1942-0889
2009	Geochronology of cave deposits at Liang Bua and of adjacent river terraces in the Wae Racang valley, western Flores, Indonesia: a synthesis of age estimates for the type locality of Homo floresiensis Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 57 Pages 484 - 502 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2009	Holocene palaeofire records in a high-level, proximal valley-fill (Wilson Bog), Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia Published In The Holocene: a major interdisciplinary journal focusing on recent environmental change Volume 19 Pages 1017 - 1029 ISSN 0959-6836 Altmetric
2009	Homo floresiensis and the late Pleistocene environments of eastern Indonesia: defining the nature of the relationship Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 28 Pages 2897 - 2912 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2009	Human history written in stone and blood Published In American Scientist: the Magazine of Sigma XI, the Scientific Research Society Volume 97 Pages 302 - 309 ISSN 0003-0996 Altmetric
2009	Human occupation, adaptation and behavioural change in the pleistocene and holocene of south India: recent investigations in the Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh Published In Eurasian Prehistory Volume 6 Pages 119 - 166
2009	Kam di KULTUR aus AFRIKA? Published In Spektrum Der Wissenschaft Volume December Pages 66 - 73
2009	Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 106 Pages 12261 - 12266 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2009	Reconstructing the geomorphic history of Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia: a stratigraphic interpretation of the occupational environment Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 57 Pages 465 - 483 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2009	Stochastic modelling of multi-grain equivalent dose (De) distributions: implications for OSL dating of sediment mixtures Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 4 Pages 204 - 230 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2009	The evolving landscape and climate of western Flores: an environmental context for the archaeological site of Liang Bua Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 57 Pages 450 - 464 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2009	Were environmental or demographic factors the driving force behind Middle Stone Age innovations in southern Africa? Published In South African Journal of Science Volume 105 Pages 333 - 334 ISSN 0038-2353
2008	Age constraints on Pleistocene megafauna at Tight Entrance Cave in southwestern Australia Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 27 Pages 1784 - 1788 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2008	Ages for the middle stone age of Southern Africa: implications for human behavior and dispersal Published In Science Volume 322 Pages 733 - 735 ISSN 1095-9203 Altmetric
2008	Changing ideas on the identity and stratigraphic significance of the Sheep Creek tephra beds in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, northwestern North America Published In Quaternary International Volume 178 Pages 183 - 209 ISSN 1040-6182 Altmetric
2008	Equivalent dose distributions from single grains of quartz at Sibudu, South Africa: context, causes and consequences for optical dating of archaeological deposits Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 35 Pages 1808 - 1820 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2008	Late-surviving megafauna in Tasmania, Australia, implicate human involvement in their extinction Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 105 Pages 12150 - 12153 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2008	New ages for the post-Howiesons Poort, late and final Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, South Africa Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 35 Pages 1790 - 1807 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2008	Optical dating of perennially frozen deposits associated with preserved ancient plant and animal DNA in north-central Siberia Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 3 Pages 114 - 136 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2008	Optically stimulated luminescence dating of single and multiple grains of quartz from perennially frozen loess in western Yukon Territory, Canada: Comparison with radiocarbon chronologies for the late Pleistocene Dawson tephra Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 3 Pages 346 - 364 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2008	Testing Times: old and new chronologies for the Howieson's poort and still bay industries in environmental context Published In South African Archaeological Society Goodwin Series Volume 10 Pages 9 - 34
2008	The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2008: the second season of investigations of the Haua Fteah cave and its landscape, and further results from the initial (2007) fieldwork Published In Libyan Studies Volume 39 Pages 175 - 221 ISSN 0263-7189
2008	The Lost Giants of Tasmania Published In Australasian Science Volume October Pages 14 - 17
2007	A high-resolution record of vegetation and climate through the last glacial cycle from Caledonia Fen, southeastern highlands of Australia Published In Journal of Quaternary Science Volume 22 Pages 481 - 500 ISSN 0267-8179 Altmetric
2007	Advances in optically stimulated luminescence dating of individual grains of quartz from archaeological deposits Published In Evolutionary Anthropology Volume 16 Pages 210 - 223 ISSN 1060-1538 Altmetric
2007	Age and biostratigraphic significance of the Punung Rainforest Fauna, East Java, Indonesia, and implications for Pongo and Homo Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 53 Pages 709 - 717 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2007	An arid-adapted middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from south-central Australia Published In Nature Volume 445 Pages 422 - 425 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2007	Establishing the time of initial human occupation of Liang Bua, western Flores, Indonesia Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 2 Pages 337 - 343 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2007	Initial speleothem results from western Flores and eastern Java, Indonesia: were climate changes from 47 to 5ka responsible for the extinction of Homo floresiensis? Published In Journal of Quaternary Science Volume 22 Pages 429 - 438 ISSN 0267-8179 Altmetric
2007	Mammalian responses to Pleistocene climate change in southeastern Australia Published In Geology (Boulder) Volume 35 Pages 33 - 36 ISSN 0091-7613 Altmetric
2007	Middle Paleolithic assemblages from the Indian subcontinent before and after the Toba super-eruption Published In Science Volume 317 Pages 114 - 116 ISSN 1095-9203 Altmetric
2007	Progress in optical dating of guano-rich sediments associated with the Deep Skull, West Mouth of the Great Cave of Niah, Sarawak, Borneo Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 2 Pages 330 - 336 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2007	Redating the advance of the New Zealand Franz Josef Glacier during the Last Termination: evidence for asynchronous climate change Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 26 Pages 3037 - 3042 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2007	Sediment mixing at Nonda Rock: investigations of stratigraphic integrity at an early archaeological site in northern Australia and implications for the human colonisation of the continent Published In Journal of Quaternary Science Volume 22 Pages 449 - 479 ISSN 0267-8179 Altmetric
2007	Would the Australian megafauna have become extinct if humans had never colonised the continent? Comments on 'A review of the evidence for a human role in the extinction of Australian megafauna and an alternative explanation' by S.Wroe and J.Field Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 26 Pages 560 - 564 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric

