Wil Roebroeks
Professor emeritus Palaeolithic Archaeology
- Name
- Prof.dr. J.W.M. Roebroeks
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- j.w.m.roebroeks@arch.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5075-6899
I am a Professor at Leiden University, interested in the development of the human niche, with a research focus on Neanderthals and other (earlier) Eurasian hominins. Studying timescales of thousands to millions of years, prehistoric archaeology has the potential to provide a long-term perspective on our emergence as a planet-transforming species.
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Beaver exploitation testifies to prey choice diversity of Middle Pleistocene hominins -
Leiden research on Neanderthals featured in the Wall Street Journal article -
Evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants takes news outlets by storm -
Scientific breakthrough: evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants -
Prestigious Gutenberg Research Award for archaeologist Wil Roebroeks -
Neanderthals changed ecosystems 125,000 years ago -
Widespread cultural diffusion of knowledge started 400,000 years ago -
Neanderthals could tolerate smoke -
Unravelling prehistoric fire use: ‘Variation in fire conditions equals variation in human behaviour’ -
Wil Roebroeks interviewed about new discoveries Borneo: "This killed Eurocentric views on early rock art" -
Neanderthals used refined hunting techniques 120,000 years ago -
"Archaeologists say human-evolution study used stolen bone" -
The garden of Eden is Africa -
Archaeology article Scientific Reports in top 100 most read -
Are modern humans simply bad at smoking? -
Neandertals revised -
Population size fails to explain the evolution of complex culture -
Neanderthals collected manganese dioxide to make fire -
University of Chicago Press Journals Continue to Earn Top Impact Factor Rankings
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Fire, a universal landscaping tool
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Fire came to Europe later than was thought
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Jean Jacques Hublin appointed in Leiden
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PhD grant for Andy Sorensen
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Leiden archaeologist Wil Roebroeks appointed Academy Professor
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New project on the last Ice Age -
Sparks on the Reuvensplaats -
Humboldt Research Award for Wil Roebroeks
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Happisburgh, East Anglia -
Wil Roebroeks wins Spinoza Prize
Studying timescales of thousands to millions of years, prehistoric archaeology has the potential to provide a very long-term perspective on our emergence as a planet-transforming species. Recent research suggests that in constructing their niches, early humans have been altering ecosystems, on a local scale, for a very long time already. A human role cannot be ruled out even in periods that are routinely taken as ‘baselines’ for natural vegetation, such as the Last Interglacial, the warm-temperate period of about 125,000 years ago. Together with German colleagues, we have been running a long-term and large-scale study of a lake landscape dating from this Last Interglacial, very rich in traces of the presence of Neanderthals and of the environment in which they were active there. This Neumark-Nord project brings together many of my research interests and allows us to apply a wide range of analyses to a uniquely rich archaeological and palaeoenvironmental record.
My previous research has had a heavy emphasis on the archaeology of Neanderthals and other (earlier) Eurasian hominins and I have published widely on various aspects of the behaviour of early hominins, including their subsistence strategies and the environmental settings of their presence and absence in Eurasia. My studies of the Neandertal niche are heavily rooted in data obtained in archaeological field- and laboratory work, and I have (co-) directed fieldwork in the Netherlands, in France, northern Russia, Germany, and England.
In the last decade, my research has focused on the deep prehistory of fire usage, with a series of experimental and archaeological case studies, made possible by a KNAW-professorship prize (2013). It is within the context of those fire-related studies and the above mentioned Neumark-Nord project that I became very interested in the impact of early humans on their landscapes, as part of my broader interest in the development of the human niche. This interest recently resulted in joining Leiden University’s Liveable Planet initiative.
I am member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and of the Academia Europaea, and founding member and 2011-2021 Vice President of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (ESHE). My biggest asset consists of the people with whom I cooperate within the Human Origins group in Leiden and the many colleagues and friends elsewhere, who make this interesting field of ours an almost continuous source of puzzlement and learning, as well as fun!
Professor emeritus Palaeolithic Archaeology
- Faculteit Archeologie
- World Archaeology
- Human Origins
- Nikulina A., MacDonald K., Zapolska A., Serge M.A., Roche D.M., Mazier F., Davoli M., Svenning J., Wees D. van, Pearce E.A., Fyfe R., Roebroeks W.J.M. & Scherjon F. (2024), Hunter-gatherer impact on European interglacial vegetation: a modelling approach, Quaternary Science Reviews 324: 108439.
- Roebroeks J.W.M., Gibbard P. & Scherjon F. (2024), Sci. Adv.: taphonomy matters: Comment on “Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens” by Pearce et al. 2023, Science Advances 9(45): eadi9135.
- Pop E.A.L., Hilgen S., Adhityatama S., Berghuis H.W.K., Veldkamp T., Vonhof H., Sutisna I., Alink G.M.A., Noerwidi S., Roebroeks W. & Joordens J.C.A. (2023), Reconstructing the provenance of the hominin fossils from Trinil (Java, Indonesia) through an integrated analysis of the historical and recent excavations, Journal of Human Evolution 176: 103312.
- Gaudzinski-Windheuser S., Kindler L., MacDonald K. & Roebroeks W. (2023), Hunting and processing of straight-tusked elephants 125.000 years ago: implications for Neanderthal behavior, Science Advances 9(5): eadd818.
