Books Authored

2003    Nelson, S.  The Extinction of Sivapithecus: Faunal and Environmental Changes Surrounding the Disappearance of a Miocene Hominoid in the Siwaliks of Pakistan.  American School of Prehistoric Research Monograph 1.  Boston: Brill Academic Publishers.

 

Articles in Refereed Journals

2016  Nelson, S. and L. Rook.  Isotopic reconstructions of habitat change surrounding the

extinction of Oreopithecus, the last European ape.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

 

2014  Nelson, S.  The Paleoecology of early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus blacki inferred

from stable isotopic analyses.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 

 

2013  Nelson, S.  Chimpanzee fauna isotopes provide new interpretations of fossil

ape and hominin ecologies.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20132324.

 

2011  Bernor,R., T. Kaiser, S. Nelson, and L. Rook.  Systematics and paleobiology of Hippotherium malpassii n. sp. (Equidae, Mammalia) from the latest Miocene of Baccinello V3

(Tuscany, Italy).  Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 50:175-208.

 

2010    Wolf, D. S. Nelson, H. Schwartz, G. Semprebon, T. Kaiser, and R. Bernor.  Taxonomy and paleoecology of the Pleistocene Equidae from Makuyuni, Northern Tanzania.  Palaeodiversity 3: 249-269.  

 

2010    Kaiser, T., C. Seiffert, C. Hertler, L. Fielder, H. Schwartz, S. Frost, L. Giemsch, R. Bernor, D. Wolf, G. Semprebon, S. Nelson, F. Schrenk, K. Harvati, T. Bromage, and C. Sanaane.  Makuyuni, a new Lower Paleolithic hominid site in Tanzania.  Mitteilungen Hamburgisches Zoologisches Musuem und Institut 106: 69-110.

 

2010    Nelson, S.  The cooking hypothesis revisited: fresh food for thought.  Evolutionary Psychology 8: 340-342.

 

2009    Morgan, M, A. Behrensmeyer, C. Badgley, J. Barry, S. Nelson, D. Pilbeam. 

Lateral trends in carbon isotope ratios reveal a Miocene vegetation gradient in the Siwaliks of Pakistan.  Geology 37: 103-106.

 

2008    Badgley, C., J. Barry, M. Morgan, S. Nelson, A. Behrensmeyer, T. Cerling, and    

D. Pilbeam.  Ecological changes in Miocene mammalian record show impact of prolonged climatic forcing.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 12145-12149. 

 

2007    Nelson, S.  Isotopic reconstructions of habitat change surrounding the extinction of Sivapithecus, a Miocene hominoid, in the Siwalik Group of Pakistan. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 243: 204-222.

 

2005    Nelson, S.  Paleoseasonality inferred from equid teeth and intra-tooth isotopic variability.  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 222: 122-144.

 

2005    Nelson, S., C. Badgley, and E. Zakem.  Microwear in modern squirrels in relation to diet.  Paleontologica Electronica vol 8, issue 1, 14A, 15p.

 

Articles in Edited Volumes

2005    Nelson, S.  Habitat requirements and the extinction of the Miocene ape, Sivapithecus.  In Interpreting the Past: Essays on Human, Primate and Mammal Evolution in Honor of David Pilbeam.  American School of Prehistoric Research Monograph.  Boston: Brill Academic Publishers.

 

2005    Badgley, C., S. Nelson, J. Barry, A. Behrensmeyer, and T. Cerling.  Testing models of faunal turnover with Neogene mammals from Pakistan.  In Interpreting the Past: Essays on Human, Primate and Mammal Evolution in Honor of David Pilbeam.  American School of Prehistoric Research Monograph.  Boston: Brill Academic Press.

 

2004    Bernor, R., T. Kaiser, and S. Nelson.  The oldest Ethiopian Hipparion (Equinae, Perissodactyla) from Chorora: systematics, paleodiet, and paleoclimate.  Senckenberg Courier Special Volume 246: 213-226.