Chapter

Year	Title
2018	Optical dating of sediment samples from Chagyrskaya Cave Published In Multidisciplinary Studies of Chagyrskaya Cave - A Middle Paleolithic Site in Altai Publisher Novosibirsk: Russian Academy of Sciences Publishing Pages 353 - 369 ISBN 9785780302889
2017	Optical dating of rock art Published In The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art Publisher United Kingdom: Oxford University Press Pages 945 - 952 ISBN 9780190607357 Altmetric
2014	Luminescence dating, single-grain dose distribution Published In Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods Publisher Netherlands: Springer Pages 1 - 8 ISBN 9789400763265 Altmetric
2010	Beneath the peat: A refined pollen record from an interstadial at Caledonia Fen, highland eastern Victoria, Australia Published In Altered ecologies : fire, climate and human influence on terrestrial landscapes Publisher ANU E Press Pages 33 - 48
2008	Dating in landscape archaeology Published In Handbook of Landscape Archaeology Publisher Left Coast Press Pages 347 - 364

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2012	Late Palaeolithic core reduction strategies in Dhofar, Oman Published In Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies (42) Pages 1 - 18

Investigator On

Year	Title
2017 - 2024	ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Centres of Excellence
2018 - 2020	Revisiting funerary practices: A methodological approach to the study of funerary sequences and social organisation in the Neolithic Near East (ArchFarm) Awarded by: European Commission Funding Scheme: Marie Curie Individual Fellowships
2018 - 2019	A national facility for the analysis of pyrogenic carbon Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2017 - 2019	ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH) Awarded by: NSW Government Funding Scheme: Research Attraction and Acceleration Program (RAAP)
2014 - 2019	Out of Asia: unique insights into human evolution and interactions using frontier technologies in archaeological science Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships
2017	Dating the aboriginal rock art sequence of the Kimberley in NW Australia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2015	Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2013	Dating the Aboriginal rock art of the Kimberley region, WA - landscape geochemistry, surface processes and complementary dating techniques Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2013	What is 'natural'? : Locating and deciphering pre-human records of vegetation from northern Australian savannas Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2010	A facility for sensitive and precise isotopic dating of Earth's and extraterrestrial rocks Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2009	Change and continuity: chronology, archaeology and art in the North Kimberley, Northwest Australia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2009	The future of palaeoclimate and archaeological research in Australia: next generation instrumentation for chronology and environmental reconstruction Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	A stable-isotope mass spectrometer for novel determinations of past temperature Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	Monsoons and migrations: Quaternary climates, landscapes and human prehistory of the Arabian peninsula and the Indian subcontinent Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2007	A new generation Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer Facility for advanced research in the Earth, planetary and environmental sciences Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Landscape evolution of the Kimberley region, Australia, and rock art dating using in-situ cosmogenic Be-10, Al-26	Cazes, Gael
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	Middle and Late Pleistocene environmental and geomorphologic evolution of the Nihewan basin, North China	Rui, Xue
Doctor of Philosophy	Geoarchaeology in the Humid Tropics: Assessing Archaeological Site Stratigraphy and Implications for Understanding Depositional Environments and Evidence of Human Activity.	Mcadams, Conor
Doctor of Philosophy	Luminescence dating of archaeological sites in Southeast Asia	Schaarschmidt, Maria
Doctor of Philosophy	Development and application of innovative luminescence approaches to dating early hominin sites.	Sontag Gonzalez, Mariana
Doctor of Philosophy	Reconstructing the Pleistocene environmental and human history of Flores and neighbouring islands in eastern Indonesia using geochemical and biochemical methods.	Koutamanis, Dafne
Doctor of Philosophy	Quaternary environments of eastern Indonesia	Wall, Alexander
Doctor of Philosophy	Landscape evolution and Quaternary environments in Eastern Indonesia	Boesl, Fabian

