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Robert J. Blumenschine is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences with a focus on Anthropology and Archeology. Subfields related to their work include Social Psychology, Paleontology, and General Health Professions.

Their research interests are centered on several key topics: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and Indigenous Studies and Ecology.

Blumenschine has contributed to the academic community through publications, including recent papers in the Journal of Human Evolution. These publications are:

  • Bone tools from Beds II-IV, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, and implications for the origins and evolution of bone technology, 2020, Journal of Human Evolution
  • Olduvai's oldest Oldowan, 2020, Journal of Human Evolution

Their frequent co-authors indicate collaborations with several researchers, among whom are:

  • Michael C. Pante
  • Jackson K. Njau
  • Ignacio de la Torre
  • Francesco d'Errico
  • Harald Stollhofen

The primary publication venue for Blumenschine's work is the Journal of Human Evolution, with multiple publications there.

Best Publications

  • Systematic Butchery by Plio/Pleistocene Hominids at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Henry T. Bunn;Ellen M. Kroll;Stanley H. Ambrose;Anna K. Behrensmeyer

  • Percussion marks, tooth marks, and experimental determinations of the timing of hominid and carnivore access to long bones at FLK Zinjanthropus, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

    Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Blind tests of inter-analyst correspondence and accuracy in the identification of cut marks, percussion marks and carnivore tooth marks on bone surfaces

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Curtis W. Marean;Salvatore D. Capaldo

  • Percussion marks on bone surfaces as a new diagnostic of hominid behaviour

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Marie M. Selvaggio

  • An experimental model of the timing of hominid and carnivore influence on archaeological bone assemblages

    Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Carcass consumption sequences and the archaeological distinction of scavenging and hunting

    Robert J. Blumenschine

  • A Quantitative Diagnosis of Notches Made by Hammerstone Percussion and Carnivore Gnawing on Bovid Long Bones

    Salvatore D. Capaldo;Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Hunting income patterns among the Hadza: big game, common goods, foraging goals and the evolution of the human diet.

    Hawkes K;O'Connell Jf;Jones Ng

  • Characteristics of an Early Hominid Scavenging Niche [and Comments and Reply]

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Henry T. Bunn;Valerius Geist;Fumiko Ikawa-Smith

  • Captive hyaena bone choice and destruction, the Schlepp effect and olduvai archaeofaunas

    Curtis W. Marean;Lillian M. Spencer;Robert J. Blumenschine;Salvatore D. Capaldo

  • Early hominid scavenging opportunities : implications of carcass availability in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro ecosystems

    Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Late Pliocene Homo and hominid land use from Western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Charles R. Peters;Fidelis T. Masao;Ronald J. Clarke

  • A diagnosis of crocodile feeding traces on larger mammal bone, with fossil examples from the Plio-Pleistocene Olduvai Basin, Tanzania

    Jackson K. Njau;Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Competition for carcasses and early hominid behavioral ecology: A case study and conceptual framework

    Robert J. Blumenschine;John A. Cavallo;Salvatore D. Capaldo

  • Hominid carnivory and foraging strategies, and the socio-economic function of early archaeological sites.

    Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Scavenging and human evolution.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;John A. Cavallo

  • Archaeological predictions for hominid land use in the paleo-Olduvai Basin, Tanzania, during lowermost Bed II times.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Charles R. Peters

  • Living sites at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania? Preliminary landscape archaeology results in the basal Bed II lake margin zone

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Fidelis T. Masao

  • Landscape perspectives on possible land use patterns for Early Pleistocene hominids in the Olduvai Basin, Tanzania

    Charles R. Peters;Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Variability in long bone marrow yields of East African ungulates and its zooarchaeological implications

    Robert J. Blumenschine;T.Cregg Madrigal

  • Tree-stored leopard kills: expanding the hominid scavenging niche

    John A. Cavallo;Robert J. Blumenschine

  • Effects of distance from stone source on landscape-scale variation in Oldowan artifact assemblages in the Paleo-Olduvai Basin, Tanzania

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Fidelis T. Masao;Joanne C. Tactikos;James I. Ebert

  • Mousterian large-mammal remains from Kobeh cave : Behavioral implications for Neanderthals and early modern humans. Commentaries. Author's reply

    C. W. Marean;Soo Yeun Kim;R. J. Blumenschine;N. J. Conard

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian G. Stanistreet
Ian G. Stanistreet University of Liverpool
Harald Stollhofen
Harald Stollhofen University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Rosa M. Albert
Rosa M. Albert Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Curtis W. Marean
Curtis W. Marean Arizona State University
Henry T. Bunn
Henry T. Bunn University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marion K. Bamford
Marion K. Bamford University of the Witwatersrand
Gail M. Ashley
Gail M. Ashley Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Peter Andrews
Peter Andrews University College London
Stanley H. Ambrose
Stanley H. Ambrose University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jonathan W. Mink
Jonathan W. Mink University of Rochester

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