James S. Brink

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

James S. Brink is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, James S. Brink has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Anthropology, 40 papers in Paleontology and 27 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in James S. Brink's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (44 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (28 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (21 papers). James S. Brink is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (44 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (28 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (21 papers). James S. Brink collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. James S. Brink's co-authors include Liora Kolska Horwitz, Daryl Codron, Francesco Berna, Michael Chazan, Sharon Holt, Marion K. Bamford, Paul Goldberg, Julia A. Lee‐Thorp, Lloyd Rossouw and Jacqui Codron and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

James S. Brink

63 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Microstratigraphic evidence of in situ fire in the Acheulean strata of Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape province, South Africa

2012 328 citations Francesco Berna, Paul Goldberg et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes 2025 ·Nature ·Mattias Jakobsson, Carolina Bernhardsson, James McKenna, Nina Hollfelder, Mário Vicente, Hanna Edlund, Alexandra Coutinho, Per Sjödin, James S. Brink, Bernhard Zipfel, Helena Malmström, Marlize Lombard, Carina M. Schlebusch	0
2	Blue Turns to Gray: Paleogenomic Insights into the Evolutionary History and Extinction of the Blue Antelope ( Hippotragus leucophaeus ) 2022 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Faysal Bibi, J. Tyler Faith, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, (unknown), David A. Duchêne, James S. Brink, Daniela C. Kalthoff, Love Dalén, Michael Hofreiter, Michael V. Westbury	8
3	Identifying the true number of specimens of the extinct blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus) 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Faysal Bibi, J. Tyler Faith, James S. Brink, Daniela C. Kalthoff, Pepijn Kamminga, Johanna L. A. Paijmans, Michael V. Westbury, Michael Hofreiter, Frank E. Zachos	8
4	Dating the skull from Broken Hill, Zambia, and its position in human evolution 2020 ·Nature ·Rainer Grün, Alistair Pike, Frank McDermott, Stephen M. Eggins, Graham Mortimer, Maxime Aubert, (unknown), Renaud Joannes‐Boyau, Michael S. Rumsey, Christiane Denys, James S. Brink, Tara R. Clark, Chris Stringer	54
5	Microstratigraphic reconstruction of formation processes and paleoenvironments at the Early Pleistocene Cornelia-Uitzoek hominin site, Free State Province, South Africa 2019 ·Journal of Archaeological Science Reports ·Michael B. Toffolo, James S. Brink, Francesco Berna	3
6	Enamel pearls: Their occurrence in recent human populations and earliest manifestation in the modern human lineage 2019 ·Archives of Oral Biology ·Frederick E. Grine, Sharon Holt, James S. Brink, Anton du Plessis	2
7	Taphonomic interpretations of a new Plio-Pleistocene hominin-bearing assemblage at Kromdraai (Gauteng, South Africa) 2018 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Jean‐Baptiste Fourvel, Francis Thackeray, James S. Brink, Hannah J. O’Regan, José Braga	24
8	The palaeoecological context of the Oldowan–Acheulean in southern Africa 2018 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Michaela Ecker, James S. Brink, Lloyd Rossouw, Michael Chazan, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Julia A. Lee‐Thorp	30
9	Pleistocene Bovidae from X Cave on Bolt's Farm in the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa 2016 ·(unknown), James S. Brink, Shaw Badenhorst	7
10	The Late Pleistocene and Holocene palaeoenvironmental context of Wonderwerk Cave in the southern Kalahari, South Africa 2014 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Louis Scott, D. Margaret Avery, Marion K. Bamford, Francesco Berna, James S. Brink, George A. Brook, Michael Chazan, Michaela Ecker, Yolanda Fernández–Jalvo, Paul Goldberg, (unknown), Lloyd Rossouw, Francis Thackeray, (unknown)	1
11	The Oldowan horizon in Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa): Archaeological, geological, paleontological and paleoclimatic evidence 2012 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Michael Chazan, D. Margaret Avery, Marion K. Bamford, Francesco Berna, James S. Brink, Yolanda Fernández–Jalvo, Paul Goldberg, Sharon Holt, Ari Matmon, Naomi Porat, Hagai Ron, Lloyd Rossouw, Louis Scott, Liora Kolska Horwitz	55
12	First hominine remains from a ∼1.0 million year old bone bed at Cornelia-Uitzoek, Free State Province, South Africa 2012 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·James S. Brink, Andy I.R. Herries, Jacopo Moggi‐Cecchi, J. A. J. Gowlett, C. Britt Bousman, (unknown), Rainer Grün, Véra Eisenmann, Justin W. Adams, Lloyd Rossouw	56
13	Hybrid wildebeest (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) provide further evidence for shared signatures of admixture in mammalian crania : research letter 2010 ·South African Journal of Science ·R. Ackermann, James S. Brink, (unknown), (unknown)	2
14	Pollen Taphonomy of hyaena coprolites: an experimental approach 2010 ·Zona arqueológica ·Yolanda Fernández–Jalvo, Louis Scott, José S. Carrión, (unknown), James S. Brink, Frank Neumann, Lloyd Rossouw	7
15	Discovery of Middle Pleistocene fossil and stone tool-bearing deposits at Groot Kloof, Ghaap escarpment, Northern Cape province 2006 ·South African Journal of Science ·Darren Curnoe, Andy I.R. Herries, James S. Brink, (unknown), (unknown), Zoë Henderson, David Morris	10
16	Dietary variation in impala Aepyceros melampus recorded by carbon isotope composition of feces 2006 ·Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) ·Daryl Codron, Jacqui Codron, Julia A. Lee‐Thorp, Matt Sponheimer, Darryl J. de Ruiter, James S. Brink	20
17	Beyond Taung: palaeoanthropological research at Groot Kloof, Ghaap Escarpment, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 2005 ·BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London) ·Darren Curnoe, Andy I.R. Herries, James S. Brink, (unknown), (unknown), Zoë Henderson, David Morris	2
18	Gladysvale: fossils, strata and GIS analysis 2003 ·South African Journal of Science ·Rodrigo S. Lacruz, Peter S. Ungar, P. John Hancox, James S. Brink, Lee R. Berger	15
19	Lonestone abundance and size variations in CRP-1 drillhole, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica 1998 ·Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ·James S. Brink, Richard D. Jarrard, Lawrence A. Krissek, T.R.S. Wilson	2
20	Late quaternary extinction of ungulates in Sub-Saharan Africa 1994 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·Joris Peters, Achilles Gautier, James S. Brink, (unknown)	2

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