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-4119 (confirmed)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

B-8245-2013

Scopus Id

7404281684

Research Areas

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	Age estimates for hominin fossils and the onset of the Upper Palaeolithic at Denisova Cave Published In Nature Volume 565 Pages 640 - 644 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2019	Dishing the dirt: sediments reveal a famous early human cave site was also home to hyenas and wolves Published In The Conversation Volume 26 Sept Pages 1 - 5
2019	Fresh clues to the life and times of the Denisovans, a little-known ancient group of humans Published In The Conversation Volume 31 Jan Pages 1 - 6
2019	Hominin and animal activities in the microstratigraphic record from Denisova Cave (Altai Mountains, Russia) Published In Scientific Reports Volume 9 Pages 13785-1 - 13785-12 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2019	Minimum founding populations for the first peopling of Sahul Published In Nature Ecology and Evolution Volume 3 Pages 1057 - 1063 Altmetric
2019	Pleistocene glacial history of the New Zealand subantarctic islands Published In Climate of the Past Volume 15 Pages 423 - 448 Altmetric
2019	The Pleistocene geoarchaeology and geochronology of Con Moong Cave, North Vietnam: Site formation processes and hominin activity in the humid tropics Published In Geoarchaeology: an international journal Volume Online First Pages 1 - 26 ISSN 0883-6353 Altmetric
2019	Timing of archaic hominin occupation of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia Published In Nature Volume 565 Pages 594 - 599 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2019	pIRIR and IR-RF dating of archaeological deposits at Badahlin and Gu Myaung Caves - First luminescence ages for Myanmar Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 49 Pages 262 - 270 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2018	A reassessment of the early archaeological record at Leang Burung 2, a Late Pleistocene rock-shelter site on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi Published In PLoS One Volume 13 Pages e0193025-1 - e0193025-43 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2018	Fifty years ago, at Lake Mungo, the true scale of Aboriginal Australians’ epic story was revealed Published In The Conversation Volume 6 July Pages 1 - 4
2018	Incorporating terpenes, monoterpenoids and alkanes into multiresidue organic biomarker analysis of archaeological stone artefacts from Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 19 Pages 189 - 199 Altmetric
2018	Monitoring the extent of vertical and lateral movement of human decomposition products through sediment using cholesterol as a biomarker Published In Forensic Science International Volume 285 Pages 93 - 104 ISSN 0379-0738 Altmetric
2018	Raman spectroscopy of lipid micro-residues on Middle Palaeolithic stone tools from Denisova Cave, Siberia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 95 Pages 52 - 63 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2018	Reply to comments on Clarkson et al. (2017) ‘Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago’ Published In Australian Archaeology Volume 84 Pages 84 - 89 ISSN 0312-2417 Altmetric
2018	Single-grain dating of potassium-rich feldspar grains: Towards a global standardised growth curve for the post-IR IRSL signal Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 45 Pages 23 - 36 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2018	The spatio-temporal distribution of archaeological and faunal finds at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) in light of the revised chronology for Homo floresiensis Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 124 Pages 52 - 74 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2018	Timelines for human evolution and dispersals Published In Elements (Ottawa): an international magazine of mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology Volume 14 Pages 27 - 32 ISSN 1811-5209 Altmetric
2017	Deriving spatially resolved beta dose rates in sediment using the Timepix pixelated detector Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 106 Pages 483 - 490 ISSN 1350-4487 Altmetric
2017	Development and application of a comprehensive analytical workflow for the quantification of non-volatile low molecular weight lipids on archaeological stone tools Published In Analytical Methods: advancing methods and applications Volume 9 Pages 4349 - 4362 ISSN 1759-9660 Altmetric
2017	Early human symbolic behavior in the Late Pleistocene of Wallacea Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 114 Pages 4105 - 4110 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2017	Friday essay: when did Australia’s human history begin? Published In The Conversation Volume 17 Nov Pages 1 - 6
2017	Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago Published In Nature Volume 547 Pages 306 - 310 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2017	Initial micromorphological results from Liang Bua, Flores (Indonesia): Site formation processes and hominin activities at the type locality of Homo floresiensis Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 77 Pages 125 - 142 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2017	Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from Pleistocene sediments Published In Science Volume 356 Pages 605 - 608 ISSN 1095-9203 Altmetric
2017	New ages for the Upper Palaeolithic site of Xibaimaying in the Nihewan Basin, northern China: implications for small-tool and microblade industries in north-east Asia during Marine Isotope Stages 2 and 3 Published In Journal of Quaternary Science Volume 32 Pages 540 - 552 ISSN 0267-8179 Altmetric
