Karen L. van Niekerk

About

Karen L. van Niekerk is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen L. van Niekerk has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Anthropology, 22 papers in Paleontology and 19 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Karen L. van Niekerk’s work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (32 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (20 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (18 papers). Karen L. van Niekerk is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (32 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (20 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (18 papers). Karen L. van Niekerk collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Norway and France. Karen L. van Niekerk's co-authors include Christopher S. Henshilwood, Francesco d’Errico, Marian Vanhaeren, Zenobia Jacobs, Rudolph Erasmus, Renata García-Moreno, Stein‐Erik Lauritzen, Yvan Coquinot, Michel Menu and Shaw Badenhorst and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen L. van Niekerk

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