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W.J. Rink
Researcher at McMaster University
Publications - 61
Citations - 3239
W.J. Rink is an academic researcher from McMaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cave & Mousterian. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 60 publications receiving 3061 citations. Previous affiliations of W.J. Rink include University of Cambridge.
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Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores, in eastern Indonesia
Michael J Morwood,R. P. Soejono,Richard G. Roberts,Thomas Sutikna,Chris S. M. Turney,Kira E. Westaway,W.J. Rink,Jian-xin Zhao,G. D. van den Bergh,Rokus Awe Due,D. R Hobbs,Mark W. Moore,Michael I. Bird,L.K. Fifield +13 more
TL;DR: Dating by radiocarbon, luminescence, uranium-series and electron spin resonance methods indicates that H. floresiensis existed from before 38,000 years ago (kyr) until at least 18 kyr, and originated from an early dispersal of Homo erectus that reached Flores and then survived on this island refuge until relatively recently.
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Latest Homo erectus of Java: Potential Contemporaneity with Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia
Carl C. Swisher,W.J. Rink,Susan C. Antón,Henry P. Schwarcz,Garniss H. Curtis,A. Suprijo,Widiasmoro +6 more
TL;DR: Electron spin resonance (ESR) and mass spectrometric U-series dating of fossil bovid teeth collected from the hominid-bearing levels at these sites gave mean ages of 27 ± 2 to 53.3 ± 4 thousand years ago; the range in ages reflects uncertainties in uranium migration histories.
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Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating and ESR applications in quaternary science and archaeometry
TL;DR: The scope of application of ESR spectroscopy has greatly expanded with the advent of its widespread use in radiation exposure dating around 1980 and its use in retrospective dosimetry since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 as mentioned in this paper.
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Early Homo and associated artefacts from Asia
Huang Wan-po,Russell L. Ciochon,Gu Yumin,Roy Larick,Fang Qiren,Henry P. Schwarcz,C Yonge,John de Vos,W.J. Rink +8 more
TL;DR: The hominid dentition and stone tools from Longgupo Cave are comparable in age and morphology with early representives of the genus Homo (H. habilis and H. ergaster) and the Oldowan technology in East Africa.
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Dating and Context of Three Middle Stone Age Sites with Bone Points in the Upper Semliki Valley, Zaire
Alison S. Brooks,Helgren Dm,Cramer Js,Franklin A,W.F. Hornyak,Keating Jm,Richard G. Klein,W.J. Rink,Henry P. Schwarcz,J. N. L. Smith +9 more
TL;DR: In eastern Zaire, archaeological sites with bone points have yielded dates older than 89(-15)+22 thousand years ago by several techniques, which are consistent with this age.