2017	Single-grain OSL chronologies for the Still Bay and Howieson's Poort industries and the transition between them: Further analyses and statistical modelling Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 107 Pages 1 - 13 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2017	The chronostratigraphy of the Haua Fteah cave (Cyrenaica, northeast Libya) - Optical dating of early human occupation during Marine Isotope Stages 4, 5 and 6 Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 105 Pages 69 - 88 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2017	Variability in quartz OSL signals caused by measurement uncertainties: Problems and solutions Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 41 Pages 11 - 25 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2017	Viability of Raman microscopy to identify micro-residues related to tool-use and modern contaminants on prehistoric stone artefacts Published In Journal of Raman Spectroscopy Volume 48 Pages 1212 - 1221 ISSN 0377-0486 Altmetric
2016	A comprehensive database of quality-rated fossil ages for Sahul's Quaternary vertebrates Published In Scientific Data Volume 3 Pages 160053-1 - 160053-7 Altmetric
2016	A late Quaternary vertebrate deposit in Kudjal Yolgah Cave, south-western Australia: refining regional late Pleistocene extinctions Published In Journal of Quaternary Science Volume 31 Pages 538 - 550 ISSN 0267-8179 Altmetric
2016	Climate change not to blame for late Quaternary megafauna extinctions in Australia Published In Nature Communications Volume 7 Pages 10511-1 - 10511-7 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2016	Earliest hominin occupation of Sulawesi, Indonesia Published In Nature Volume 529 Pages 208 - 211 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2016	Investigation of the applicability of standardised growth curves for OSL dating of quartz from Haua Fteah cave, Libya Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 35 Pages 1 - 15 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2016	Luminescence ages for three 'Middle Palaeolithic' sites in the Nihewan Basin, northern China, and their archaeological and palaeoenvironmental implications Published In Quaternary Research Volume 85 Pages 456 - 470 ISSN 0033-5894 Altmetric
2016	Revised stratigraphy and chronology for Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in Indonesia Published In Nature Volume 532 Pages 366 - 369 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2016	The ‘hobbits’ were extinct much earlier than first thought Published In The Conversation Volume 31 March Pages 1 - 4
2016	What caused extinction of the pleistocene megafauna of sahul? Published In Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Volume 283 Pages 20152399-1 - 20152399-8 ISSN 1471-2954 Altmetric
2015	A stone age "Rosetta stone" Published In Australasian Science Volume 36 Pages 24 - 27
2015	An improved single grain OSL chronology for the sedimentary deposits from Diepkloof Rockshelter, Western Cape, South Africa Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 63 Pages 175 - 192 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2015	Construction of a 'global standardised growth curve' (gSGC) for infrared stimulated luminescence dating of K-feldspar Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 27 Pages 119 - 130 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2015	Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 30 Pages 69 - 79 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2015	Dating techniques: illuminating the past Published In Nature Volume 520 Pages 438 - 439 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2015	Luminescence-based chronologies for Palaeolithic sites in the Nihewan Basin, northern China: first tests using newly developed optical dating procedures for potassium feldspar grains Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 3 Pages 31 - 40 Altmetric
2015	Optical dating in archaeology: thirty years in retrospect and grand challenges for the future Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 56 Pages 41 - 60 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2015	Potential of establishing a 'global standardised growth curve' (gSGC) for optical dating of quartz from sediments Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 27 Pages 94 - 104 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2015	Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene archaeology and stratigraphy of the southern Nejd, Oman Published In Quaternary International Volume 382 Pages 250 - 263 ISSN 1040-6182 Altmetric
2015	The archaeology, chronology and stratigraphy of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II): a site in northern Australia with early occupation Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 83 Pages 46 - 64 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2014	A decade on and the Hobbit still holds secrets Published In The Conversation Pages 1 - 4
2014	A pardon for the Dingo Published In Science Volume 343 Pages 142 - 143 ISSN 1095-9203 Altmetric
2014	A single-aliquot luminescence dating procedure for K-feldspar based on the dose-dependent MET-pIRIR signal sensitivity Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 20 Pages 51 - 64 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2014	Assessing the time of final deposition of Youngest Toba Tuff deposits in the Middle Son Valley, northern India Published In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 399 Pages 127 - 139 ISSN 0031-0182 Altmetric
2014	Continuity of mammalian fauna over the last 200,000 y in the Indian subcontinent Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 111 Pages 5848 - 5853 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2014	Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet Published In Nature Volume 506 Pages 47 - 51 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2014	Human evolution: just add water Published In Nature Volume 507 Pages 303 - 304 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2014	Review and assessment of the potential of post-IR IRSL dating methods to circumvent the problem of anomalous fading in feldspar luminescence Published In Geochronometria: journal on methods and applications of absolute chronology Volume 41 Pages 178 - 201 ISSN 1733-8387 Altmetric
