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R. Klein

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R. Klein — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 61
Works: 182
Citations: 13K

Most-cited papers

Archeology and the evolution of human behavior
R. Klein
2000479 citations
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Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa : Preliminary report on the 1992-1999 excavations of the Middle Stone Age levels
C. Henshilwood, J. Sealy, R. Yates, K. Cruz-Uribe +6 more
2001469 citations
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From the Cover: A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60,000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa.
P. Texier, Guillaume Porraz, J. Parkington, J. Rigaud +8 more
2010Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America409 citations Open access
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Anatomy, behavior, and modern human origins
R. Klein
1995328 citations
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The dawn of human culture
R. Klein, B. Edgar
2002326 citations
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Human Beginnings in South Africa: Uncovering the Secrets of the Stone Age
R. Klein, H. Deacon, J. Deacon
1999304 citations
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Out of Africa and the evolution of human behavior
R. Klein
2008298 citations
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INAUGURAL ARTICLE: The Ysterfontein 1 Middle Stone Age site, South Africa, and early human exploitation of coastal resources
R. Klein
2004274 citations
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Dating and context of three middle stone age sites with bone points in the Upper Semliki Valley, Zaire.
A. Brooks, D. Helgren, J. Cramer, A. Franklin +6 more
1995Science229 citations
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The mammalian fauna associated with an archaic hominin skullcap and later Acheulean artifacts at Elandsfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
R. Klein, G. Avery, K. Cruz-Uribe, T. Steele
2007Journal of Human Evolution184 citations Open access
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The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins, Third Edition
R. Klein
2009157 citations
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THE YSTERFONTEIN 1 MIDDLE STONE AGE ROCK SHELTER AND THE EVOLUTION OF COASTAL FORAGING
G. Avery, D. Halkett, Jayson Orton, T. Steele +2 more
2008151 citations
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Exploitation of large bovids and seals at Middle and Later Stone Age sites in South Africa
R. Klein, K. Cruz-Uribe
1996133 citations Open access
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Finding the first Americans
T. Braje, T. Dillehay, J. Erlandson, R. Klein +1 more
2017Science126 citations
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Archaeological shellfish size and later human evolution in Africa
R. Klein, T. Steele
2013Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America121 citations Open access
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Comment on the Paleoenvironment of Ardipithecus ramidus
T. Cerling, N. Levin, J. Quade, J. Wynn +4 more
2010Science112 citations
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The Middle and Later Stone Age faunal remains from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa
T. Steele, R. Klein
2013105 citations
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Archaeology, palaeoenvironment, and chronology of the Tsodilo Hills White Paintings Rock Shelter, northwest Kalahari Desert, Botswana
L. Robbins, M. Murphy, G. Brook, A. Ivester +6 more
2000104 citations
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The Middle Paleolithic: Adaptation, Behavior, and Variability
R. Klein, H. Dibble, P. Mellars
1993100 citations
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The 1992–1993 Excavations at the Die Kelders Middle and Later Stone Age Cave Site, South Africa
G. Avery, K. Cruz-Uribe, P. Goldberg, F. Grine +7 more
199798 citations
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Paleoenvironmental and Human Behavioral Implications of the Boegoeberg 1 Late Pleistocene Hyena Den, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
R. Klein, K. Cruz-Uribe, D. Halkett, T. Hart +1 more
1999Quaternary Research87 citations
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First excavation of intact Middle Stone Age layers at Ysterfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa: implications for Middle Stone Age ecology
D. Halkett, T. Hart, R. Yates, T. P. Volman +5 more
200384 citations
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Hyrax and Hare Bones from Modern South African Eagle Roosts and the Detection of Eagle Involvement in Fossil Bone Assemblages
K. Cruz-Uribe, R. Klein
199883 citations
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Southern Africa and Modern Human Origins
R. Klein
2001Journal of Anthropological Research72 citations
