Search Results - "Pickering, Robyn"

Enamel proteins reveal biological sex and genetic variability in southern African Paranthropus.

Authors: Madupe, Palesa P. Koenig, Claire Patramanis, Ioannis et al.

Source: Science. 5/29/2025, Vol. 388 Issue 6750, p969-973. 5p.

Subjects: Paranthropus, Dental enamel, Sex (Biology), Genetic variation, Anthropological research

Tufas indicate prolonged periods of water availability linked to human occupation in the southern Kalahari.

Authors: von der Meden, Jessica Pickering, Robyn Schoville, Benjamin J. et al.

Source: PLoS ONE. 7/20/2022, Vol. 17 Issue 7, p1-21. 21p.

science communication.

Authors: Pickering, Robyn Hashibi, Sinelethu

Source: Geobulletin - Geological Society of South Africa. Mar2025, Vol. 68 Issue 1, p29-30. 2p.

Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and Implications for the Origins of the Genus Homo.

Authors: Pickering, Robyn Dirks, Paul H. G. M. Jinnah, Zubair et al.

Source: Science (pre-March 2025). 9/9/2011, Vol. 333 Issue 6048, p1421-1423. 3p.

guest editorial.

Authors: Pickering, Robyn Khosa, Rivoningo Hashibi, Sinelethu et al.

Source: Geobulletin - Geological Society of South Africa. Dec2022, Vol. 65 Issue 4, p2-4. 3p.

U-Pb Dating Small Buried Stalagmites from Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa: a New Chronometer for Earlier Stone Age Cave Deposits.

Authors: Pickering, Robyn, robyn.pickering@uct.ac.za

Source: African Archaeological Review; Dec2015, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p645-668, 24p

Geological Setting and Age of Australopithecus sediba from Southern Africa.

Authors: Dirks, Paul H. G. M. Kibii, Job M. Kuhn, Brian F. et al.

Source: Science (pre-March 2025). 4/9/2010, Vol. 328 Issue 5975, p205-208. 4p.

Subjects: Fossil hominids, Australopithecines, Archaeological geology, Geochronometry, Uranium-lead dating, Geological time scales, Geomorphology, Caves

Geographic Terms: South Africa

Regional geology, setting and sedimentology of Sibudu Cave.

Authors: Pickering, Robyn¹, robyn.pickering@geo.unibe.ch

Source: Southern African Humanities; Nov2006, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p123-129, 7p

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1.32 ± 0.11 Ma age for underwater remains constrain antiquity and longevity of the Dominican primate Antillothrix bernensis.

Authors: Rosenberger, Alfred L. Pickering, Robyn Green, Helen et al.

Source: Journal of Human Evolution. Nov2015, Vol. 88, p85-96. 12p.

Subjects: Antillothrix bernensis, Zooarchaeology, Uranium-lead dating, Pleistocene Epoch, Fossil primates

Contemporaneity of Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and early Homo erectus in South Africa.

Authors: Herries, Andy I. R. Martin, Jesse M. Leece, A. B. et al.

Source: Science (pre-March 2025). 4/3/2020, Vol. 367 Issue 6486, p47-47. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.

Subjects: Australopithecines, Paranthropus, Uranium

Re-appraisal of the stratigraphy and determination of new U-Pb dates for the Sterkfontein hominin site, South Africa

Authors: Pickering, Robyn Kramers, Jan D.

Source: Journal of Human Evolution. Jul2010, Vol. 59 Issue 1, p70-86. 17p.

Subjects: Stratigraphic geology, Australopithecines, Uranium-lead dating, Speleothems, Sediment analysis, Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site (South Africa)

Geographic Terms: South Africa

New Australopithecus robustus fossils and associated U-Pb dates from Cooper's Cave (Gauteng, South Africa)

Authors: de Ruiter, Darryl J. Pickering, Robyn Steininger, Christine M. et al.

Source: Journal of Human Evolution. May2009, Vol. 56 Issue 5, p497-513. 17p.

Subjects: Australopithecus afarensis, Water supply

Geographic Terms: Gauteng (South Africa), South Africa

Stratigraphy, U-Th chronology, and paleoenvironments at Gladysvale Cave: insights into the climatic control of South African hominin-bearing cave deposits

Authors: Pickering, Robyn Hancox, Phillip J. Lee-Thorp, Julia A. et al.

Source: Journal of Human Evolution. Nov2007, Vol. 53 Issue 5, p602-619. 18p.

Subjects: Human evolution, Biological evolution, Physical anthropology, Life sciences

Contemporary flowstone development links early hominin bearing cave deposits in South Africa

Authors: Pickering, Robyn Kramers, Jan D. Hancox, Philip John et al.

Source: Earth & Planetary Science Letters. Jun2011, Vol. 306 Issue 1/2, p23-32. 10p.

Subjects: Speleothems, Radioactive dating, Paranthropus, Sediments, Calcium carbonate, Biostratigraphy, Chronology, Australopithecines

Geographic Terms: South Africa

Beyond 500ka: Progress and prospects in the Ulogy of speleothems, and their application to studies in palaeoclimate, human evolution, biodiversity and tectonics

Authors: Woodhead, Jon Pickering, Robyn

Source: Chemical Geology. Sep2012, Vol. 322-323, p290-299. 10p.

Subjects: Speleothems, Climate change, Biodiversity, Structural geology, Parameter estimation, Archaeological site location

Challenging the antiquity of the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa: Geochronological evidence restricts the age of Eurotomys bolti and Parapapio to less than 2.3 Ma at Waypoint 160, Bolt's Farm.

Authors: Edwards, Tara R. Pickering, Robyn Mallett, Tom L. et al.

Source: Journal of Human Evolution. May2023, Vol. 178, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.

Subjects: Human beings, Age, Farms, Pliocene Epoch, Petrology, Facies

Geographic Terms: South Africa, Gauteng (South Africa)

Recent advances and future prospects of the U–Th and U–Pb chronometers applicable to archaeology.

Authors: Hellstrom, John Pickering, Robyn

Source: Journal of Archaeological Science. Apr2015, Vol. 56, p32-40. 9p.

Evidence for global teleconnections in a late Pleistocene speleothem record of water balance and vegetation change at Sudwala Cave, South Africa.

Authors: Green, Helen Pickering, Robyn Drysdale, Russell et al.

Source: Quaternary Science Reviews. Feb2015, Vol. 110, p114-130. 17p.

Paleoanthropologically significant South African sea caves dated to 1.1–1.0 million years using a combination of U–Pb, TT-OSL and palaeomagnetism

Authors: Pickering, Robyn Jacobs, Zenobia Herries, Andy I.R. et al.

Source: Quaternary Science Reviews. Apr2013, Vol. 65, p39-52. 14p.