Travis Rayne Pickering

University of Wisconsin–Madison — United States

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology(94), Evolution and Paleontology Studies(51), Primate Behavior and Ecology(45), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies(39), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(13)

Publications123 total

Iconic Swartkrans fossils and hominid taxonomy, II: SK 54 calotte
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa·2026
Iconic Swartkrans fossils and hominid taxonomy, I: SK 15 mandible
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa·2026
Obituary of Charles Kimberlin (Bob) Brain (1931–2023)
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa·2025
First articulating os coxae, femur, and tibia of a small adult Paranthropus robustus from Member 1 (Hanging Remnant) of the Swartkrans Formation, South Africa
Journal of Human Evolution·2025· 6 cited
New modern and Pleistocene fossil micromammal assemblages from Swartkrans, South Africa: Paleobiodiversity, taphonomic, and environmental context
Journal of Human Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Bipedalism or bipedalisms: The os coxae of StW 573
Journal of Anatomy·2024Open Access
:<i>Two Acres of Time: Unearthing the Ice Age at the Byron Dig</i>
The Quarterly Review of Biology·2024
Charles Kimberlin (Bob) Brain (1931–2023): Scientist of consequence, man of quality
Journal of Human Evolution·2024· 1 cited
Charles Kimberlin (Bob) Brain (1931–2023)
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Monkey fossils do not negate cosmogenic dating at Sterkfontein
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Back from the dead: Another response to the contextual bases of the Rising Star ‘deliberate body disposal’ hypothesis
South African Journal of Science·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Shape analysis of the StW 578 calotte from Jacovec Cavern, Gauteng (South Africa)
South African Journal of Science·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
A possible locomotor bauplan for Australopithecus informed by an ecomorphology perspective applied to StW 573 Au. prometheus, Sterkfontein Member 2, ~3.67 Ma
2022
The Earliest South African Hominids
Annual Review of Anthropology·2021· 13 cited
A new depositional member identified at Swartkrans Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)·2021
Bone-related behaviours of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) during an excavating experiment
2021Open Access
A new absolute date from Swartkrans Cave for the oldest occurrences of Paranthropus robustus and Oldowan stone tools in South Africa
Journal of Human Evolution·2021· 49 cited
The pectoral girdle of StW 573 (‘Little Foot’) and its implications for shoulder evolution in the Hominina
Journal of Human Evolution·2021· 23 cited
Trabecular organization of the proximal femur in Paranthropus robustus: Implications for the assessment of its hip joint loading conditions
Journal of Human Evolution·2021· 12 cited
Hominin lower limb bones from Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa (1998–2003 excavations)
South African Journal of Science·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Manuel Domínguez‐Rodrigo(21), Jason L. Heaton(13), Henry T. Bunn(12), C. K. Brain(10), Kathleen Kuman(8), Charles P. Egeland(7), Enrique Baquedano(6), Audax Mabulla(6), Fernando Diéz Martín(5), José Yravedra(5), Ronald J. Clarke(5), Kristian J. Carlson(5), Charles M. Musiba(4), David Uribelarrea(4), Doris Barboni(4), Agness Gidna(4), Gail M. Ashley(4), Morris B. Sutton(4), Ronald J. Clarke(4), Rebeca Barba(4)