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The Earlier Stone Age of Southern Africa
R. Klein
200069 citations
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Why Anatomically Modern People Did Not Disperse from Africa 100,000 Years Ago
R. Klein
200268 citations
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An early date for cattle from Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for the origins of herding in southern Africa
Jayson Orton, P. Mitchell, R. Klein, T. Steele +1 more
2013Antiquity67 citations
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Excavation of buried Late Acheulean (Mid-Quaternary) land surfaces at Duinefontein 2, Western Cape Province, South Africa
K. Cruz-Uribe, R. Klein, G. Avery, Margaret Avery +5 more
200367 citations
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Intertidal shellfish use during the Middle and Later Stone Age of South Africa
T. Steele, R. Klein
200866 citations
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Late Pleistocene Subsistence Strategies and Resource Intensification in Africa
T. Steele, R. Klein
200965 citations
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Skeletal Part Representation in Archaeofaunas: Comments on “Explaining the ‘Klasies Pattern’: Kua Ethnoarchaeology, the Die Kelders Middle Stone Age Archaeofauna, Long Bone Fragmentation and Carnivore Ravaging” by Bartram & Marean
R. Klein, K. Cruz-Uribe, R. Milo
199963 citations Open access
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Mollusk and tortoise size as proxies for stone age population density in South Africa: Implications for the evolution of human cultural capacity
T. Steele, R. Klein
200560 citations
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The Long-Horned African Buffalo (Pelorovis antiquus) is an Extinct Species
R. Klein
199456 citations Open access
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The Problem of Modern Human Origins
R. Klein
199453 citations
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Shellfishing and human evolution
R. Klein, D. Bird
201651 citations Open access
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The archeology of modern human origins
R. Klein
200550 citations
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Chew Marks and Cut Marks on Animal Bones from the Kasteelberg B and Dune Field Midden Later Stone Age Sites, Western Cape Province, South Africa
K. Cruz-Uribe, R. Klein
199450 citations
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Paleoenvironment and Archaeology of Drotsky’s Cave: Western Kalahari Desert, Botswana
L. Robbins, M. Murphy, N. Stevens, G. Brook +7 more
199649 citations
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Ongoing Adaptive Evolution of ASPM, a Brain Size Determinant in Homo sapiens
R. Klein, J. Akey, G. Zhang, K. Zhang +2 more
200545 citations
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Size Variation in the Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis) and Late Quaternary Climatic Change in South Africa
R. Klein, K. Cruz-Uribe
1996Quaternary Research44 citations
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Morphometric identification of bovid metapodials to genus and implications for taxon-free habitat reconstruction
R. Klein, R. Franciscus, T. Steele
201043 citations
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Beware the Springbok in Sheep’s Clothing: How Secure Are the Faunal Identifications upon Which We Build Our Models?
K. Horsburgh, Jayson Orton, R. Klein
201641 citations
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Darwin and the recent African origin of modern humans
R. Klein
2009Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America41 citations Open access
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The abundance of eland, buffalo, and wild pigs in Middle and Later Stone Age sites.
Timothy D. Weaver, T. Steele, R. Klein
2011Journal of Human Evolution38 citations
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Two Holocene rock shelter deposits from the Knersvlakte, southern Namaqualand, South Africa
Jayson Orton, R. Klein, A. Mackay, Steve Schwortz +1 more
201137 citations
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Were Hominins in California ∼130,000 Years Ago?
T. Braje, T. Dillehay, J. Erlandson, S. Fitzpatrick +6 more
201736 citations
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Population structure and the evolution of Homo sapiens in Africa
R. Klein
2019Evolutionary Anthropology (print)34 citations
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Review of fossil phocid and otariid seals from the southern and western coasts of South Africa
G. Avery, R. Klein
201131 citations
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Language and human evolution
R. Klein
201726 citations
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Large mammal and tortoise bones from Elands Bay Cave (South Africa): implications for Later Stone Age environment and ecology
R. Klein, K. Cruz-Uribe
201625 citations
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