Research outputs
2026
Reexploring drivers of technological variation through the complex landscapes of cultural evolution.
Clark, J., Timbrell, L., Paris, S. E., & Linares-Matás, G. J. (2026). Reexploring drivers of technological variation through the complex landscapes of cultural evolution.. Journal of anthropological sciences = Rivista di antropologia : JASS, 104. doi:10.4436/jass.10401
The Tool Systems Approach: Measuring Complexity in the Primatological, Archaeological, and Ethnographic Records
Clark, J., Timbrell, L., Padilla-Iglesias, C., van Holstein, L., Paige, J., Muller, A., . . . Will, M. (2026). The Tool Systems Approach: Measuring Complexity in the Primatological, Archaeological, and Ethnographic Records. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY, 33(3), 48 pages. doi:10.1007/s10816-026-09779-z
Assessing the Potential of Latent Class Modelling for Classifying Stone Artefacts and the Quantification of Technological Diversity
Timbrell, L., Grove, M., & Scerri, E. (2026). Assessing the Potential of Latent Class Modelling for Classifying Stone Artefacts and the Quantification of Technological Diversity. JOURNAL OF PALEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY, 9(1), 15 pages. doi:10.1007/s41982-026-00255-4
2025
Life on the Edge: Mesolithic Population Size and Viability on Malta
More is not always better: delta-downscaling climate model outputs from 30 to 5 min resolution has minimal impact on coherence with Late Quaternary proxies
Timbrell, L., Blinkhorn, J., Colucci, M., Leonardi, M., Chevalier, M., Pozzi, A. V., . . . Manica, A. (2025). More is not always better: delta-downscaling climate model outputs from 30 to 5 min resolution has minimal impact on coherence with Late Quaternary proxies. CLIMATE OF THE PAST, 21(7), 1185-1208. doi:10.5194/cp-21-1185-2025
Identifying late Pleistocene and Holocene refugia for baboons
Blinkhorn, J., Zinner, D., Timbrell, L., Manica, A., Grove, M., & Scerri, E. M. L. (2025). Identifying late Pleistocene and Holocene refugia for baboons. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 8(1), 12 pages. doi:10.1038/s42003-025-08419-8
Climate seasonality and predictability during the middle stone age and implications for technological diversification in early <i>Homo sapiens</i>
Timbrell, L., Clark, J., Linares-Matas, G., Boisard, S., Ben Arous, E., Blinkhorn, J., . . . Scerri, E. M. L. (2025). Climate seasonality and predictability during the middle stone age and implications for technological diversification in early <i>Homo sapiens</i>. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 15(1), 16 pages. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-95573-y
Random forest models highlight early Homo sapiens habitats and their relationship to lithic assemblage composition
Timbrell, L., Blinkhorn, J., & Grove, M. (2025). Random forest models highlight early Homo sapiens habitats and their relationship to lithic assemblage composition. Quaternary Environments and Humans, 3(1). doi:10.1016/j.qeh.2024.100048
Climate frameworks for the Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age in Northwest Africa
Boisard, S., Wren, C. D., Timbrell, L., & Burke, A. (2025). Climate frameworks for the Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age in Northwest Africa. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, 716, 17 pages. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2024.109593
2024
Climate seasonality and predictability during the Middle Stone Age and implications for technological diversification in early Homo sapiens
More is not always better: downscaling climate model outputs from 30 to 5-minute resolution has minimal impact on coherence with Late Quaternary proxies
Ecology and demography of early <i>Homo sapiens</i>: a synthesis of archaeological and climatic data from eastern Africa
Timbrell, L. (2024). Ecology and demography of early <i>Homo sapiens</i>: a synthesis of archaeological and climatic data from eastern Africa. AZANIA-ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA, 59(1), 76-110. doi:10.1080/0067270X.2024.2307790
Stone point variability reveals spatial, chronological and environmental structuring of eastern African Middle Stone Age populations
Timbrell, L., Habte, B., Tefera, Y., Maroma, C., Ndiema, E., Plomp, K., . . . Grove, M. (2023). Stone point variability reveals spatial, chronological and environmental structuring of eastern African Middle Stone Age populations. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 1-29. doi:10.1080/0067270x.2023.2268986
Stone point variability reveals spatial, chronological and environmental structuring of eastern African Middle Stone Age populations (Nov, 10.1080/0067270X.2023.2268986, 2023)
