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Research Interests
My research interest focus on the excavation and analysis of Earlier Stone Age archaeological sites and assemblages from South Africa. I focus on the excavation and analysis of fossil and stone tools materials to understand the ecological interaction between early hominin, carnivore and ungulate species within the local landscape.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Regional variability in the Acheulian to Middle Stone Age transition in southern Africa
Blackwood, A. F., Wilkins, J., Arnold, L. J., Demuro, M., Boschian, G., Caruana, M. V., Lalunio, E. F., Spate, M., Hatton, A., Muir, R. A., Wilson, C. G., Quick, L. J., Meredith-Williams, M. & Herries, A. I. R., Dec 2026, In: Scientific Reports. 16, 1, 9529.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tribute to Abel Molepolle and the central role of the Sterkfontein Caves technicians in international palaeoanthropological research
Clarke, R. J., Kuman, K., Pickering, T. R., Heaton, J., Caruana, M. V., Beaudet, A., Carlson, K., Jashashvili, T., Kibii, J., Bruxelles, L., Sambo, R., Horn, M. & Stratford, D., 26 Mar 2026, In: South African Journal of Science. 122, 3-4, 25052.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Middle Stone Age Lithic Assemblage from Wonderboom, Gauteng, South Africa
Caruana, M. V., Lotter, M. G., Wurz, S. & Lombard, M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Lithic Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Actualistic Experimental Study of Giant Quartzite Core Reduction Strategies: Implications for Large Flake Blank Production and Handaxe Manufacture at Amanzi Springs, South Africa
Wilson, C. G., Caruana, M. V., Bradley, B., Muir, R. A., Blackwood, A. F. & Herries, A. I. R., 2025, In: Journal of Field Archaeology. 50, 6, p. 463-479 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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First articulating os coxae, femur, and tibia of a small adult Paranthropus robustus from Member 1 (Hanging Remnant) of the Swartkrans Formation, South Africa
Pickering, T. R., Cazenave, M., Clarke, R. J., Heile, A. J., Caruana, M. V., Kuman, K., Stratford, D., Brain, C. K. & Heaton, J. L., Apr 2025, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 201, 103647.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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IPA Joins Call for Stronger Protections Against SLAPPs in the UK
30/01/26
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Unveiling secrets of the Swartkrans Cave | new fossils of a tiny human ancestor
10/03/25
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University of the Witwatersrand: New Fossil Discovery of an Early Human Ancestor Reveals That It Walked Upright, Just Like Humans
8/03/25
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