Publications
*SCALE Lab Members **SCALE Undergraduates ***Grad Collaborators
2023
Malasek, T.**, Barding, E., Bender, M.J., Bonham, A.***, Mead, A.J., Pilgrim, Z.*, Powers, P., Patterson, J.R., Patterson, D.B.*, Evaluating the fidelity of enamel isotopic data and environmental variation in paleoecological studies: a case study in wild, known-aged, modern white-tailed deer. Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography. 622:111587.
Patterson, D.B., Negash, E.W., Uno, K.T., Malasek, T.**, Cerling, T.E., (In Press) The isotopic context of Paranthropus within the Eastern African Rift System. In: Constantino, P., Reed, K.E., Wood, B.A., (editors). Paranthropus, the forgotten lineage. Springer, Netherlands.
2022
Patterson, J.R.*, DeVault, T.L., Beasley, J.C. 2022. Integrating scavenging ecology into contemporary wildlife conservation and management. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9122. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9122
Patterson, D.B.*, Du, A., Faith, J.T., Rowan, J., Uno, K., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Braun, D.R., Wood, B.A., (In Press) Did vegetation change contribute to the extinction of Paranthropus boisei? Journal of Human Evolution.
Seminack, C.T., Thornburg, J.D., Mead, A.J., Mead, H.F., Hadden, C.S., Cherkinsky, A., Patterson, D.B.*, (2022) Multiproxy investigation of a fluvially reworked late-Pleistocene barrier-island terrace along the southeast United States Atlantic Coastal Plain at Clark Quarry. Quaternary Science Reviews 284:107496
2021
Patterson, J.R.*, Bender, M., Duckworth, C.**, Noble, E.**, Patterson, D.*, Pilgrim, Z.** (2021) The occurrence of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in northern Georgia wild and captive snake populations. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 57(3):643-647.
Faith, J.T., Du, A., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Davies, B., Patterson, D.B.*, Rowan, J., Wood, B.A. (2021) Rethinking the ecological drivers of hominin evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 36:797-807.
Hammond, A.S., Mavuso, S., Biernat, M.***, Braun, D.R., Jinnah, Z., Kuo, S., Melaku, S., Wemanya, S.N., Ndiema, E., Patterson, D.B.*, Uno, K.T., Palcu, D., (2021) New hominin remains and revised context from the earliest Homo erectus locality in East Turkana, Kenya. Nature Communications 12:1-12.
2020
Noble, E.J.**, McManus, J.G.**, Mead, A.J., Mead, H, Seminack, C., Balco, W., Bennett, T.**, Crain, N.M.**, Duckworth, C.**, Malasek, T.**, Pearson, J.Z.**, Rhinehart, P.***, Ussery, M.E.** , Sun, Y., Patterson, J.R.*, Patterson, D.B.* (2020) Enamel isotopes reveal late Pleistocene ecosystem dynamics in southeastern North America. Quaternary Science Reviews. 236:106284.
Patterson, J.R.*, Bender, M.J., Duckworth, C.**, Noble, E.**, Patterson, D.B.*, (2020) The occurrence of ophidiomycosis in northern Georgia wild and captive snake populations. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 57:643-647.
Williamson, J.**, Bailey, A., Lougee, J., Patterson, D.B.*, Patterson, J.R.*, (2020) A preliminary investigation of the impact of forest management practices on microhabitat abiotic variables in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Georgia Journal of Science 78:13.
Wood, B.A., Patterson, D.B.* (2020) Paranthropus through the looking glass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.117: 23202-23204.
2019
Braun, D. R., Aldeias, V., Archer, W.A., Arrowsmith, J.R., Baraki, N., Campisano, C.J., Deino, A.L., DiMaggio, E.N., Dupont-Nivet, G., Engda, B., Feary, D.A., Garello, D.I., Kerfelew, Z., McPherron, S.P., Patterson, D.B., Reeves, J.S., Thompson, J.C., Reed, K. E. (2019) The oldest Oldowan artifacts at >2.58 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia, highlights Pliocene technological diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 116:11712-11717
Cutts, R., Hlubik, S., Campbell, R., Muschinski, J., Akuku, P., Braun, D., Patterson, D.B., O’Brien, J., Garrison, E., Harris, J.W.K., (2019) Thermal-curved fragments: A method for identifying anthropogenic fire in the archaeological record. Journal of Archaeological Science. 106:10-22.
