Our lab members publish in a wide range of venues, with collaborators all over the world. Here is a list of our scientific journal articles, book chapters, and other scholarly contributions since 2017:

2020

Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Denise Kühnert, James Blinkhorn, Huw S. Groucutt, Patrick Roberts, Andrea Zerboni, Emuobosa Akpo Orijemie, Huw Barton, Ian Candy, Steve Goldstein, John Hawks, Didier N’Dah, Khady Niang, Kathleen Nicoll, Michael D. Petraglia and Nicholas Vella. Field based sciences must transform in response to COVID-19. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01317-8

Wagner, Jennifer K., Chip Colwell, Katrina G. Claw, Anne C. Stone, Deborah A. Bolnick, John Hawks, Kyle B. Brothers and Nanibaa’ A. Garrison. Fostering responsible research on ancient DNA. American Journal of Human Genetics. 107(2): 183–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.06.017

Uy, Jeanelle, John Hawks and Caroline VanSickle. Sexual dimorphism of the relationship between the gut and pelvis in humans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. e24084. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24084

Bolter, Debra R., Marina C. Elliott, John Hawks and Lee R. Berger. Immature remains and the first partial skeleton of a juvenile Homo naledi, a late Middle Pleistocene hominin from South Africa. PLoS ONE 15(4): e0230440. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230440

Hawks, John and Lee R. Berger. On Homo naledi and its significance in evolutionary anthropology. Pp. 51–68 in Deane-Drummond, Celia and Agustín Fuentes (editors), Theology and Evolutionary Anthropology: Dialogues in Wisdom, Humility and Grace. Routledge, New York.

2019

Fox, Keolu and John Hawks. Use ancient remains more wisely. Nature. 572: 581–583. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02516-5

Walker, Christopher S., Zachary D. Cofran, Mark Grabowski, Damiano Marchi, Rebecca W. Cook, Steven E. Churchill, Kimberleigh A. Tommy, Zachary Throckmorton, Ann H. Ross, John Hawks, Gabriel S. Yapuncich, Adam P. Van Arsdale, Frederika I. Rentzeperis, Lee R. Berger, and Jeremy M. DeSilva. Morphology of the Homo naledi femora from Lesedi. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 81: 5–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23877

Friedl, Lukas, Alex G. Claxton, Christopher S. Walker, Steven E. Churchill, Trenton W. Holliday, John Hawks, Lee R. Berger, Jeremy M. DeSilva, and Damiano Marchi. Femoral neck and shaft structure in Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber (Rising Star System, South Africa). Journal of Human Evolution. 133: 61–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.06.002

Feuerriegel, Elen M., Jean-Luc Voisin, Steven E. Churchill, Martin Haeusler, Sandra Mathews, Peter Schmid, John Hawks, and Lee R. Berger. Upper limb fossils of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, Rising Star System, South Africa. PaleoAnthropology. 2019: 311–349. https://doi.org/10.4207/PA.2019.ART134

Brophy, Juliet K., Joel Irish, Steve E. Churchill, Darryl J. de Ruiter, John Hawks, and Lee R. Berger. A comparison of hominin teeth from Lincoln Cave, Sterkfontein L/63, and the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 115(5/6): 1–3. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2019/5739

de Ruiter, Darryl J., Myra F. Laird, Marina Elliott, Peter Schmid, Juliet Brophy, John Hawks, and Lee R. Berger. Homo naledi cranial remains from the Lesedi chamber of the Rising Star cave system, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 132: 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.03.019

Berger, Lee R. and John Hawks. Australopithecus prometheus is a nomen nudum. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 168(2): 383–387. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23743

Hawks, John. How can archaeologists make a difference to media and public perceptions of ancient DNA? The SAA Archaeological Record. 19(1): 39–43.

2018

Elliott, Marina C., Rolf Quam, Shahed Nalla, Darryl J. de Ruiter, John Hawks and Lee R. Berger. Description and analysis of three Homo naledi incudes from the Dinaledi Chamber, Rising Star cave (South Africa). Journal of Human Evolution. 122:146–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.06.008

Holloway, Ralph L., Shawn D. Hurst, Heather M. Garvin, P. Thomas Schoenemann, William B. Vanti, Lee R. Berger, and John Hawks. Endocast morphology of Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 115(22): 5738–5743. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1720842115

VanSickle, Caroline, Zachary D. Cofran, Daniel Garcia-Martinez, Scott A. Williams, Steven E. Churchill, Lee R. Berger and John Hawks. Homo naledi pelvic remains from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 125: 122–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.10.001

Bolter, Debra A., John Hawks, Barry Bogin and Noel Cameron. Palaeodemographics of individuals in Dinaledi Chamber using dental remains. South African Journal of Science. 114(1/2): 1–6. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2018/20170066

Hawks, John. Hominini. International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118584538.ieba0244

Hawks, John. Ardipithecus. International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118584538.ieba0035