2014	Testing a model of alluvial deposition in the Middle Son Valley, Madhya Pradesh, India - IRSL dating of terraced alluvial sediments and implications for archaeological surveys and palaeoclimatic reconstructions Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 89 Pages 56 - 69 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2014	The chronostratigraphy of the Haua Fteah cave (Cyrenaica, northeast Libya) Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 66 Pages 39 - 63 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2013	An improved OSL chronology for the Still Bay layers at Blombos Cave, South Africa: further tests of single-grain dating procedures and a re-evaluation of the timing of the Still Bay industry across southern Africa Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 40 Pages 579 - 594 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2013	Beyond the Levant: first evidence of a Pre-Pottery Neolithic incursion into the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia Published In PLoS One Volume 8 Pages e68061-1 - e68061-20 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2013	Extending the age limit of luminescence dating using the dose-dependent sensitivity of MET-pIRIR signals from K-feldspar Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 17 Pages 55 - 67 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2013	Generativity, hierarchical action and recursion in the technology of the Acheulean to middle palaeolithic transition: a perspective from patpara, the Son Valley, India Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 65 Pages 93 - 108 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2013	Humans, megafauna and environmental change in tropical Australia Published In Journal of Quaternary Science Volume 28 Pages 439 - 452 ISSN 0267-8179 Altmetric
2013	Lack of chronological support for stepwise prehuman extinctions of Australian megafauna Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 110 Pages E3368 - E3368 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2013	Michael John Morwood (1950–2013): rock-art archaeologist and driving force behind the 'Hobbit' discovery Published In Nature Volume 500 Pages 401 - 401 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2013	Mid-Holocene age obtained for nested diamond pattern petroglyph in the Billasurgam Cave complex, Kurnool District, southern India Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 40 Pages 1787 - 1796 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2013	OSL dating of loess deposits bracketing Sheep Creek tephra beds, northwest Canada: dim and problematic single-grain OSL characteristics and their effect on multi-grain age estimates Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 15 Pages 67 - 87 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2013	On the dose dependency of the bleachable and non-bleachable components of IRSL from K-feldspar: improved procedures for luminescence dating of Quaternary sediments Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 17 Pages 1 - 13 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2013	Toba supereruption: age and impact on East African ecosystems Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 110 Pages E3047 - E3047 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2012	A southern Indian middle palaeolithic occupation surface sealed by the 74 ka Toba eruption: Further evidence from Jwalapuram Locality 22 Published In Quaternary International Volume 258 Pages 148 - 164 ISSN 1040-6182 Altmetric
2012	Afromontane foragers of the Late Pleistocene: site formation, chronology and occupational pulsing at Melikane Rockshelter, Lesotho Published In Quaternary International Volume 270 Pages 40 - 60 ISSN 1040-6182 Altmetric
2012	Armageddon and its aftermath: dating the Toba super-eruption Published In The Conversation Volume 30 October Pages 1 - 3
2012	Astronomically calibrated 40Ar/39Ar age for the Toba supereruption and global synchronization of late Quaternary records Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 109 Pages 18684 - 18688 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2012	Evolutionary anthropology - Homo 'incendius' Published In Nature Volume 485 Pages 586 - 587 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2012	Hominin dispersal into the Nefud Desert and Middle Palaeolithic settlement along the Jubbah Palaeolake, Northern Arabia Published In PLoS One Volume 7 Pages e49840 - 1 - e49840 - 21 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2012	Luminescence characteristics and dose distributions for quartz and feldspar grains from Mumba rockshelter, Tanzania Published In Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Volume 4 Pages 115 - 135 ISSN 1866-9557 Altmetric
2012	Melting ice sheets 400,000 yr ago raised sea level by 13 m: past analogue for future trends Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 357-358 Pages 226 - 237 ISSN 0012-821X Altmetric
2012	Natural variations in the properties of TL and IRSL emissions from metamorphic and volcanic K-feldspars from East Africa: assessing their reliability for dating Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 47 Pages 659 - 664 ISSN 1350-4487 Altmetric
2012	New ages for middle and later Stone Age deposits at Mumba rockshelter, Tanzania: optically stimulated luminescence dating of quartz and feldspar grains Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 62 Pages 533 - 547 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2012	New excavations at the site of Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco Published In PaleoAnthropology Volume 2012 Pages 145 - 201 Altmetric
2012	Single-grain OSL chronologies for Middle Palaeolithic deposits at El Mnasra and El Harhoura 2, Morocco: Implications for Late Pleistocene human-environment interactions along the Atlantic coast of northwest Africa Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 62 Pages 377 - 394 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2012	Single-grain OSL dating of glaciofluvial quartz constrains Reid glaciation in NW Canada to MIS 6 Published In Quaternary Research Volume 77 Pages 305 - 316 ISSN 0033-5894 Altmetric
2012	Sources of overdispersion in a K-rich feldspar sample from north-central India: Insights from De, K content and IRSL age distributions for individual grains Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 47 Pages 696 - 702 ISSN 1350-4487 Altmetric
