Publications of Robert Patalano

Itambu, M.; Arous, E. B.; Fernandes, R.; Gallinaro, M.; Ilgner, J.; Lucas, M.; Roberts, P.; Scott, E.; Steinhof, A.; Patalano, R.: Renewed archaeological research in Singida Region, central Tanzania. African Archaeological Review, s10437-025-09620-0 (2025)

Ben Arous, E.; Blinkhorn, J.; Elliott, S.; Kiahtipes, C. A.; N’zi, C. D.; Bateman, M. D.; Duval, M.; Roberts, P.; Patalano, R.; Blackwood, A. et al.; Niang, K.; Kouamé, E. A.; Lebato, E.; Hallett, E.; Cerasoni, J. N.; Scott, E.; Ilgner, J.; Escarza, A.; Jesús, M.; Guédé, F. Y.; Scerri, E. M. L.: Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago. Nature 640, s41586-025-08613-y, pp. 402 - 407 (2025)

Shoaee, M. J.; Vahdati Nasab, H.; Storozum, M.; Frenzel, P.; Akhavan Kharazian, M.; Fernandes, R.; Hashemi, S. M.; Jayez, M.; Amano, N.; Marzban Abbasabadi, B. et al.; Aalipoor, M.; Lucas, M.; Marzo, S.; Ilgner, J.; Patalano, R.; Roberts, P.; Boivin, N.; Petraglia, M.: Initial upper paleolithic in the Zagros Mountains. Frontiers in Earth Science 12, 1352099 (2024)

Jha, D.; Patalano, R.; Ilgner, J.; Achyuthan, H.; Alsharekh, A. M.; Armitage, S.; Blinkhorn, J.; Boivin, N.; Breeze, P. S.; Devra, R. et al.; Drake, N.; Groucutt, H. S.; Guagnin, M.; Roberts, P.; Petraglia, M.: Preservation of plant-wax biomarkers in deserts: implications for Quaternary environment and human evolutionary studies. Journal of Quaternary Science 39 (3), 3597, pp. 349 - 358 (2024)

Hamilton, R.; Amano, N.; Bradshaw, C. J. A.; Saltré, F.; Patalano, R.; Penny, D.; Stevenson, J.; Wolfhagen, J.; Roberts, P.: Forest mosaics, not savanna corridors, dominated in Southeast Asia during the Last Glacial Maximum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121 (1), e2311280120, pp. 1 - 8 (2024)

Ramírez-Pedraza, I.; Tornero, C.; Aouraghe, H.; Rivals, F.; Patalano, R.; Haddoumi, H.; Expósito, I.; Rodríguez-Hidalgo, A.; Mischke, S.; van der Made, J. et al.; Piñero, P.; Blain, H.-A.; Roberts, P.; Jha, D.; Agustí, J.; Sánchez-Bandera, C.; Lemjidi, A.; Benito-Calvo, A.; Moreno-Ribas, E.; Oujaa, A.; Mhamdi, H.; Souhir, M.; Aissa, A. M.; Chacón, M. G.; Sala-Ramos, R.: Arid, mosaic environments during the Plio-Pleistocene transition and early hominin dispersals in northern Africa. Nature Communications 15 (1), 8393 (2024)

Patalano, R.; Arthur, C.; Carleton, W. C.; Challis, S.; Dewar, G.; Gayantha, K.; Gleixner, G.; Ilgner, J.; Lucas, M.; Marzo, S. et al.; Mokhachane, R.; Pazan, K.; Spurite, D.; Morley, M. W.; Parker, A.; Mitchell, P.; Stewart, B. A.; Roberts, P.: Ecological stability of Late Pleistocene-to-Holocene Lesotho, southern Africa, facilitated human upland habitation. Communications Earth & Environment 4 (1), 129 (2023)

Patalano, R.; Hu, J.; Leng, Q.; Liu, W.; Wang, H.; Roberts, P.; Storozum, M.; Yang, L.; Yang, H.: Ancient Great Wall building materials reveal environmental changes associated with oases in northwestern China. Scientific Reports 12 (1), 22517 (2022)

Mercader, J.; Belev, G.; Bushozi, P.; Clarke, S.; Favreau, J.; Itambu, M.; Jianfeng, Z.; Koromo, S.; Larter, F.; Lee, P. et al.; Maley, J.; Fernández‑Marchena, J. L.; Mohamed, A.; Mwambwiga, A.; Ngisaruni, B.; Kingi, M.; Olesilau, L.; Patalano, R.; Pedergnana, A.; Sammynaiken, R.; Siljedal, J.; Soto, M.; Tucker, L.; Walde, D.; Ollé, A.: Microbotanical residues for the study of early hominin tools. Scientific Reports 12, 2951 (2022)

Patalano, R.; Hamilton, R. J.; Finestone, E.; Amano, N.; Heddell Stevens, P.; Itambu, M.; Petraglia, M. D.; Roberts, P.: Microhabitat variability in Human Evolution. Frontiers in Earth Science 9, 1208 (2021)

Patalano, R.; Roberts, P.; Boivin, N.; Petraglia, M. D.; Mercader, J.: Plant wax biomarkers in human evolutionary studies. Evolutionary Anthropology 30 (6), 21921, pp. 385 - 398 (2021)

Mercader, J.; Akuku, P.; Boivin, N.; Bugumba, R.; Bushozi, P.; Camacho, A.; Carter, T.; Clarke, S.; Cueva-Temprana, A.; Durkin, P. et al.; Favreau, J.; Fella, K.; Haberle, S.; Hubbard, S.; Inwood, J.; Itambu, M.; Koromo, S.; Lee, P.; Mohammed, A.; Mwambwiga, A.; Olesilau, L.; Patalano, R.; Roberts, P.; Rule, S.; Saladie, P.; Siljedal, G.; Soto, M.; Umbsaar, J.; Petraglia, M.: Earliest Olduvai hominins exploited unstable environments ~ 2 million years ago. Nature Communications 12 (1), 3 (2021)

Patalano, R.; Zech, J.; Roberts, P.: Leaf wax lipid extraction for archaeological applications. Current Protocols in Plant Biology 5 (3), e20114, pp. 1 - 38 (2020)

Patalano, R.; Roberts, P.: Climate Proxies. In: The encyclopedia of ancient history: Asia and Africa, eahaa00609 (Eds. Potts, D. T.; Harkness, E.; Neelis, J.; McIntosh, R.) (2021)

Ben Arous, E.; Aouadi, N.; Belhouchet, L.; Mekki, H.; Trabelsi, K.; Mabrouki, M.; Essid, E. M.; Fehri, N.; Shao, Q.; Falguères, C. et al.; Lebreton, V.; Roberts, P.; Patalano, R.: Sidi Zin Archaeological Project: new investigations into the Acheulean and Middle Stone Age in Tunisia, Antiquity, (2025)

Patalano, R.: Sally C. Reynolds & René Bobe (Eds.): African Paleoecology and Human Evolution. African Archaeological Review 40 (2), s10437-023-09526-9, pp. 443 - 446 (2023)

Patalano, R.; Yang, H.: Warm land surface temperatures and Eastern Asian homo. OSF Preprint, eadkw (2023)

Patalano, R.; Hu, J.; Leng, Q.; Liu, W.; Wang, H.; Roberts, P.; Storozum, M.; Yang, L.; Yang, H.: Ancient great wall building materials reveal paleoenvironmental Changes in Northwestern China. Research Square, rs.3.rs-390056/v1 (2021)