O’Brien, K.P., Patterson, D.B., Biernat, M.D., Braun, D.R., Cerling, T.E., McGrosky, A., Faith, J.T., (2019) Ungulate turnover in the Koobi Fora Formation: Spatial and temporal variation in the Early Pleistocene. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 161:103658
Noble, E.J., McManus, J.G., Mead, A.J., Mead, H., Seminack, C., Balco, W., Bennett, T., Crain, N. M., Duckworth, C., Malasek, T., Pearson, J.Z., Rhinehart, P., Ussery, M. E. , Sun, Y., Patterson, J.R., Patterson, D.B. (2019) Enamel isotopes reveal late Pleistocene ecosystem dynamics in southeastern North America. Quaternary Science Reviews.
Patterson, D.B., Braun, D.R., Allen, K., Barr, A.W., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Biernat, M., Lehmann, S.B., Maddox, T., Manthi, F.K., Merritt, S.R., Morris, S.E., O’Brien, K., Reeves, J.S., Wood, B.A., Bobe, R., (2019) Comparative isotopic evidence from East Turkana suggests a dietary shift between early Homo and Homo erectus. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0916-0.
2018
Bender, M., Willamson, J., Patterson, J.R., Pseudacris feriarum (Upland Chorus Frog). Herpetological Review 49(2):283.
Forrest, F.L., Stynder, D.D., Bishop, L.C., Levin, N.E., Lehmann, S.B., Patterson, D.B., Matthews, T., Braun, D.R., (2018) Zooarchaeological analysis of newly excavated Middle Pleistocene deposits from Elandsfontein, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports 17:19-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.10.034
Williamson, J., Patterson, J.R., Bender, M. (2018) Ambystoma maculatum (Spotted Salamander). Herpetological Review 49(2):280.
2017
Patterson, D.B., Braun, D.R., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Lehmann, S.B., Merritt, S.R., Reeves, J.S., Wood, B.A., Bobe, R., (In Press) Landscape scale heterogeneity in the East Turkana ecosystem during the Okote Member (1.56-1.38 Ma). Journal of Human Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.06.007
Patterson, D.B., Braun, D.R., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Merritt, S., Zliobaite, I., Reeves, J.S., Wood, B.A., Fortelius, M., Bobe, R., (2017) Ecosystem evolution and hominin paleobiology at East Turkana, northern Kenya between 2.0 and 1.4 Ma. Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography. 481:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.05.001
2016
Faith, J.T., Patterson, D.B., Blegen, N., O’Neil, C.J., Marean, C.W., Peppe, D.J., Tryon, C.A. (2016) Size variation in Tachyoryctes splendens (Mammalia, Spalacidae) and its implications for late Quaternary temperature change in equatorial East Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews 140:39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.03.017
Fortelius, M., Zliobaite, Kaya, F., Bibi, F., Bobe, R., Leakey, L., Leakey, M., Patterson, D.B., Rannikko, J., Werdelin, L. (2016) An ecometric analysis of the fossil mammal record of the Turkana Basin. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Biology 371:20150232. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0232
Lehmann, S.B., Braun, D.R., Dennis, K.J., Patterson, D.B., Stynder, D.D., Bishop, L.C., Forrest, F., Levin, N.E. (In Review) Environmental change in South Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography. 457:396-408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.04.042
Lyons, S.K., Amatangelo, K.L., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Bercovici, A., Blois, J.L., Davis, M., DiMichele, W.A., Du, A., Eronen, J.T., Faith, J.T., Graves, G.R., Judd, N., Labandeira, C., Looy, C., McGill, B., Miller, J.H., Patterson, D.B., Pineda-Munoz, S., Potts, R., Riddle, B., Terry, R., Tóth, A., Ulrich, W., Villasenor, A., Wing, S., Anderson, H., Anderson, J, Waller, D., Gotelli, N.J. (2016) Holocene shifts in the assembly of plant and animal communities implicate human impacts. Nature 529:80-83. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16447
Patterson, D.B., Lehmann, S.B., Matthews, T., Levin, N.E., Stynder, D., Braun, D.R. (In Press) Stable isotope ecology of dune mole-rats (Bathyergus suillus) from Elandsfontein, South Africa: implications for C4 vegetation and hominin paleobiology in the Cape Floral Region. Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography. 457:409-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.04.044
