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Simon A. Parfitt is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research intersects multiple fields with a primary focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences, encompassing specialized subfields such as Anthropology, Paleontology, Archaeology, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology.

Their work addresses a variety of topics including Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Archaeology and Ancient Environmental Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Marine and Environmental Studies, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Simon A. Parfitt has contributed frequently to a selection of prominent publication venues, notably:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
  • Quaternary International

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Extreme glacial cooling likely led to hominin depopulation of Europe in the Early Pleistocene," 2023, Science
  • "Aminostratigraphical test of the East European Mammal Zonation for the late Neogene and Quaternary," 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Taphonomic and technological analyses of Lower Palaeolithic bone tools from Clacton-on-Sea, UK," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Early Pleistocene conifer macrofossils from Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, and their environmental implications for early hominin occupation," 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Knapping tools in Magdalenian contexts: New evidence from Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK)," 2021, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Simon A. Parfitt include:

  • Silvia M. Bello
  • Nick Ashton
  • Richard C. Preece
  • Chris Stringer
  • Marc R. Dickinson

Best Publications

  • 82,000-year-old shell beads from North Africa and implications for the origins of modern human behavior

    Abdeljalil Bouzouggar;Nick Barton;Marian Vanhaeren;Francesco d'Errico

  • The earliest record of human activity in northern Europe

    Simon A. Parfitt;Simon A. Parfitt;René W. Barendregt;Marzia Breda;Ian Candy;Ian Candy

  • Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe

    Simon A. Parfitt;Simon A. Parfitt;Nick M. Ashton;Simon G. Lewis;Richard L. Abel

  • Boxgrove: A Middle Pleistocene Hominid Site at Eartham Quarry, Boxgrove, West Sussex

    Mark Roberts;Simon Parfitt

  • Hominin Footprints from Early Pleistocene Deposits at Happisburgh, UK

    Nick Ashton;Nick Ashton;Simon G. Lewis;Isabelle De Groote;Sarah M. Duffy

  • Quantitative micromorphological analyses of cut marks produced by ancient and modern handaxes

    Silvia M. Bello;Simon A. Parfitt;Simon A. Parfitt;Chris Stringer

  • A hominid tibia from Middle Pleistocene sediments at Boxgrove, UK

    M. B. Roberts;C. B. Stringer;S. A. Parfitt;S. A. Parfitt

  • Humans in the Hoxnian: habitat, context and fire use at Beeches Pit, West Stow, Suffolk, UK†

    R. C. Preece;J. A. J. Gowlett;S. A. Parfitt;S. A. Parfitt;D. R. Bridgland

  • A chronological framework for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula

    Kirsty E. H. Penkman;Richard C. Preece;David R. Bridgland;David H. Keen

  • Terrestrial environments during MIS 11: evidence from the Palaeolithic site at West Stow, Suffolk, UK

    R.C. Preece;S.A. Parfitt;S.A. Parfitt;D.R. Bridgland;S.G. Lewis

  • New evidence for complex climate change in MIS 11 from Hoxne, Suffolk,UK

    Nick Ashton;Simon G. Lewis;Simon A. Parfitt;Simon A. Parfitt;Kirsty E.H. Penkman

  • Lower Paleolithic bone tools from the 'Spear Horizon' at Schoningen (Germany)

    Thijs Van Kolfschoten;Simon A. Parfitt;Simon A. Parfitt;Jordi Serangeli;Silvia M. Bello

  • An aminostratigraphy for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula.

    Kirsty E.H. Penkman;Richard C. Preece;David R. Bridgland;David H. Keen

  • Earliest directly-dated human skull-cups.

    Silvia M. Bello;Simon A. Parfitt;Simon A. Parfitt;Chris B. Stringer

  • Boxgrove, West Sussex: Rescue Excavations of a Lower Palaeolithic Landsurface (Boxgrove Project B, 1989–91)

    M.B. Roberts;S.A. Parfitt;M.I. Pope;F.F. Wenban-Smith

  • The Middle Pleistocene human tibia from Boxgrove.

    C.B. Stringer;E. Trinkaus;E. Trinkaus;M.B. Roberts;S.A. Parfitt;S.A. Parfitt

  • Diaphyseal cross-sectional geometry of the Boxgrove 1 Middle Pleistocene human tibia.

    Erik Trinkaus;Erik Trinkaus;Chris B Stringer;Christopher B Ruff;Robin J Hennessy

  • Pronounced warmth during early Middle Pleistocene interglacials: Investigating the Mid-Brunhes Event in the British terrestrial sequence

    I. Candy;G.R. Coope;J.R. Lee;S.A. Parfitt;S.A. Parfitt

  • The Cromer Forest-bed Formation: New Thoughts on an Old Problem

    SA Parfitt;RC Preece

  • Biostratigraphic and aminostratigraphic constraints on the age of the Middle Pleistocene glacial succession in north Norfolk, UK

    Richard C. Preece;Simon A. Parfitt;Simon A. Parfitt;G. Russell Coope;Kirsty E. H. Penkman

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard C. Preece
Richard C. Preece University of Cambridge
Kirsty Penkman
Kirsty Penkman University of York
Ian Candy
Ian Candy Royal Holloway University of London
David R. Bridgland
David R. Bridgland Durham University
G. Russell Coope
G. Russell Coope Royal Holloway University of London
Adrian M. Lister
Adrian M. Lister Natural History Museum
Edward J. Rhodes
Edward J. Rhodes University of Sheffield
Matthew M. Skinner
Matthew M. Skinner Max Planck Society
Matthew J. Collins
Matthew J. Collins University of Cambridge
James Rose
James Rose Royal Holloway University of London

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