Contact Information
607 S Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Interests
Africa
Archaeology
Modern Human Origins
Lithic Technology
Stable Isotope Ecology and Paleoecology
Evolution of Human Diet
Evolution of Cooperation
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Education
PhD Berkeley, Anthropology, 1984
Post-doctoral Scholar, UCLA, 1984-85
Courses Taught
African Prehistory (ANTH 448)
Analysis of Lithic Technology (ANTH 452)
History Of Archaeological Theory (ANTH 461)
History of Human Evolution (ANTH 242)
Research Design and Proposal Writing (ANTH 511)
Evolution of Humans and Culture (ANTH 102)
Archaeometry: Sci methods in archaeol (ANTH 499SA)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Anthropology
Department Affiliate, Geology
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
External Links
Recent Publications
Lipson, M., Sawchuk, E. A., Thompson, J. C., Oppenheimer, J., Tryon, C. A., Ranhorn, K. L., de Luna, K. M., Sirak, K. A., Olalde, I., Ambrose, S. H., Arthur, J. W., Arthur, K. J. W., Ayodo, G., Bertacchi, A., Cerezo-Román, J. I., Culleton, B. J., Curtis, M. C., Davis, J., Gidna, A. O., ... Prendergast, M. E. (2022). Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers. Nature, 603(7900), 290-296. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04430-9
Dong, Y., Chen, S., Ambrose, S. H., Underhill, A., Ling, X., Gao, M., Li, Z., Luan, F., & Jin, G. (2021). Social and environmental factors influencing dietary choices among Dawenkou culture sites, Late Neolithic China. Holocene, 31(2), 271-284. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683620970273
Jones, M. B., Brandt, S. A., Henry, E. R., & Ambrose, S. H. (2021). Improved ostrich eggshell and ungulate tooth enamel radiocarbon dating methods reveal Later Stone Age occupation in arid MIS 2 southern Somalia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 36, [102844]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102844
Niespolo, E. M., WoldeGabriel, G., Hart, W. K., Renne, P. R., Sharp, W. D., Shackley, M. S., Ambrose, S. H., Asfaw, B., Beyene, Y., Brasil, M. F., Carlson, J. P., Sahle, Y., & White, T. D. (2021). Integrative geochronology calibrates the Middle and Late Stone Ages of Ethiopia’s Afar Rift. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(50), [e2116329118]. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116329118
Witt, K. E., Yarlagadda, K., Allen, J. M., Bader, A. C., Simon, M. L., Kuehn, S. R., Swanson, K. S., Cross, T. W. L., Hedman, K. M., Ambrose, S. H., & Malhi, R. S. (2021). Integrative analysis of DNA, macroscopic remains and stable isotopes of dog coprolites to reconstruct community diet. Scientific reports, 11(1), [3113]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82362-6