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Zenobia Jacobs is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Social Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Archeology, and Artificial Intelligence within these broader domains.

The major themes in Jacobs' work encompass Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Archaeology and Rock Art Studies, and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies.

Jacobs has contributed numerous papers to academic journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Denisovan DNA in Late Pleistocene sediments from Baishiya Karst Cave on the Tibetan Plateau, 2020, Science
  • 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

Frequent co-authors in Jacobs' collaborative research include Bo Li, Richard G. Roberts, Kieran O'Gorman, Wanchese M. Saktura, and Rosaria B. K. Saktura. These partnerships have appeared extensively across their published works.

Jacobs often publishes in several key venues, including Quaternary Geochronology, Quaternary Science Reviews, Scientific Reports, Science, and Nature Communications. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research, spanning geological and archaeological sciences.

Best Publications

  • Emergence of modern human behavior: Middle Stone Age engravings from South Africa.

    Christopher S. Henshilwood;Francesco d'Errico;Royden Yates;Zenobia Jacobs

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

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

  • Early human use of marine resources and pigment in South Africa during the Middle Pleistocene

    Curtis W. Marean;Miryam Bar-Matthews;Jocelyn Bernatchez;Erich Fisher

  • Middle Stone Age Shell Beads from South Africa

    Christopher Henshilwood;Christopher Henshilwood;Francesco d'Errico;Marian Vanhaeren;Karen van Niekerk

  • A 100,000-Year-Old Ochre-Processing Workshop at Blombos Cave, South Africa

    Christopher S. Henshilwood;Christopher S. Henshilwood;Francesco d’Errico;Francesco d’Errico;Karen L. van Niekerk;Yvan Coquinot

  • Fire As an Engineering Tool of Early Modern Humans

    Kyle S. Brown;Kyle S. Brown;Curtis W. Marean;Andy I. R. Herries;Andy I. R. Herries;Zenobia Jacobs

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

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

  • Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from Pleistocene sediments

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

  • An early and enduring advanced technology originating 71,000 years ago in South Africa

    Kyle S. Brown;Kyle S. Brown;Curtis W. Marean;Zenobia Jacobs;Benjamin J. Schoville

  • Neandertals made the first specialized bone tools in Europe

    Marie Soressi;Shannon P. McPherron;Michel Lenoir;Tamara Dogandzic

  • Extending the chronology of deposits at Blombos Cave, South Africa, back to 140 ka using optical dating of single and multiple grains of quartz.

    Zenobia Jacobs;Geoffrey A.T. Duller;Ann G. Wintle;Christopher S. Henshilwood

  • Interpretation of single grain De distributions and calculation of De

    Zenobia Jacobs;Geoffrey A T Duller;Ann G Wintle

  • The Archaeology, Chronology and Stratigraphy of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II): a site in northern Australia’ with early occupation

    Christopher J Clarkson;Mike Smith;Benjamin Marwick;Richard Fullagar

  • Optical dating of dune sand from Blombos Cave, South Africa: I—multiple grain data

    Z. Jacobs;A.G. Wintle;G.A.T. Duller

  • New ages for the post-Howiesons Poort late and final Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, South Africa

    Zenobia Jacobs;Zenobia Jacobs;Ann G. Wintle;Geoffrey A.T. Duller;Richard G. Roberts

  • A high resolution and continuous isotopic speleothem record of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment from 90 to 53 ka from Pinnacle Point on the south coast of South Africa

    Miryam Bar-Matthews;Curtis W. Marean;Zenobia Jacobs;Panagiotis Karkanas

  • Advances in optically stimulated luminescence dating of individual grains of quartz from archeological deposits

    Zenobia Jacobs;Richard G. Roberts

  • Denisovan DNA in Late Pleistocene sediments from Baishiya Karst Cave on the Tibetan Plateau

    Dongju Zhang;Dongju Zhang;Huan Xia;Fahu Chen;Fahu Chen;Bo Li;Bo Li

  • Timing of archaic hominin occupation of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia

    Zenobia Jacobs;Bo Li;Bo Li;Michael V. Shunkov;Maxim B. Kozlikin;Maxim B. Kozlikin

  • New excavations of Middle Stone Age deposits at Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia: stratigraphy, archaeology, chronology and past environments

    Ralf Vogelsang;Jürgen Richter;Zenobia Jacobs;Barbara Eichhorn

  • Stone tools and foraging in northern Madagascar challenge Holocene extinction models

    Robert E. Dewar;Chantal Radimilahy;Henry T. Wright;Henry T. Wright;Zenobia Jacobs

  • Sibudu Cave: background to the excavations, stratigraphy and dating

    Lyn Wadley;Zenobia Jacobs

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Roberts
Richard G. Roberts University of Wollongong
Curtis W. Marean
Curtis W. Marean Arizona State University
Christopher S. Henshilwood
Christopher S. Henshilwood University of Bergen
Paul Goldberg
Paul Goldberg Boston University
Andy I.R. Herries
Andy I.R. Herries La Trobe University
Tim J Cohen
Tim J Cohen University of Wollongong
Corey J. A. Bradshaw
Corey J. A. Bradshaw Flinders University
Michael I. Bird
Michael I. Bird James Cook University
Sheng-Hua Li
Sheng-Hua Li University of Hong Kong
Brian G. Jones
Brian G. Jones University of Wollongong

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