Tryon, C.A., Faith, J.T., Peppe, D.J., Beverly, E.J., Blegen, N., Blumenthal, S., Chritz, K., Driese, S., Patterson, D.B. (2016) The Pleistocene prehistory of the Lake Victoria Basin. Quaternary International. 404:100-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.073
2015
Faith, J.T., Tryon, C.A., Peppe, D.J., Beverly, E.J., Blegen, N., Blumenthal, S., Chritz, K., Driese, S.G., Patterson, D.B. (2015) Paleoenvironmental context of the Middle Stone Age record from Karungu, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya, and its implications for human and faunal dispersals in East Africa. Journal of Human Evolution 83:28-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.03.004
Tryon, C.A., Crevecoeur, I., Faith, J.T., Ekshtain, R., Nivens, J., Patterson, D.B., Mbua, E., Spoor, F. (2015) Late Pleistocene age and archaeological context for the hominin calvaria from GvJm-22 (Lukenya Hill, Kenya). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112:2682-2687. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417909112
2014
Blois, J., Goetelli, N.J., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Faith, J.T., Lyons, S.K., Williams, J.W., Amantangelo, K.L., Bercovici, A., Du, A., Eronen, J.T., Graves, G., Jud, N., Labandiera, C., Looy, C.V., McGill, B., Patterson, D.B., Potts, R., Riddle, B., Terry, R., Toth, A., Villasenor, A., Wing, S. (2014) A framework for evaluating the influence of climate, dispersal limitation, and biotic interactions using fossil pollen associations across the late Quaternary. Ecography 37:1095-1008. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.00779
Miller, J.H., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Du, A., Lyons, S.K., Patterson, D.B., Toth, A., Villasenor, A., Kanga, E., Reed, D. (2014) Ecological fidelity of functional traits based on species presence-absence in a modern mammalian bone assemblage (Amboseli, Kenya). Paleobiology 40:560-583. https://doi.org/10.1666/13062
Patterson, D.B., Faith, T., Bobe, R., Wood, B. (2014) Regional diversity patterns in African bovids, hyaenids, and felids during the past 3 million years: the role of taphonomic bias and implications for the evolution of Paranthropus. Quaternary Science Reviews 96:9-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.11.011
Tryon, C.A., Faith, J.T., Peppe, D.J., Keegan, W.F., Keegan, K.N., Jenkins, K.H., Nightingale, S., Patterson, D.B., Van Platinga, A., Driese, S., Johnson, C.R. (2014) Sites on the landscape: Paleoenvironmental context of late Pleistocene archaeological sites from the Lake Victoria Basin, equatorial East Africa. Quaternary International 331:20-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.05.038
2012
Parmley, D., Rackett Bahn (Patterson), J., 2012. Late Pleistocene Lizards from Fowlkes Cave, Culberson County, Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 57(4):435-441. https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-57.4.435
Patterson, D.B., Mead, A.J., Bahn, R.A. (2012) New skeletal remains of Mammuthus columbi from Glynn County, Georgia with notes on their historical and paleoecological significance. Southeastern Naturalist 11(2):163-172. (cover article). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.011.0201
2009
Mead, A.J., Patterson, D.B. (2009) Skeletal lesions in a population of Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) from Baldwin County, Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(2):325-332. https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-45.2.325.
Patterson, D.B., Mead, A.J. (2009) Sexual dimorphism within the canine dimensions of the Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana, from Baldwin County, Georgia. Georgia Journal of Science 67(1):21-22.
2008
Patterson. D.B., Mead, A.J. (2008) Osteological variation within the Baldwin County, Georgia, population of Didelphis virginiana. Southeastern Naturalist 7(1): 125-134. https://doi.org/10.1656/1528-7092(2008)7[125:OVWTBC]2.0.CO;2
2007
Rackett, J.L., Wall, W.P., and Barman, E.H. (2007) Mature larvae of Hydroporus signatus Sharp (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) as Substrates for Peritrichida. Georgia Journal of Science 64:193-195.