Jan De Vynck
Biographic Data
| ID | 3072833 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan De Vynck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | De Vynck |
| SIGNATURE | DE VYNCK J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Pleistocene hyenid trackway from the Cape south coast of South Africa
The global record of fossil hyenid tracks is sparse—the only formal reports that can be considered reliable are of trackways from Tanzania and a single track from Greece. However, trackway and track patterns of the four extant members of the Hyaenidae are distinctive among the tracks of carnivorans. A Pleistocene trackway comprising five manus–pes pairs has been identified on an aeolianite surface on the Cape south coast of South Africa, and is a…
An agent-based approach to weighted decision making in the spatially and temporally variable South African Palaeoscape
Even a simple human foraging system has a large number of moving parts. Foragers require a complex decision making process to effectively exploit the spatially and temporally variable resources in an environment. Here we present an agent-based modelling framework, based in optimal foraging theory, for agent foragers to make mobility and foraging decisions by weighing expected caloric returns against geographic and social factors, and forecasted f…
Foraging potential of underground storage organ plants in the southern Cape, South Africa
Stone Age people in a changing South African Greater Cape Floristic Region
The human origins story (palaeoanthropology) is often set in the African Palaeotropics, yet the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR) plays an internationally prominent role that surpasses its small size. Some of the earliest evidence for the complex behaviours associated with fully modern humans is found here, with prehistoric stone age hunter-gatherers adapting to a unique and changing environment from about 1 million years ago to near-present. …
Foraging potential of underground storage organ plants in the southern Cape, South Africa
An agent-based approach to weighted decision making in the spatially and temporally variable South African Palaeoscape
Even a simple human foraging system has a large number of moving parts. Foragers require a complex decision making process to effectively exploit the spatially and temporally variable resources in an environment. Here we present an agent-based modelling framework, based in optimal foraging theory, for agent foragers to make mobility and foraging decisions by weighing expected caloric returns against geographic and social factors, and forecasted f…
Stone Age people in a changing South African Greater Cape Floristic Region
The human origins story (palaeoanthropology) is often set in the African Palaeotropics, yet the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR) plays an internationally prominent role that surpasses its small size. Some of the earliest evidence for the complex behaviours associated with fully modern humans is found here, with prehistoric stone age hunter-gatherers adapting to a unique and changing environment from about 1 million years ago to near-present. …
Foraging potential of underground storage organ plants in the southern Cape, South Africa
An agent-based approach to weighted decision making in the spatially and temporally variable South African Palaeoscape
Even a simple human foraging system has a large number of moving parts. Foragers require a complex decision making process to effectively exploit the spatially and temporally variable resources in an environment. Here we present an agent-based modelling framework, based in optimal foraging theory, for agent foragers to make mobility and foraging decisions by weighing expected caloric returns against geographic and social factors, and forecasted f…
A Pleistocene hyenid trackway from the Cape south coast of South Africa
The global record of fossil hyenid tracks is sparse—the only formal reports that can be considered reliable are of trackways from Tanzania and a single track from Greece. However, trackway and track patterns of the four extant members of the Hyaenidae are distinctive among the tracks of carnivorans. A Pleistocene trackway comprising five manus–pes pairs has been identified on an aeolianite surface on the Cape south coast of South Africa, and is a…
Geography (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Cape (3 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Foraging (2 works) · Middle Stone Age (2 works)