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Alison S. Brooks

131

Works

7,429

Citations

31

h-index

40

i10-index

Research Topics

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Archaeology and Rock Art Studies

Affiliations

Smithsonian Institution1992–2023

Musée de la Civilisation1995–1995

Ford Foundation1995–1995

National Museum of Natural History2002–2023

University of Wisconsin–Madison2021–2025

Top Works

The revolution that wasn't: a new interpretation of the origin of modern human behavior

Sally McBrearty,Alison S. Brooks

20002,659 citations

Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Microfossils in calculus demonstrate consumption of plants and cooked foods in Neanderthal diets (Shanidar III, Iraq; Spy I and II, Belgium)

Amanda G. Henry,Alison S. Brooks,et al.

2010499 citations

Did Our Species Evolve in Subdivided Populations across Africa, and Why Does It Matter?

Eleanor M. L. Scerri,Mark Thomas,et al.

2018473 citations

Long-distance stone transport and pigment use in the earliest Middle Stone Age

Alison S. Brooks,John E. Yellen,et al.

2018397 citations

A Middle Stone Age Worked Bone Industry from Katanda, Upper Semliki Valley, Zaire

John E. Yellen,Alison S. Brooks,et al.

1995369 citations

The environmental context for the origins of modern human diversity: A synthesis of regional variability in African climate 150,000–30,000 years ago

Margaret Whiting Blome,Andrew S. Cohen,et al.

2012301 citations

Dating and Context of Three Middle Stone Age Sites with Bone Points in the Upper Semliki Valley, Zaire

Alison S. Brooks,David M. Helgren,et al.

1995246 citations

Older than the Oldowan? Rethinking the emergence of hominin tool use

Melissa A. Panger,Alison S. Brooks,et al.

2002245 citations

Plant foods and the dietary ecology of Neanderthals and early modern humans

Amanda G. Henry,Alison S. Brooks,et al.

2014234 citations