Personal profile
Research Interests
Africa
Archaeology
Modern Human Origins
Lithic Technology
Stable Isotope Ecology and Paleoecology
Evolution of Human Diet
Evolution of Cooperation
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Education
PhD Berkeley, Anthropology, 1984
Post-doctoral Scholar, UCLA, 1984-85
Teaching
African Prehistory (ANTH 448)
Analysis of Lithic Technology (ANTH 452)
History Of Archaeological Theory (ANTH 461)
History of Human Evolution (ANTH 242)
Research Design and Proposal Writing (ANTH 511)
Evolution of Humans and Culture (ANTH 102)
Archaeometry: Sci methods in archaeol (ANTH 499SA)
Office Address
Department of Anthropology
607 S Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801
Office Phone
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Biogeochemical evidence for targeted landscape use in ancient foragers of Malawi
Bertacchi, A., Zipkin, A., Ambrose, S., Scaffidi, B., Asael, D., Benmamoun, Z., Davis, J., Farr, J., Fort, M., Giblin, J., Johnson, T., Kaliba, P., Lundstrom, C., Mapemba, F., Mwafulirwa, R. & Thompson, J. C., Dec 2025, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 6, 1, 818.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enamel–dentine junction morphology reveals population replacement and mobility in the late prehistoric Middle Nile Valley
Martin, N., Thibeault, A., Varadzinová, L., Usai, D., Ambrose, S. H., Antoine, D., Havelková, P. B., Honegger, M., Irish, J. D., Jesse, F., Maréchal, L., Osypińska, M., Osypiński, P., Santos, F., Vanderesse, N., Varadzin, L., Whiting, R. J., Zanolli, C., Velemínský, P. & Crevecoeur, I., Apr 15 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 15, e2419122122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Luminescence and radiocarbon dating the Naisiusiu Beds type section and timing of the Middle Stone Age/Later Stone Age transition at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Stanistreet, I. G., Stollhofen, H., Smedley, R. K., Fenn, K., Ambrose, S. H., Njau, J. K., Schick, K. & Toth, N., Oct 2025, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 207, 103675.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Strontium isoscapes for provenance, mobility and migration: The way forward
Spies, M. J., Alblas, A., Ambrose, S. H., Barakat, S., Barberena, R., Bataille, C., Bowen, G. J., Britton, K., Cawthra, H., Diamond, R., Dosseto, A., Evans, J. A., Fisher, E., Gray, K., Heddell-Stevens, P., Holt, E., James, H. F., Janzen, A., Le Corré, M. & Le Roux, P. & 19 others, , Jun 18 2025, In: Royal Society Open Science. 12, 6, 250283.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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The first occurrence of Cainochoerus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Suidae) from the Upper Miocene Lemudong’o Formation, Kenya
Yang, D., Manthi, F. K., Dimaggio, E. N., Arenson, J. L., Ambrose, S. H., Souron, A. & Hammond, A. S., 2025, In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 45, 4, e2583028.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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