Publications of Julio Mercader

Mercader, J.; Akuku, P.; Boivin, N. L.; Camacho, A.; Carter, T.; Clarke, S.; Cueva Temprana, A.; Favreau, J.; Galloway, J.; Hernando, R. et al.; Huang, H.; Hubbard, S.; Kaplan, J. O.; Larter, S.; Magohe, S.; Mohamed, A.; Mwambwiga, A.; Oladele, A.; Petraglia, M.; Roberts, P.; Saladié, P.; Shikoni, A.; Silva, R.; Soto, M.; Stricklin, D.; Mekonnen, D. Z.; Zhao, W.; Durkin, P.: Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago. Communications Earth & Environment 6 (1), s43247-024-01919-1 (2025)

Cueva-Temprana, A.; Lombao, D.; Soto, M.; Itambu, M.; Bushozi, P.; Boivin, N. L.; Petraglia, M. D.; Mercader, J.: Oldowan technology amid shifting environments ∼2.03–1.83 million years ago. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10, 788101 (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)

Oldenburg, T.; Brown, M.; Inwood, J.; Radović, J.; Snowdon, R.; Larter, S.; Mercader, J.: A novel route for identifying starch diagenetic products in the archaeological record. PLoS One 16 (11), e0258779 (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)

Martinón-Torres, M.; d’Errico, F.; Santos, E.; Álvaro Gallo, A.; Amano, N.; Archer, W.; Armitage, S. J.; Arsuaga, J. L.; de Castro, B.; María, J. et al.; Blinkhorn, J.; Crowther, A.; Douka, K.; Dubernet, S.; Faulkner, P.; Fernández-Colón, P.; Kourampas, N.; González García, J.; Larreina, D.; Le Bourdonnec, F.-X.; MacLeod, G.; Martín-Francés, L.; Massilani, D.; Mercader, J.; Miller, J. M.; Ndiema, E.; Notario, B.; Pitarch Martí, A.; Prendergast, M. E.; Queffelec, A.; Rigaud, S.; Roberts, P.; Shoaee, M. J.; Shipton, C.; Simpson, I.; Boivin, N.; Petraglia, M. D.: Earliest known human burial in Africa. Nature 593 (7857), pp. 95 - 100 (2021)

Thompson, J. C.; Wright, D. K.; Ivory, S. J.; Choi, J.-H.; Nightingale, S.; Mackay, A.; Schilt, F.; Otárola-Castillo, E.; Mercader, J.; Forman, S. L. et al.; Pietsch, T.; Cohen, A. S.; Arrowsmith, J. R.; Welling, M.; Davis, J.; Schiery, B.; Kaliba, P.; Malijani, O.; Blome, M. W.; O’Driscoll, C. A.; Mentzer, S. M.; Miller, C.; Heo, S.; Choi, J.; Tembo, J.; Mapemba, F.; Simengwa, D.; Gomani-Chindebvu, E.: Early human impacts and ecosystem reorganization in southern-central Africa. Science Advances 7 (19), eabf9776 (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)

Bleasdale, M.; Wotzka, H.-P.; Eichhorn, B.; Mercader, J.; Styring, A.; Zech, J.; Soto, M.; Inwood, J.; Clarke, S.; Marzo, S. et al.; Fiedler, B.; Linseele, V.; Boivin, N. L.; Roberts, P.: Isotopic and microbotanical insights into Iron Age agricultural reliance in the Central African rainforest. Communications Biology 3, 619 (2020)

Wang, K.; Goldstein, S. T.; Bleasdale, M.; Clist, B.; Bostoen, K.; Bakwa-Lufu, P.; Buck, L. T.; Crowther, A.; Dème, A.; McIntosh, R. J. et al.; Mercader, J.; Ogola, C.; Power, R. C.; Sawchuk, E. A.; Robertshaw, P.; Wilmsen, E. N.; Petraglia, M. D.; Ndiema, E.; Manthi, F. K.; Krause, J.; Roberts, P.; Boivin, N. L.; Schiffels, S.: Ancient genomes reveal complex patterns of population movement, interaction, and replacement in sub-Saharan Africa. Science Advances 6 (24), eaaz0183 (2020)

Soto, M.; Favreau, J.; Campeau, K.; Carter, T.; Durkin, P. R.; Hubbard, S. M.; Nair, R.; Bushozi, P. M.; Mercader, J.: Systematic sampling of quartzites in sourcing analysis: intra-outcrop variability at Naibor Soit, Tanzania (part I). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 12 (5), 100, pp. 1 - 14 (2020)

Tucker, L.; Favreau, J.; Itambu, M.; Larter, F.; Mollel, N.; Mwambwiga, A.; Patalano, R.; Roberts, P.; Soto, M.; Mercader, J.: Initial assessment of bioavailable strontium at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania: potential for early mobility studies. Journal of Archaeological Science 114, 105066, pp. 1 - 16 (2020)