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  1. Rapid increase in production of symbolic artifacts after 45,000 years ago is not a consequence of taphonomic bias

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  2. The Aggregation of ROAD Data in the ARIADNE Pipeline: pitfalls and successes

    Article • Internet Archaeology, November 2023, Council for British Archaeology

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  3. The ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (ROAD): A large-scale research database serves as an indispensable tool for human evolutionary studies

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2023, PLOS

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  4. Anyskop Blowout, South Africa

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  5. Geelbek Dunes, South Africa

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  6. The Emergence of Habitual Ochre Use in Africa and its Significance for The Development of Ritual Behavior During The Middle Stone Age

    Article • Journal of World Prehistory, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  7. A micro-geoarchaeological view on stratigraphy and site formation processes in the Middle, Upper and Epi-Paleolithic layers of Sefunim Cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  8. Sedimentary ancient DNA metabarcoding as a tool for assessing prehistoric plant use at the Upper Paleolithic cave site Aghitu-3, Armenia

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, November 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  9. The Middle Stone Age of South Africa

    Article • September 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  10. Extended longevity of DNA preservation in Levantine Paleolithic sediments, Sefunim Cave, Israel

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  11. Scaling of Hunter-Gatherer Camp Size and Human Sociality

    Article • Current Anthropology, February 2022, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  12. The use of prehistoric ‘big data’ for mapping early human cultural networks

    Article • Journal of Maps, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  13. Upper Paleolithic animal exploitation in the Armenian Highlands: The zooarchaeology of Aghitu-3 Cave

    Article • Quaternary International, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  14. Explore the History of Humanity with the new ROAD Summary Data Sheet

    Article • Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, April 2021, Kerns Verlag

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  15. Ecosystem engineering in the Quaternary of the West Coast of South Africa

    Article • Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews, January 2021, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  16. Tenth annual meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution

    Article • Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews, November 2020, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  17. Human Origins—Digital Future, an international conference about the future of archeological and paleoanthropological databases

    Article • Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews, November 2020, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  18. To understand how migrations affect human securities, look to the past

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  19. Ancient DNA suggests modern wolves trace their origin to a Late Pleistocene expansion from Beringia

    Article • Molecular Ecology, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  20. Upper Palaeolithic Settlement and Mobility in the Armenian Highlands: Agent-Based Modeling, Obsidian Sourcing, and Lithic Analysis at Aghitu-3 Cave

    Article • Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  21. Eighth Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution

    Article • Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  22. Midden or Molehill: The Role of Coastal Adaptations in Human Evolution and Dispersal

    Article • Journal of World Prehistory, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  23. The Use of Ochre and Painting During the Upper Paleolithic of the Swabian Jura in the Context of the Development of Ochre Use in Africa and Europe

    Article • Open Archaeology, May 2018, De Gruyter

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  24. Epipaleolithic shell beads from Damascus Province, Syria

    Article • Quaternary International, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  25. The Upper Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic of Sefunim Cave, Israel

    Article • Quaternary International, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  26. Living on the Edge: The Earliest Modern Human Settlement of the Armenian Highlands in Aghitu-3 Cave

    Article • December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  27. The earliest evidence for Upper Paleolithic occupation in the Armenian Highlands at Aghitu-3 Cave

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  28. Site formation processes and Late Natufian domestic spaces at Baaz Rockshelter, Syria: A micromorphological perspective

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  29. The Middle Paleolithic sequence of Wadi Mushkuna Rockshelter and its implications for hominin settlement dynamics in western Syria

    Article • Quaternary International, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  30. Sixth annual meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution

    Article • Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  31. An evolutionary perspective on coastal adaptations by modern humans during the Middle Stone Age of Africa

    Article • Quaternary International, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  32. Fifth annual meeting of the European society for the study of human evolution

    Article • Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews, March 2016, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  33. Increasing Behavioral Flexibility? An Integrative Macro-Scale Approach to Understanding the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  34. Middle and Later Stone Age shellfish exploitation strategies and coastal foraging at Hoedjiespunt and Lynch Point, Saldanha Bay, South Africa

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  35. Fourth annual meeting of the European Society for the study of human evolution

    Article • Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews, January 2015, Wiley

    Hugo Reyes-Centeno, Dr Andrew W Kandel

  36. Third annual meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution

    Article • Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel, Hugo Reyes-Centeno

  37. The Evolutionary Implications of Variation in Human Hunting Strategies and Diet Breadth during the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa

    Article • Current Anthropology, December 2013, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  38. Second annual meeting of the european society for the study of human evolution

    Article • Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  39. Coastal adaptations and the Middle Stone Age lithic assemblages from Hoedjiespunt 1 in the Western Cape, South Africa

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  40. Chemical investigation of mineralisation categories used to assess taphonomy

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  41. First Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of human evolution

    Article • Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  42. Settlement patterns during the Earlier and Middle Stone Age around Langebaan Lagoon, Western Cape (South Africa)

    Article • Quaternary International, August 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  43. The role of culture in early expansions of humans – A new research center

    Article • Quaternary International, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  44. Erratum to “How heating and cooling and wetting and drying can destroy dense faunal elements and lead to differential preservation” [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 266 (2008) 236–245]

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  45. How heating and cooling and wetting and drying can destroy dense faunal elements and lead to differential preservation

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  46. The ESR geochronology and geology of the open-air Palaeolithic deposits in Bollschweil, Germany*

    Article • Archaeometry, June 2008, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  47. Geoarchaeological and chronostratigraphical investigations of open‐air sites in the Geelbek Dunes, South Africa

    Article • Geoarchaeology, June 2008, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  48. Geomorphology, site distribution, and Paleolithic settlement dynamics of the Ma'aloula region, Damascus Province, Syria

    Article • Geoarchaeology, June 2007, Wiley

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  49. Production sequences of ostrich eggshell beads and settlement dynamics in the Geelbek Dunes of the Western Cape, South Africa

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, December 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  50. MIDDLE STONE AGE SETTLEMENT AND LAND USE AT THE OPEN-AIR SITES OF GEELBEK AND ANYSKOP , SOUTH AFRICA

    Article • Journal of African Archaeology, October 2005, Brill

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  51. Modification of ostrich eggs by carnivores and its bearing on the interpretation of archaeological and paleontological finds

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, April 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Andrew W Kandel

  52. Scavenging and Processing of Whale Meat and Blubber by Later Stone Age People of the Geelbek Dunes, Western Cape Province, South Africa

    Article • The South African Archaeological Bulletin, December 2003, JSTOR

    Dr Andrew W Kandel