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Robert F. Butler is affiliated with the University of Portland in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study, notably within Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. The scientist's subfields include Anthropology, Archeology, and Paleontology.

Their academic work focuses extensively on the study of early human species and ancient environments. Key topics addressed in their research encompass Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, as well as Archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

Among their recent publications, the work titled "Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia" appeared in 2020 in the journal Science Advances.

  • Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia, 2020, Science Advances

Frequent collaborators in Butler's research include:

  • Sileshi Semaw
  • Michael Rogers
  • Scott W. Simpson
  • Naomi E. Levin
  • Jay Quade

The publication venues associated with their work include:

  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Tectonic history of the Altyn Tagh fault system in northern Tibet inferred from Cenozoic sedimentation

    A. Yin;P.E. Rumelhart;R. Butler;E. Cowgill

  • Theoretical single-domain grain size range in magnetite and titanomagnetite

    Robert F. Butler;Subir K. Banerjee

  • 2.6-Million-year-old stone tools and associated bones from OGS-6 and OGS-7, Gona, Afar, Ethiopia.

    Sileshi Semaw;Michael J Rogers;Jay Quade;Paul R Renne;Paul R Renne

  • High times on the Tibetan Plateau: Paleoelevation of the Thakkhola graben, Nepal

    Carmala N. Garzione;David L. Dettman;Jay Quade;Peter G. DeCelles

  • U-Th-Pb geochronology of the Coast Mountains batholith in north-coastal British Columbia: Constraints on age and tectonic evolution

    G. Gehrels;M. Rusmore;G. Woodsworth;M. Crawford

  • A Female Homo erectus Pelvis from Gona, Ethiopia

    Scott W. Simpson;Jay Quade;Naomi E. Levin;Naomi E. Levin;Robert Butler

  • Calibration of the great american interchange.

    Larry G. Marshall;Robert F. Butler;Robert E. Drake;Garniss H. Curtis

  • Stratigraphy and chronology of Upper Cretaceous–lower Paleogene strata in Bolivia and northwest Argentina

    Thierry Sempéré;R.F. Butler;D.R. Richards;L.G. Marshall

  • North American Jurassic Apparent Polar Wander: Implications for plate motion, paleogeography and Cordilleran tectonics

    Steven R. May;Robert F. Butler

  • Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the Xining-Minhe and Dangchang basins, northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic results

    B. K. Horton;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;J. Zhou;G. L. Waanders

  • Paleogene clockwise tectonic rotation of the Xining‐Lanzhou region, northeastern Tibetan Plateau

    Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;B. K. Horton;Robert F. Butler;J. Wang

  • Early Pliocene hominids from Gona, Ethiopia

    Sileshi Semaw;Scott W. Simpson;Scott W. Simpson;Jay Quade;Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne

  • Discordant paleomagnetic poles from the Canadian Coast Plutonic Complex: Regional tilt rather than large-scale displacement?

    Robert F. Butler;George E. Gehrels;William C. McClelland;Steven R. May

  • 40Ar/39Ar dating and magnetostratigraphic correlation of the terrestrial Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary and Puercan Mammal Age, Hell Creek – Tullock formations, eastern Montana

    Carl C. Swisher;Lowell Dingus;Robert F. Butler

  • Chronostratigraphy of the mammal-bearing Paleocene of South America

    L.G. Marshall;Thierry Sempéré;R.F. Butler

  • Detrital zircon geochronology of the Alexander terrane, southeastern Alaska

    George E. Gehrels;Robert F. Butler;David R. Bazard

  • A Moderate Translation Alternative to the Baja British Columbia Hypothesis

    Robert F. Butler;George E. Gehrels;Kenneth P. Kodama

  • Upper Cretaceous–Paleocene biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy, Hell Creek and Tullock Formations, northeastern Montana

    J. David Archibald;Robert F. Butler;Everett H. Lindsay;William A. Clemens

  • Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of the Neogene Siwalik Group at Khutia Khola, far western Nepal

    T. P. Ojha;R. F. Butler;J. Quade;P. G. DeCelles

  • Magnetostratigraphy of the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico

    Robert F. Butler;Everett H. Lindsay;Louis L. Jacobs;Noye M. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet University of Rennes
Jay Quade
Jay Quade University of Arizona
Everett H. Lindsay
Everett H. Lindsay University of Arizona
Peter G. DeCelles
Peter G. DeCelles University of Arizona
Paul R. Renne
Paul R. Renne Berkeley Geochronology Center
An Yin
An Yin University of California, Los Angeles
Naomi E. Levin
Naomi E. Levin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Brian K. Horton
Brian K. Horton The University of Texas at Austin
William C. McClelland
William C. McClelland University of Iowa

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