R Bobe

Biographic Data

ID15518
NAMER Bobe
GIVEN NAMESR
FAMILY NAMEBobe
SIGNATUREBOBE R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Oxford
ORCID0000-0001-9059-2203
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS47
TOTAL CITATIONS553
AUTHOR COUNT47
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX10

  • Parting ways

    Open AccessJoão D’oliveira Coelho, Robert L Anemone et al.ARTICLEPrimates2026

    The timing of divergence between hominins and the bonobo-chimpanzee clade has been at the core of palaeoanthropological debate for over a century. The earliest molecular studies indicated divergence times ranging from 5 Ma to as recently as 1.3 Ma. This study critically reviews the trends of time estimates published between 1967 and 2023, and analyses how these are supported or rejected by the current molecular and fossil records. We compiled 202…

  • Primate carcass ecology in the Urema Rift, Mozambique

    Open AccessJacinto Mathe, R Bobe et al.ARTICLEPrimates2026

    Primates constitute an integral part of many African ecosystems. In some areas, primate species can be locally very abundant, while in others they are rare or absent. Our central question is: does the abundance of primate bones (or carcasses) reflect the abundance of local living populations? Past bone surveys in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, and Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, revealed a positive correlation between carcass…

  • Natural history is more relevant than ever for primate ecology and conservation

    Open AccessSusana Carvalho, R Bobe et al.ARTICLEPrimates2026

  • A new southern limit for the distribution of African great apes

    Open AccessMariana Cravo-Mota, Eduardo Kivete Lutondo et al.ARTICLEPrimates2026

    The distribution of African great apes has remained unconfirmed regarding their southern limit, particularly on the western side of the continent. IUCN maps include the Mayombe forest of Angola as part of the estimated distribution of western lowland gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla ) and central chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes troglodytes ). However, until now no published evidence-based records had confirmed the continued presence of both speci…

  • Primate-ungulate sympatry

    Open AccessCatarina Coelho, Catarina Santos Coelho et al.ARTICLEPrimates2026

    The co-occurrence of species within the same area raises fundamental questions about how they can persist while sharing space and resources. One of the central aims of community ecology is to understand the processes that allow species to coexist over time. In this contribution, we have reviewed and summarized empirical evidence from a set of published studies to determine the nature of primate and ungulate association in space and time, the ecol…

  • The Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Lomekwi faunas, West Turkana, Kenya

    Open AccessDenis Geraads, R Bobe et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2026References: 76

  • Sex-mediated Gene Flow in Grayfoot Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus griseipes) in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

    Open AccessMaria Janiele Ferreira Da Silva, Maria Joana Ferreira Da Silva et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025References: 95

    Dispersal behavior influences gene flow and the spatial distribution of genetic diversity, which is crucial for a species' evolutionary trajectory and population persistence under environmental changes. We used gene flow as a proxy to investigate dispersal patterns in the grayfoot chacma baboon ( Papio ursinus griseipes ) in Gorongosa National Park (GNP), central Mozambique. The baboons inhabit a mosaic landscape with a seasonally variable enviro…

  • The biogeography of our evolutionary historyJonathanKingdonOrigin Africa

    Open AccessR BobeARTICLEEvolutionary Anthropology Issues…2024

    As a species, Homo sapiens is a palimpsest of adaptations that evolved in our ancestors in response to specific challenges in ancient environments. In this view, those ancient environments are written in our anatomy, physiology, behavior, and genes. For many millions of years, the environments of our evolution have been primarily African, and thus the environments of our African ancestors have become part of us. In his latest book, Origin Africa,…

  • Modern African ecosystems as landscape-scale analogues for reconstructing woody cover and early hominin environments

    Open AccessEnquye W Negash, Zeresenay Alemseged et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2024Cited by: 3References: 98

  • Cover illustration of Primates vol. 64 (2023)

    Open AccessMasayuki Nakamichi, Thiago Cavalcante et al.ARTICLEPrimates2023

  • Problems with Paranthropus

    Open AccessMatt Sponheimer, David J Daegling et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2023

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

    Open AccessAmelia Villaseñor, Kevin T Uno et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2023Cited by: 7References: 116

  • Introduction

    Open AccessR Bobe, Sally C Reynolds et al.CHAPTERAfrican Paleoecology and Human…2022

    Early hominins were not limited to particular sites or localities in a paleontological or archeological sense, but lived and died in complex and dynamic landscapes and ecosystems of which we have partial, incomplete records. The fossil evidence of early hominin paleoenvironments is always limited, sometimes providing brief snapshots of small areas, other times affording very coarse chronological and spatial resolution over large distances. Taphon…

  • Approaches to the Study of Past Environments

    Open AccessPeter Andrews, Sally C Reynolds et al.CHAPTERAfrican Paleoecology and Human…2022

    In a book on African paleoecology and human evolution, it is important to define several key themes, including biomes, vegetation formations and associations, as well as plant physiognomy. We first define these terms, before examining the sources of data employed in paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Finally, we provide an overview of the approaches used to understand past habitats, which underpin the chapters on the specific sites which make us…

  • Paleontology and Geology of the Mursi Formation

    Open AccessM S M Drapeau, Jonathan G Wynn et al.CHAPTERAfrican Paleoecology and Human…2022

    The importance of the Turkana Basin (northern Kenya) and lower Omo Valley (southern Ethiopia) in our understanding of the environments in which early hominins lived, and on how climate changes may have influenced the emergence and disappearance of species, is undeniable (e.g., Bobe and Leakey, 2009; Levin et al., 2011). The majority of the Plio-Pleistocene sediments belong to the Omo Group, which consists of the Shungura, Usno, Nkalabong, and Mur…

  • Estimating origination times from the early hominin fossil record

    Open AccessR Bobe, B WoodARTICLEEvolutionary Anthropology Issues…2022

    The age of the earliest recovered fossil evidence of a hominin taxon is all too often equated with that taxon's origination. However, the earliest known fossil record nearly always postdates, sometimes by a substantial period of time, the true origination of a taxon. Here we evaluate the first appearance records of the earliest potential hominins ( Sahelanthropus , Ardipithecus , Orrorin ), as well as of the genera Australopithecus , Homo , and P…

  • Paleoanthropological sites of the upper Awash River basin

    Open AccessPeter Lanzarone, Ervan G Garrison et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2022

  • The environments of Australopithecus anamensis at Allia Bay, Kenya

    Open AccessL Dumouchel, R Bobe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2021Cited by: 7References: 99

  • Paleoecological implications of dental mesowear and hypsodonty in fossil ungulates from Kanapoi

    Open AccessL Dumouchel, R BobeARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2020Cited by: 2References: 43

  • The upper limb of Paranthropus boisei from Ileret, Kenya

    Open AccessBrian G Richmond, David J Green et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2020Cited by: 16References: 58

  • Suidae from Kanapoi

    Open AccessDenis Geraads, R BobeARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2020Cited by: 3References: 21

  • The ecology of Australopithecus anamensis in the early Pliocene of Kanapoi, Kenya

    Open AccessR Bobe, Fredrick Kyalo Manthi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2020Cited by: 14References: 49

  • Ruminants (Giraffidae and Bovidae) from Kanapoi

    Open AccessDenis Geraads, R BobeARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2020Cited by: 2References: 19

  • Introduction

    Open AccessR Bobe, D R Braun et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2020References: 23

  • Middle Pliocene hominin distribution patterns in Eastern Africa

    Open AccessAmelia Villaseñor, R Bobe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2020Cited by: 6References: 88