Sams, Aaron J. and John Hawks. Admixture. International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118584538.ieba0008

Hawks, John. Homo. International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118584538.ieba0247

Hawks, John. Denisovans. International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118584538.ieba0122

Hawks, John. Rising Star. International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118584538.ieba0529

2017

Hawks, John. Introgression makes waves in inferred histories of effective population size. Human Biology 89(1): 65–78. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/682964

Marwick, Ben, Jade d’Alpoim Guedes, C. Michael Barton, Lynsey A. Bates, Michael Baxter, Andrew Bevan, Elizabeth A. Bollwerk, R. Kyle Bocinsky, Tom Brughmans, Alison K. Carter, Cyler Conrad, Daniel A. Contreras, Stefano Costa, Enrico R. Crema, Adrianne Daggett, Benjamin Davies, B. Lee Drake, Thomas S. Dye, Phoebe France, Richard Fullagar, Domenico Giusti, Shawn Graham, Matthew D. Harris, John Hawks, Sebastian Heath, Damien Huffer, Eric C. Kansa, Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Mark E. Madsen, Jennifer Melcher, Joan Negre, Fraser D. Neiman, Rachel Opitz, David C. Orton, Paulina Przystupa, Maria Raviele, Julien Riel-Salvatore, Philip Riris, Iza Romanowska, Jolene Smith, Néhémie Strupler, Isaac I. Ullah, Hannah G. Van Vlack, Nathaniel VanValkenburgh, Ethan C. Watrall, Chris Webster, Joshua Wells, Judith Winters, and Colin D. Wren. Open science in archaeology. The SAA Archaeological Record. 17(4): 8–14.

Hawks, John. Neandertals and Denisovans as biological invaders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 114:9761–9763. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713163114

Garvin, Heather M., Marina C. Elliott, Lucas K. Delezene, John Hawks, Steven E. Churchill, Lee R. Berger, and Trenton W. Holliday. Body size, brain size, and sexual dimorphism in Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber. Journal of Human Evolution. 111:119–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.06.010

de Ruiter, Darryl J., Steven E. Churchill, John Hawks and Lee R. Berger. Late australopiths and the emergence of Homo. Annual Review of Anthropology. 46: 99–115. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anthro-102116-041734

Hawks, John, Marina Elliott, Peter Schmid, Steven E. Churchill, Darryl J. de Ruiter, Eric M. Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Heather M. Garvin, Scott A. Williams, Lucas K. Delezene, Elen M. Feuerriegel, Patrick Randolph-Quinney, Tracy L. Kivell, Myra F. Laird, Gaokgatlhe Tawane, Jeremy M. DeSilva, Shara E. Bailey, Juliet K. Brophy, Marc R. Meyer, Matthew M. Skinner, Matthew W. Tocheri, Caroline VanSickle, Christopher S. Walker, Timothy L. Campbell, Brian Kuhn, Ashley Kruger, Steven Tucker, Alia Gurtov, Nompumelelo Hlophe, Rick Hunter, Hannah Morris, Becca Peixotto, Maropeng Ramalepa, Dirk van Rooyen, Mathabela Tsikoane, Pedro Boshoff, Paul H. G. M. Dirks, and Lee R. Berger. New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa. eLife. 6: e24232. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24232

Dirks, Paul H. G. M., Eric M. Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Jan D. Kramers, John Hawks, Anthony Dosseto, Mathieu Duval, Marina Elliott, Mary Evans, Rainer Grün, John Hellstrom, Andy I. R. Herries, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Tebogo V. Makhubela, Christa J. Placzek, Jessie Robbins, Carl Spandler, Jelle Wiersma, Jon Woodhead, and Lee R. Berger. The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa. eLife. 6: e24231. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24231

Berger, Lee R., John Hawks, Paul H. G. M. Dirks, Marina Elliott, and Eric M. Roberts. Homo naledi and Pleistocene hominin evolution in subequatorial Africa. eLife. 6: e24234. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24234

Feuerriegel, Elen M., David J. Green, Christopher S. Walker, Peter Schmid, John Hawks, Lee R. Berger, Steven E. Churchill. The upper limb of Homo naledi. Journal of Human Evolution. 104: 155–173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.09.013

Laird, Myra F., Lauren Schroeder, Heather M. Garvin, Jill E. Scott, Mana Dembo, Davorka Radovčić, Charles M. Musiba, Rebecca R. Ackermann, Peter Schmid, John Hawks, Lee R. Berger, Darryl J. de Ruiter. The skull of Homo naledi. Journal of Human Evolution. 104: 100–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.09.009

Williams, Scott A., Daniel García-Martínez, Markus Bastir, Marc R. Meyer, Shahed Nalla, John Hawks, Peter Schmid, Steven E. Churchill and Lee R. Berger. The vertebrae and ribs of Homo naledi. Journal of Human Evolution. 104: 136–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.11.003