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Richard G. Roberts

Richard G. Roberts

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Earth Science

D-Index
87
Citations
28999
World Ranking
336
National Ranking
31

Overview

Richard G. Roberts is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their research spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Social Sciences, with a significant focus on various subfields including Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Archeology, and Geophysics.

The scientist's work primarily addresses multiple topics:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Recent publications by Richard G. Roberts include the following papers:

  • "Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals," 2022, published in Nature
  • "Unearthing Neanderthal population history using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from cave sediments," 2021, Science
  • "Pleistocene sediment DNA reveals hominin and faunal turnovers at Denisova Cave," 2021, Nature
  • "Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Archaeological evidence for two separate dispersals of Neanderthals into southern Siberia," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their research outputs often appear in the following publication venues:

  • Quaternary Geochronology (11 publications)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)
  • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports (3 publications)
  • Nature (2 publications)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Zenobia Jacobs (18 coauthored works)
  • Bo Li (17 coauthored works)
  • А. П. Деревянко (9 coauthored works)
  • Kieran O'Gorman (7 coauthored works)
  • Mike W. Morley (6 coauthored works)

Best Publications

  • OPTICAL DATING OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE GRAINS OF QUARTZ FROM JINMIUM ROCK SHELTER, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: PART I, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND STATISTICAL MODELS*

    R. F. Galbraith;R. G. Roberts;G. M. Laslett;H. Yoshida

  • Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago

    Chris Clarkson;Zenobia Jacobs;Zenobia Jacobs;Ben Marwick;Ben Marwick;Richard Fullagar

  • New ages for human occupation and climatic change at Lake Mungo, Australia

    James M. Bowler;Harvey Johnston;Jon M. Olley;John R. Prescott

  • Statistical aspects of equivalent dose and error calculation and display in OSL dating: An overview and some recommendations

    R F Galbraith;Richard G Roberts

  • Ages for the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa: Implications for Human Behavior and Dispersal

    Zenobia Jacobs;Richard Roberts;Rex Galbraith;Hilary J Deacon

  • Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores, in eastern Indonesia

    M J Morwood;R P Soejono;Richard G Roberts;T Sutikna

  • Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

    Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

  • Thermoluminescence dating of a 50,000-year-old human occupation site in northern Australia

    Richard G. Roberts;Rhys Jones;M. A. Smith

  • New Ages for the Last Australian Megafauna: Continent-Wide Extinction About 46,000 Years Ago

    Richard G. Roberts;Timothy F. Flannery;Linda K. Ayliffe;Hiroyuki Yoshida

  • The effects of disequilibria in the uranium and thorium decay chains on burial dose rates in fluvial sediments

    Jon M. Olley;Andrew Murray;Richard G. Roberts

  • Optical dating of Holocene sediments from a variety of geomorphic settings using single grains of quartz

    Jon M Olley;Tim Pietsch;Tim Pietsch;Richard G Roberts

  • Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from Pleistocene sediments

    Viviane Slon;Charlotte Hopfe;Clemens L. Weiß;Fabrizio Mafessoni

  • The origin of dose distributions in fluvial sediments, and the prospect of dating single grains from fluvial deposits using optically stimulated luminescence

    J.M Olley;G.G Caitcheon;R.G Roberts

  • The human colonisation of Australia: optical dates of 53,000 and 60,000 years bracket human arrival at Deaf Adder Gorge, Northern Territory

    Richard G. Roberts;Rhys Jones;Nigel A. Spooner;M.J. Head

  • Early Human Occupation at Devil's Lair, Southwestern Australia 50,000 Years Ago

    Chris S. M. Turney;Michael I. Bird;L. Keith Fifield;Richard G. Roberts

  • Measurement of the equivalent dose in quartz using a regenerative-dose single-aliquot protocol

    A.S. Murray;R.G. Roberts

  • Stochastic modelling of multi-grain equivalent dose (De) distributions: implications for OSL dating of sediment mixtures

    L.J. Arnold;R.G. Roberts

  • Further evidence for small-bodied hominins from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia

    M J Morwood;P. Brown;Jatmiko;T. Sutikna

  • Middle Paleolithic assemblages from the Indian subcontinent before and after the Toba super-eruption.

    Michael D. Petraglia;Michael D. Petraglia;Ravi Korisettar;Nicole Boivin;Christopher Clarkson

  • Optical and radiocarbon dating at Jinmium rock shelter in northern Australia

    Richard Roberts;Michael Bird;Jon Olley;Rex Galbraith

Frequent Co-Authors

Zenobia Jacobs
Zenobia Jacobs University of Wollongong
Michael D. Petraglia
Michael D. Petraglia Griffith University
Jon Olley
Jon Olley Griffith University
Michael I. Bird
Michael I. Bird James Cook University
Rainer Grün
Rainer Grün Australian National University
Michael J. Morwood
Michael J. Morwood University of Wollongong
Lee J. Arnold
Lee J. Arnold University of Adelaide
Jian-xin Zhao
Jian-xin Zhao University of Queensland
Chris S. M. Turney
Chris S. M. Turney Heriot-Watt University
Mike Smith
Mike Smith Duke University

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