David R. Braun

David R. Braun

George Washington University

H-index: 41

North America-United States

About David R. Braun

David R. Braun, With an exceptional h-index of 41 and a recent h-index of 34 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at George Washington University, specializes in the field of Paleoanthropology, Lithic Analysis, Morphometrics, Raw Material Sourcing, Pleistocene hominin behavior.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Total daily energy expenditure and elevated water turnover in a small-scale semi-nomadic pastoralist society from Northern Kenya

New Oldowan locality Sare-Abururu (ca. 1.7 Ma) provides evidence of diverse hominin behaviors on the Homa Peninsula, Kenya

Hominin Technology Flourished amid Pliocene Environmental Variance in the Turkana Basin

Wild macaques challenge the origin of intentional tool production

By the lakeshore: Multi-scalar geoarchaeology in the Turkana Basin at GaJj17, Koobi Fora (Kenya)

The co-occurrence of water insecurity and food insecurity among Daasanach pastoralists in northern Kenya

The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift

Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and Paranthropus

David R. Braun Information

University

Position

Adjunct Asst. Prof. Arch. Dept. UCT; Prof. .

Citations(all)

6799

Citations(since 2020)

3824

Cited By

4573

hIndex(all)

41

hIndex(since 2020)

34

i10Index(all)

93

i10Index(since 2020)

83

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David R. Braun Skills & Research Interests

Paleoanthropology

Lithic Analysis

Morphometrics

Raw Material Sourcing

Pleistocene hominin behavior

Top articles of David R. Braun

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Journal

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Publication Date

Total daily energy expenditure and elevated water turnover in a small-scale semi-nomadic pastoralist society from Northern Kenya

Annals of Human Biology

Amanda McGrosky

Zane S Swanson

Rebecca Rimbach

Hilary Bethancourt

Emmanuel Ndiema

...

2024/12/31

New Oldowan locality Sare-Abururu (ca. 1.7 Ma) provides evidence of diverse hominin behaviors on the Homa Peninsula, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Emma M Finestone

Thomas W Plummer

Thomas H Vincent

Scott A Blumenthal

Peter W Ditchfield

...

2024/5/1

Hominin Technology Flourished amid Pliocene Environmental Variance in the Turkana Basin

Dan V Palcu

David R Braun

Eldert Advokaat

Will S Archer

René Bobe

...

2024/3/7

Wild macaques challenge the origin of intentional tool production

Science Advances

Tomos Proffitt

Jonathan S Reeves

David R Braun

Suchinda Malaivijitnond

Lydia V Luncz

2023/3/10

By the lakeshore: Multi-scalar geoarchaeology in the Turkana Basin at GaJj17, Koobi Fora (Kenya)

Kathryn L Ranhorn

Silindokuhle S Mavuso

Debra Colarossi

Tamara Dogandžić

Kaedan O'Brien

...

2023/10/1

The co-occurrence of water insecurity and food insecurity among Daasanach pastoralists in northern Kenya

Public Health Nutrition

Hilary J Bethancourt

Zane S Swanson

Rosemary Nzunza

Sera L Young

Luke Lomeiku

...

2023/3

The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift

Iscience

René Bobe

Vera Aldeias

Zeresenay Alemseged

Robert L Anemone

Will Archer

...

2023/9/15

Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and Paranthropus

Science

Thomas W Plummer

James S Oliver

Emma M Finestone

Peter W Ditchfield

Laura C Bishop

...

2023/2/10

Pliocene hominins from East Turkana were associated with mesic environments in a semiarid basin

Journal of Human Evolution

Amelia Villaseñor

Kevin T Uno

Rahab N Kinyanjui

Anna K Behrensmeyer

René Bobe

...

2023/7/1

Water insecurity, water borrowing and psychosocial stress among Daasanach pastoralists in northern Kenya

Water International

Leslie B Ford

Hilary Bethancourt

Zane Swanson

Rosemary Nzunza

Amber Wutich

...

2023

New Oldowan locality Sare River (ca. 1.7 Ma) provides evidence of diverse hominin behaviors on the Homa Peninsula, Kenya

Emma M Finestone

Thomas W Plummer

Thomas H Vincent

Scott A Blumenthal

Peter W Ditchfield

...

2023/4

The effects of lifestyle change on indicators of cardiometabolic health in semi-nomadic pastoralists

Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health

Zane S Swanson

Hilary Bethancourt

Rosemary Nzunza

Emmanuel Ndiema

David R Braun

...

2023/1/1

Early childhood growth in Daasanach pastoralists of Northern Kenya: Distinct patterns of faltering in linear growth and weight gain

American Journal of Human Biology

Zane S Swanson

Rosemary Nzunza

Hilary J Bethancourt

Jessica Saunders

Fionah Mutindwa

...

2023/4

Did Early Pleistocene hominins control hammer strike angles when making stone tools?

Journal of Human Evolution

Li Li

Jonathan S Reeves

Sam C Lin

David R Braun

Shannon P McPherron

2023/10/1

Continuous vegetation record of the Greater Cape Floristic Region (South Africa) covering the past 300 000 years (IODP U1479)

Climate of the Past

Lydie M Dupont

Xueqin Zhao

Christopher Charles

John Tyler Faith

David Braun

2022/1/6

Genomic variation in baboons from central Mozambique unveils complex evolutionary relationships with other Papio species

BMC Ecology and Evolution

Cindy Santander

Ludovica Molinaro

Giacomo Mutti

Felipe I Martínez

Jacinto Mathe

...

2022/4/11

Carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen stable isotopes in modern tooth enamel: A case study from Gorongosa National Park, central Mozambique

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Tina Lüdecke

Jennifer N Leichliter

Vera Aldeias

Marion K Bamford

Dora Biro

...

2022/11/24

Variation in market integration and health affect early childhood growth in Daasanach pastoralists living in northern Kenya

Zane S Swanson

Rosemary Nzunza

Hilary J Bethancourt

Emmanuel Ndiema

David R Braun

...

2022/4

Chimpanzee wooden tool analysis advances the identification of percussive technology

IScience

Lydia V Luncz

David R Braun

Joao Marreiros

Marion Bamford

Chen Zeng

...

2022/11/18

Total daily energy expenditure and water turnover in a small-scale agro-pastoralist society from northern Kenya

Amanda Mcgrosky

Zane S Swanson

Rosemary Nzunza

Rebecca Rimbach

Hilary Bethancourt

...

2022/4

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