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Robert S. Scott

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Ph.D, University of Texas at Austin, 2004; Assistant Professor, SAS), hominin evolution, paleocology, dental microwear, dietary reconstruction, Eurasian hominids: Turkey, Hungary, and China
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Robert S. Scott

Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
School of Arts and Sciences - Anthropology
32 Bishop Street
New Brunswick , NJ 08901


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Biography

Rob Scott grew up in Hamilton, Montana and received his Ph.D from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004. His research is united by an interest in environmental influences on hominid evolution. Previous work includes a strong quantitative and analytic program in evolutionary morphology and paleoanthropology including museum studies of fossil species, a record of fieldwork as part of international collaborations in Java, Turkey, Hungary, and China, finite element modeling of the human tibia, and extensive work reconstructing ancient environments relevant to the evolution of the human lineage.

Scott is the co-developer of a new repeatable method for quantifying primate and hominid dental microwear in three dimensions. This method has provided new insights into the diet of South African early hominins suggesting the importance of fallback food exploitation and was published in the journal Nature in 2005. Scott has a strong focus on late Miocene hominid paleoenvironments in Western Eurasia and is a leading expert in the application of the ecomorphology of fossil bovids and equids in the reconstruction of ancient environments. More recently, Scott has begun work on Homo erectus in Asia including field study an Ngandong in Java.

At Rutgers, Scott teaches the course “Extinction”, part of the pioneering SAS Signature course initiative [on youtube]. Scott also teaches “Human Osteology” and “Quantitative Methods in Evolutionary Anthropology.”

 

Publications

 

Chapters in Books or Monographs:

2009. Ungar, P.S. & R.S. Scott. Dental evidence for diets of early Homo. In: The First Humans (Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology) (F.E. Grine, J.G. Fleagle, & R.E. Leakey, editors). Springer: pp. 121-134. [link]

2008. Ungar, P.S., R.S. Scott, J.R. Scott, & M. Teaford. Dental microwear analysis: historical perspectives and new approaches. In: Technique and Application in Dental Anthropology (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) (J.D. Irish & G.C. Nelson, editors). Cambridge University Press: pp. 389-425. [link]

2003. Scott, R.S., M. Fortelius, K. Huttunen & M. Armour-Chelu. Abundance of “Hipparion” In: The Geology and Paleontology of the Miocene Sinap Formation, Turkey (M. Fortelius, J. Kappelman, S. Sen, & R.L. Bernor, editors). Columbia University Press. pp. 380-397. [pdf] [review]

2003. Bernor, R.L., R.S. Scott, M. Fortelius, J. Kappelman, & S. Sen. Equidae (Perissodactyla). In: The Geology and Paleontology of the Miocene Sinap Formation, Turkey (M. Fortelius, J. Kappelman, S. Sen, & R.L. Bernor, editors). Columbia University Press. pp. 220-281. [link]

 

Articles in Refereed Journals:

In Press. Merceron, G., J. Scott, R. S. Scott, D. Geraads, N. Spassov, P. S. Ungar. Folivory or fruit/seed predation for Mesopithecus, an earliest colobine from the late Miocene of Eurasia? Journal of Human Evolution. [pdf]

2009. Scott, J.R., L.R. Godfrey, W.L. Jungers, R.S. Scott, E.L. Simons, M.F. Teaford, P.S. Ungar & A. Walker. Dental microwear texture analysis of two families of subfossil lemurs from Madagascar. Journal of Human Evolution 56: 405-416. [pdf]

2007. Ungar, P.S., G. Merceron, & R.S. Scott. Dental microwear texture analysis of Varswater bovids and early Pliocene paleoenvironments of Langebaanweg, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 14 :163–181. [pdf]

2006. Merceron, G., S. Taylor, R.S. Scott, Y. Chaimanee, & J.-J. Jaeger. Dietary characterization of the hominoid Khoratpithecus (Miocene of Thailand): evidence from dental topographic and microwear texture analyses. Naturwissenschaften 93: 329–333. [pdf]

2006. Scott, R.S., P.S. Ungar, T.S. Bergstrom, C.A. Brown, B.E. Childs, M.F. Teaford & A. Walker. Dental microwear texture analysis: technical considerations. Journal of Human Evolution 51: 339-349.[pdf]

2005. Scott, R.S., P.S. Ungar, T.S. Bergstrom, C.A. Brown, F.E. Grine, M.F. Teaford, & A. Walker. Dental microwear texture analysis shows within-species diet variability in fossil hominins. Nature 436 (7051): 693-695. [pdf]

2005. Scott, R.S. & M. Maga. Paleoecology of the Akkaşdağı hipparions (Mammalia, Equidae), late Miocene of Turkey. Geodiversitas 27 (4): 809-830. [pdf]

2005. Bernor, R.L., R.S. Scott, & Y. Haile-Selassie. A contribution to the evolutionary history of Ethiopian hipparionine horses: morphometric evidence from the postcranial skeleton. Geodiversitas 27 (1): 133-158. [pdf]

2005. Scott, R.S., R.L. Bernor, & W. Raba. Hipparionine horses of the Greater Pannonian Basin: morphometric evidence from the postcranial skeleton. Paleontographia Italica 90: 193-212. [pdf]

2005. Scott, R.S., M. Armour-Chelu & R.L. Bernor. Evidence for two hipparion species at Rudabánya II. Paleontographia Italica. 90: 213-216.