2012	Statistical aspects of equivalent dose and error calculation and display in OSL dating: an overview and some recommendations Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 11 Pages 1 - 27 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2011	Application of sedimentary and chronological analyses to refine the depositional context of a Late Pleistocene vertebrate deposit, Naracoorte, South Australia Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 30 Pages 2690 - 2702 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2011	Development of the SAR TT-OSL procedure for dating Middle Pleistocene dune and shallow marine deposits along the southern Cape coast of South Africa Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 6 Pages 491 - 513 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2011	Dirt, dates and DNA:OSL and radiocarbon chronologies of perenially frozen sediments in Siberia, and their implications for sedimentary ancient DNA studies Published In Boreas: an international journal of quaternary research Volume 40 Pages 417 - 445 ISSN 0300-9483 Altmetric
2011	Late Acheulean hominins at the Marine Isotope Stage 6/5e transition in north-central India Published In Quaternary Research Volume 75 Pages 670 - 682 ISSN 0033-5894 Altmetric
2011	Middle Paleolithic occupation on a Marine Isotope Stage 5 lakeshore in the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 30 Pages 1555 - 1559 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2011	Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of perenially frozen deposits in north-central Siberia: OSL characteristics of quartz grains and methodological considerations regarding their suitability for dating Published In Boreas: an international journal of quaternary research Volume 40 Pages 389 - 416 ISSN 0300-9483 Altmetric
2011	Single-grain OSL dating at La Grotte des Contrebandiers ('Smugglers' Cave'), Morocco: improved age constraints for the Middle Paleolithic levels Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 38 Pages 3631 - 3643 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2011	The Nubian complex of Dhofar, Oman: an African Middle Stone Age industry in Southern Arabia Published In PLoS One Volume 6 Page p. e28239 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2010	And then there were none? Published In Science Volume 327 Pages 420 - 422 ISSN 1095-9203 Altmetric
2010	Low temperature (LT) combustion of sediments does not necessarily provide accurate radiocarbon ages for site chronology Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 5 Pages 625 - 630 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2010	New excavations of Middle Stone Age deposits at Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia: stratigraphy, archaeology, chronology and past environments Published In Journal of African Archaeology Volume 8 Pages 185 - 218 ISSN 1612-1651 Altmetric
2010	Still Bay and serrated points from Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 37 Pages 1773 - 1784 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2010	The biggest losers Published In Australasian Science Volume 31 Pages 14 - 17
2010	Timing and dynamics of Late Pleistocene mammal extinctions in southwestern Australia Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 107 Pages 22157 - 22162 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2010	Turning back the clock on the extinction of megafauna in Australia Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 29 Pages 593 - 595 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2009	A revised burial dose estimation procedure for optical dating of young and modern-age sediments Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 4 Pages 306 - 325 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2009	Ancient DNA reveals late survival of mammoth and horse in interior Alaska Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 106 Pages 22352 - 22357 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2009	Catalysts for stone age innovations: what might have triggered two short-lived bursts of technological and behavioral innovation in southern Africa during the middle stone age? Published In Communicative and Integrative Biology Volume 2 Pages 191 - 193 ISSN 1942-0889
2009	Geochronology of cave deposits at Liang Bua and of adjacent river terraces in the Wae Racang valley, western Flores, Indonesia: a synthesis of age estimates for the type locality of Homo floresiensis Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 57 Pages 484 - 502 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2009	Holocene palaeofire records in a high-level, proximal valley-fill (Wilson Bog), Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia Published In The Holocene: a major interdisciplinary journal focusing on recent environmental change Volume 19 Pages 1017 - 1029 ISSN 0959-6836 Altmetric
2009	Homo floresiensis and the late Pleistocene environments of eastern Indonesia: defining the nature of the relationship Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 28 Pages 2897 - 2912 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2009	Human history written in stone and blood Published In American Scientist: the Magazine of Sigma XI, the Scientific Research Society Volume 97 Pages 302 - 309 ISSN 0003-0996 Altmetric
2009	Human occupation, adaptation and behavioural change in the pleistocene and holocene of south India: recent investigations in the Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh Published In Eurasian Prehistory Volume 6 Pages 119 - 166
2009	Kam di KULTUR aus AFRIKA? Published In Spektrum Der Wissenschaft Volume December Pages 66 - 73