Timbrell, L., Habte, B., Tefera, Y., Maroma, C., Ndiema, E., Plomp, K., . . . Grove, M. (2024). Stone point variability reveals spatial, chronological and environmental structuring of eastern African Middle Stone Age populations (Nov, 10.1080/0067270X.2023.2268986, 2023). AZANIA-ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA, 59(1), 182. doi:10.1080/0067270X.2024.2316535
2023
Moving far or moving often? A neglected axis of variation in hunter-gatherer mobility
Grove, M., Hall, H., Timbrell, L., Benton, A., & French, J. C. (2023). Moving far or moving often? A neglected axis of variation in hunter-gatherer mobility. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS, 52, 11 pages. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104266
A Collabortive Model for Lithic Shape Digitization in Museum Settings
Timbrell, L. (2023). A Collabortive Model for Lithic Shape Digitization in Museum Settings. LITHIC TECHNOLOGY, 48(1), 31-42. doi:10.1080/01977261.2022.2092299
2022
Technological and geometric morphometric analysis of ‘post-Howiesons Poort points’ from Border Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Timbrell, L., Peña, P. D. L., Way, A., Hoggard, C., Backwell, L., Francesco d’Errico., . . . Grove, M. (2022). Technological and geometric morphometric analysis of ‘post-Howiesons Poort points’ from Border Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 297, 107813. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107813
Testing inter-observer error under a collaborative research framework for studying lithic shape variability
Timbrell, L., Scott, C., Habte, B., Tefera, Y., Monod, H., Qazzih, M., . . . Grove, M. (2022). Testing inter-observer error under a collaborative research framework for studying lithic shape variability. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 14(10), 15 pages. doi:10.1007/s12520-022-01676-2
Testing inter-observer error under a collaborative research framework for studying lithic shape variability
Evaluating refugia in recent human evolution in Africa
Blinkhorn, J., Timbrell, L., Grove, M., & Scerri, E. M. L. (2022). Evaluating refugia in recent human evolution in Africa. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 377(1849). doi:10.1098/rstb.2020.0485
The Importance of Noise Colour in Simulations of Evolutionary Systems
Grove, M., Timbrell, L., Jolley, B., Polack, F., & Borg, J. M. (2022). The Importance of Noise Colour in Simulations of Evolutionary Systems. ARTIFICIAL LIFE, 27(3-4), 164-182. doi:10.1162/artl_a_00354
A spatiotemporally explicit paleoenvironmental framework for the Middle Stone Age of eastern Africa
Timbrell, L., Grove, M., Manica, A., Rucina, S., & Blinkhorn, J. (2022). A spatiotemporally explicit paleoenvironmental framework for the Middle Stone Age of eastern Africa. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1), 14 pages. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-07742-y
The Importance of Noise Colour in Simulations of Evolutionary Systems.
Grove, M., Timbrell, L., Jolley, B. P., Polack, F., & Borg, J. M. (2022). The Importance of Noise Colour in Simulations of Evolutionary Systems.. Artif. Life, 27, 164-182.
2021
A Spatiotemporally Explicit Paleoenvironmental Framework for the Middle Stone Age of Eastern Africa
The University of Liverpool Evolutionary Anthropology Seminar Series: Transcending the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic
Timbrell, L., & Phillips, C. (2021). The University of Liverpool Evolutionary Anthropology Seminar Series: Transcending the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY, 30(4), 236-241. doi:10.1002/evan.21915
Conversations in Human Evolution: Volume 2
Timbrell, L. (2021). Conversations in Human Evolution: Volume 2. Archaeopress Archaeology.
2020
Conversations in Human Evolution
Crema, E., Riede, F., Marwick, B., Hunt, C., Herries, A., Pappu, S., . . . Skoglund, P. (2020). Conversations in Human Evolution (1 ed.). L. Timbrell (Ed.), Oxford: Archaeopress Archaeology.
Strength in Numbers: Combining Old Datasets to Answer New Questions
Timbrell, L. (2020). Strength in Numbers: Combining Old Datasets to Answer New Questions. In K. Kaercher, M. Artz, N. Bomentre, X. Hermoso-Buxán, K. Kay, S. Ki, . . . I. Wisher (Eds.), New Frontiers in Archaeology: Proceedings of the Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference 2019. Archaeopress Archaeology.
THE PREHISTORIC STONE TOOLS OF EASTERN AFRICA: A GUIDE
Timbrell, L. (2020). THE PREHISTORIC STONE TOOLS OF EASTERN AFRICA: A GUIDE. EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY, 29(5), 280-282. doi:10.1002/evan.21866
2019
Using the shape of the basicranial portion of the temporal bone to distinguish between relatively closely-related human populations
Timbrell, L., & Plomp, K. A. (2019). Using the shape of the basicranial portion of the temporal bone to distinguish between relatively closely-related human populations. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS, 26, 6 pages. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101885