2004. Bernor, R.L., M. Armour-Chelu, T. Kaiser & R.S. Scott.. Equidae, Hipparion s.l. In: Recent Advances on Multidisciplinary Research at Rudabánya, Late Miocene (MN9), Hungary: a compendium. Paleontographia Italica 89: 18. [pdf]

2003. Kaiser, T.M., R. L. Bernor, R.S. Scott, , J.L. Franzen & N. Solounias. New interpretations of the systematics and palaeoecology of the Dorn-Dürkheim 1 Hipparions (Late Miocene, Turolian Age [MN11]), Rheinhessen, Germany. Senckenbergiana lethaea 83 (1/2):103-133. [pdf]

2003. Bernor, R.L., M. Armour-Chelu, T. Kaiser & R.S. Scott. An evaluation of the Late MN 9 (Late Miocene, Vallesian Age), Hipparion assemblage from Rudabánya: systematic background, functional anatomy and paleoecology. Coloquios de Paleontología Vol. Ext. 1: 35-46. [pdf]

2002. Zhang, Z., A.W. Gentry, A. Kaakinen, L. Liu, J.P. Lunkka, Z. Qiu, S. Sen, R.S. Scott, L. Werdelin, S. Zheng, & M. Fortelius. Land mammal faunal sequence of the late Miocene of China: new evidence from Lantian, Shaanxi Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40:165-176.  

2003. Bernor, R.L., & R.S. Scott. New interpretations of the systematics, biogeography and paleoecology of the Sahabi hipparions (latest Miocene), Libya. Geodiversitas 25 (2): 297-319. [pdf]

1999. Bernor, R.L., T.M. Kaiser, L. Kordos & R.S. Scott. Stratigraphic context, systematic position and paleoecology of Hippotherium sumegense KRETZOI, 1984 from MN 10 (Late Vallesian of the Pannonian Basin). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Historische Geologie. 39: 1-35 [pdf]

1999. Scott, R.S., J. Kappelman, & J. Kelley. The paleoenvironment of Sivapithecus parvada. Journal of Human Evolution 36: 245-274. [pdf]

 

Electronic Publications, Not Refereed:

1999. Kappelman, J., R.S. Scott, C. Bramblett, T.M. Ryan, & A.D. Gordon. The Archaeological Record. In: Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology on CD ROM (J. Kappelman, editor), Second Edition. Wadsworth Publishing Co. [link]

1999. Kappelman, J., R.S. Scott, C. Bramblett, A.D. Gordon, & T.M. Ryan. Genetics and Evolution of Human Populations. In: Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology on CD ROM (J. Kappelman, editor), Second Edition. Wadsworth Publishing Co.

1998. Kappelman, J., R.S. Scott, C. Bramblett, T.M. Ryan, E. Seiffert, & G. Weiner. The Origin and Evolution of Modern Humans. In: Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology on CD ROM (J. Kappelman, editor). Wadsworth Publishing Co.

1998. Kappelman, J., A. Duncan, R.S. Scott, L.Shapiro, C. Bramblett, T.M. Ryan, E. Seiffert, & G. Weiner. Primates in Motion. In: Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology on CD ROM (J. Kappelman, editor). Wadsworth Publishing Co. 

1998. Kappelman, J., T.M. Ryan, C. Bramblett, R.S. Scott, E. Seiffert, & G. Weiner. Fossil Hominids of the Genus Homo. In: Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology on CD ROM (J. Kappelman, editor). Wadsworth Publishing Co.

1998. Kappelman, J., C. Kirk, E. Seiffert, C. Bramblett, T.M. Ryan, R.S. Scott, & G. Weiner. The Evolution of Bipedalism. In: Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology on CD ROM (J. Kappelman, editor). Wadsworth Publishing Co.  

1998. Kappelman, J., C. Kirk, E. Seiffert, C. Bramblett, T.M. Ryan, R.S. Scott, & G. Weiner. The Australopithecines. In: Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology on CD ROM (J. Kappelman, editor). Wadsworth Publishing Co. 

1998. Kappelman, J., T.M. Ryan, E. Seiffert, C. Bramblett, R.S. Scott, & G. Weiner. Primate Evolution. In: Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology on CD ROM (J. Kappelman, editor). Wadsworth Publishing Co.

1998. Bramblett, C., J. Kappelman, C. Kirk, , T.M. Ryan, R.S. Scott, E. Seiffert, & G. Weiner. Primate Behavior: The Ethogram. In: Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology on CD ROM (J. Kappelman, editor). Wadsworth Publishing Co.

1998. Kappelman, J., C. Kirk, E. Seiffert, L. Shapiro, C. Bramblett, T.M. Ryan, R.S. Scott, & G. Weiner. Primate Diets and Feeding Behaviors. In: Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology on CD ROM (J. Kappelman, editor). Wadsworth Publishing Co.

1998. Kappelman, J., C. Bramblett, T.M. Ryan, R.S. Scott, E. Seiffert, & G. Weiner. Introduction to the Primates. In: Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology on CD ROM (J. Kappelman, editor). Wadsworth Publishing Co. 

1998. Kappelman, J., A. Duncan, R.S. Scott, L.Shapiro, C. Bramblett, T.M. Ryan, E. Seiffert, & G. Weiner. Levers & Limbs: Introduction to Primate Functional Morphology. In: Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology on CD ROM (J. Kappelman, editor). Wadsworth Publishing Co. 

 

 

 

 

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