2009	Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 106 Pages 12261 - 12266 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2009	Reconstructing the geomorphic history of Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia: a stratigraphic interpretation of the occupational environment Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 57 Pages 465 - 483 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2009	Stochastic modelling of multi-grain equivalent dose (De) distributions: implications for OSL dating of sediment mixtures Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 4 Pages 204 - 230 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2009	The evolving landscape and climate of western Flores: an environmental context for the archaeological site of Liang Bua Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 57 Pages 450 - 464 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2009	Were environmental or demographic factors the driving force behind Middle Stone Age innovations in southern Africa? Published In South African Journal of Science Volume 105 Pages 333 - 334 ISSN 0038-2353
2008	Age constraints on Pleistocene megafauna at Tight Entrance Cave in southwestern Australia Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 27 Pages 1784 - 1788 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2008	Ages for the middle stone age of Southern Africa: implications for human behavior and dispersal Published In Science Volume 322 Pages 733 - 735 ISSN 1095-9203 Altmetric
2008	Changing ideas on the identity and stratigraphic significance of the Sheep Creek tephra beds in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, northwestern North America Published In Quaternary International Volume 178 Pages 183 - 209 ISSN 1040-6182 Altmetric
2008	Equivalent dose distributions from single grains of quartz at Sibudu, South Africa: context, causes and consequences for optical dating of archaeological deposits Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 35 Pages 1808 - 1820 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2008	Late-surviving megafauna in Tasmania, Australia, implicate human involvement in their extinction Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 105 Pages 12150 - 12153 ISSN 0027-8424 Altmetric
2008	New ages for the post-Howiesons Poort, late and final Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, South Africa Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 35 Pages 1790 - 1807 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2008	Optical dating of perennially frozen deposits associated with preserved ancient plant and animal DNA in north-central Siberia Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 3 Pages 114 - 136 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2008	Optically stimulated luminescence dating of single and multiple grains of quartz from perennially frozen loess in western Yukon Territory, Canada: Comparison with radiocarbon chronologies for the late Pleistocene Dawson tephra Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 3 Pages 346 - 364 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2008	Testing Times: old and new chronologies for the Howieson's poort and still bay industries in environmental context Published In South African Archaeological Society Goodwin Series Volume 10 Pages 9 - 34
2008	The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2008: the second season of investigations of the Haua Fteah cave and its landscape, and further results from the initial (2007) fieldwork Published In Libyan Studies Volume 39 Pages 175 - 221 ISSN 0263-7189
2008	The Lost Giants of Tasmania Published In Australasian Science Volume October Pages 14 - 17
2007	A high-resolution record of vegetation and climate through the last glacial cycle from Caledonia Fen, southeastern highlands of Australia Published In Journal of Quaternary Science Volume 22 Pages 481 - 500 ISSN 0267-8179 Altmetric
2007	Advances in optically stimulated luminescence dating of individual grains of quartz from archaeological deposits Published In Evolutionary Anthropology Volume 16 Pages 210 - 223 ISSN 1060-1538 Altmetric
2007	Age and biostratigraphic significance of the Punung Rainforest Fauna, East Java, Indonesia, and implications for Pongo and Homo Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 53 Pages 709 - 717 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2007	An arid-adapted middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from south-central Australia Published In Nature Volume 445 Pages 422 - 425 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2007	Establishing the time of initial human occupation of Liang Bua, western Flores, Indonesia Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 2 Pages 337 - 343 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2007	Initial speleothem results from western Flores and eastern Java, Indonesia: were climate changes from 47 to 5ka responsible for the extinction of Homo floresiensis? Published In Journal of Quaternary Science Volume 22 Pages 429 - 438 ISSN 0267-8179 Altmetric
2007	Mammalian responses to Pleistocene climate change in southeastern Australia Published In Geology (Boulder) Volume 35 Pages 33 - 36 ISSN 0091-7613 Altmetric
2007	Middle Paleolithic assemblages from the Indian subcontinent before and after the Toba super-eruption Published In Science Volume 317 Pages 114 - 116 ISSN 1095-9203 Altmetric
2007	Progress in optical dating of guano-rich sediments associated with the Deep Skull, West Mouth of the Great Cave of Niah, Sarawak, Borneo Published In Quaternary Geochronology Volume 2 Pages 330 - 336 ISSN 1878-0350 Altmetric
2007	Redating the advance of the New Zealand Franz Josef Glacier during the Last Termination: evidence for asynchronous climate change Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 26 Pages 3037 - 3042 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2007	Sediment mixing at Nonda Rock: investigations of stratigraphic integrity at an early archaeological site in northern Australia and implications for the human colonisation of the continent Published In Journal of Quaternary Science Volume 22 Pages 449 - 479 ISSN 0267-8179 Altmetric
2007	Would the Australian megafauna have become extinct if humans had never colonised the continent? Comments on 'A review of the evidence for a human role in the extinction of Australian megafauna and an alternative explanation' by S.Wroe and J.Field Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 26 Pages 560 - 564 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric

Chapter

Year	Title
2018	Optical dating of sediment samples from Chagyrskaya Cave Published In Multidisciplinary Studies of Chagyrskaya Cave - A Middle Paleolithic Site in Altai Publisher Novosibirsk: Russian Academy of Sciences Publishing Pages 353 - 369 ISBN 9785780302889
2017	Optical dating of rock art Published In The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art Publisher United Kingdom: Oxford University Press Pages 945 - 952 ISBN 9780190607357 Altmetric
2014	Luminescence dating, single-grain dose distribution Published In Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods Publisher Netherlands: Springer Pages 1 - 8 ISBN 9789400763265 Altmetric
2010	Beneath the peat: A refined pollen record from an interstadial at Caledonia Fen, highland eastern Victoria, Australia Published In Altered ecologies : fire, climate and human influence on terrestrial landscapes Publisher ANU E Press Pages 33 - 48
2008	Dating in landscape archaeology Published In Handbook of Landscape Archaeology Publisher Left Coast Press Pages 347 - 364

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2012	Late Palaeolithic core reduction strategies in Dhofar, Oman Published In Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies (42) Pages 1 - 18

Investigator On

Year	Title
2017 - 2024	ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Centres of Excellence
2018 - 2020	Revisiting funerary practices: A methodological approach to the study of funerary sequences and social organisation in the Neolithic Near East (ArchFarm) Awarded by: European Commission Funding Scheme: Marie Curie Individual Fellowships
2018 - 2019	A national facility for the analysis of pyrogenic carbon Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2017 - 2019	ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH) Awarded by: NSW Government Funding Scheme: Research Attraction and Acceleration Program (RAAP)
2014 - 2019	Out of Asia: unique insights into human evolution and interactions using frontier technologies in archaeological science Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships
2017	Dating the aboriginal rock art sequence of the Kimberley in NW Australia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2015	Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2013	Dating the Aboriginal rock art of the Kimberley region, WA - landscape geochemistry, surface processes and complementary dating techniques Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2013	What is 'natural'? : Locating and deciphering pre-human records of vegetation from northern Australian savannas Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2010	A facility for sensitive and precise isotopic dating of Earth's and extraterrestrial rocks Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2009	Change and continuity: chronology, archaeology and art in the North Kimberley, Northwest Australia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2009	The future of palaeoclimate and archaeological research in Australia: next generation instrumentation for chronology and environmental reconstruction Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	A stable-isotope mass spectrometer for novel determinations of past temperature Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	Monsoons and migrations: Quaternary climates, landscapes and human prehistory of the Arabian peninsula and the Indian subcontinent Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2007	A new generation Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer Facility for advanced research in the Earth, planetary and environmental sciences Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Landscape evolution of the Kimberley region, Australia, and rock art dating using in-situ cosmogenic Be-10, Al-26	Cazes, Gael
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	Middle and Late Pleistocene environmental and geomorphologic evolution of the Nihewan basin, North China	Rui, Xue
Doctor of Philosophy	Geoarchaeology in the Humid Tropics: Assessing Archaeological Site Stratigraphy and Implications for Understanding Depositional Environments and Evidence of Human Activity.	Mcadams, Conor
Doctor of Philosophy	Luminescence dating of archaeological sites in Southeast Asia	Schaarschmidt, Maria
Doctor of Philosophy	Development and application of innovative luminescence approaches to dating early hominin sites.	Sontag Gonzalez, Mariana
Doctor of Philosophy	Reconstructing the Pleistocene environmental and human history of Flores and neighbouring islands in eastern Indonesia using geochemical and biochemical methods.	Koutamanis, Dafne
Doctor of Philosophy	Quaternary environments of eastern Indonesia	Wall, Alexander
Doctor of Philosophy	Landscape evolution and Quaternary environments in Eastern Indonesia	Boesl, Fabian

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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-4119 (confirmed)

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B-8245-2013

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7404281684

Roberts, Richard G. Distinguished Professor

ARC Australian Laureate Fellow

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