- Gaudzinski-Windheuser S., Kindler L. & Roebroeks W. (2023), Beaver exploitation, 400,000 years ago, testifies to prey choice diversity of Middle Pleistocene hominins, Scientific Reports 13: 19766.
- Gaudzinski-Windheuser S., Kindler L. & Roebroeks W. (2023), Widespread evidence for elephant exploitation by Last Interglacial Neanderthals on the North European plain, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(50): e2309427120.
- Nikulina A., MacDonald K., Scherjon F., Pearce E.A., Davoli M., Svenning J.-C., Vella E., Gaillard M.-J., Zapolska A., Arthur F., Martinez A., Hatlestad K., Mazier F., Serge M.A., Lindholm K.-J., Fyfe R., Renssen H., Roche D.M., Kluiving S. & Roebroeks W. (2022), Tracking hunter-gatherer impact on vegetation in last interglacial and holocene Europe: proxies and challenges, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 29: 989–1033.
- Aarts J.M.M.J.G., AlinkG.M., Franssen H.J. & Roebroeks W. (2021), Evolution of hominin detoxification: Neanderthal and modern human AH receptor respond Similarly to TCDD , Molecular Biology and Evolution 38(4): 1292-1305.
- Pop E., Reidsma F.H., Reimann T., Sier M.J., Arps C.E.S., Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Roebroeks W. (2021), Identifying heated rocks through feldspar luminescence analysis (pIRIR290) and a critical evaluation of macroscopic assessment, Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 4: art. 13.
- MacDonald K., Scherjon F., Veen E. van, Vaesen K., Roebroeks W. & Bakels C.C. (2021), Middle Pleistocene fire use: the first signal of widespread cultural diffusion in human evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(31): e2101108118.
- Vaesen K., MacDonald K., Scherjon F., Veen E. van & Roebroeks W. (2021), Reply to McGrew: chimpanzees do not exhibit widespread cultural diffusion, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(51): e2116917118.
- Roebroeks J.W.M., MacDonald K., Scherjon F., Bakels C.C., Kindler L., Nikulina A., Pop E. & Gaudzinski-Windheuser. S. (2021), Landscape modification by Last Interglacial Neanderthals, Science Advances 7(51): .
- Roebroeks J.W.M., MacDonald K. & Scherjon F. (2021), Establishing patterns of early fire use in human evolution. In: Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Jöris O. (Eds.) The Beef behind All Possible Pasts. The Tandem Festschrift in Honour of Elaine Turner and Martin Street (Volume 1. Heidelberg: Propylaeum.
- Roebroeks W., MacDonald K., Scherjon F., Bakels C.C, Kindler L., Nikulina A., Pop E.A.L. & Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. (2021), Landscape modification by Last Interglacial Neanderthals, Science Advances 7(51): eabj5567.
- Milano S., Pop E., Kuijper W., Roebroeks W., Gaudzinski-Windheuser S., Penkman K., Kindler L. & Britton K. (2020), Environmental conditions at the Last Interglacial (Eemian) site Neumark-Nord 2, Germany inferred from stable isotope analysis of freshwater mollusc opercula, Boreas 49(3): 477-487.
- Braadbaart F., Reidsma F.H., Roebroeks W., Chiotti L., Slon V., Meyer M., Théry-Parisot I., Hoesel A. van, Nierop G.G.J., Kaal J., Os B. van & Marquer L. (2020), Heating histories and taphonomy of ancient fireplaces: a multi-proxy case study from the Upper Palaeolithic sequence of Abri Pataud (Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, France), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 33: 102468.
- Kindler L., Smith G.M., García Moreno A., Gaudzinski-Windeheuser S., Pop E. & Roebroeks W. (2020), The last interglacial (Eemian) lakeland of Neumark-Nord (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany). Sequencing Neanderthal occupations, assessing subsistence opportunities and prey selection based on estimations of ungulate carrying capacities, biomass production and energy. In: García-Moreno A., Hutson J. M., Smith G. M., Kindler L., Turner E., Villaluenga A. & Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. (Eds.), Human behavioural adaptations to interglacial lakeshore environments. RGZM – Tagungen no. Band 37. Heidelberg: Propylaeum. 67-104.
- Reidsma F.H., Pop E.A.L., Reimann T., Guralnik B., Sohbati R., Versendaal A., Wallinga J., Arps C.E.S., Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Roebroeks W. (2019), Fire on the rocks - Establishing prehistoric heating of non-flint rocks through feld-spar luminescence analysis (pIRIR). ESHE, Liège. 19 September 2019 - 21 September 2019. [conference poster].
- Verpoorte A., Cosgrove R., Wood R., Petchey F., Lenoble A., Chadelle J.-P., Smith C., Kamermans H. & Roebroeks W. (2019), Improving the chronological framework for Laugerie-Haute Ouest (Dordogne, France), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 23: 574-582.
- Britton K., Pederzani S., Kindler L., Roebroeks W., Gaudzinski-Windheuser S., Richards M.P. & Tütken T. (2019), Oxygen isotope analysis of Equus teeth evidences early Eemian and early Weichselian palaeotemperatures at the Middle Palaeolithic site of Neumark-Nord 2, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Quaternary Science Reviews 226: .
- Lewis S.G., Ashton N., Field M.H., Hoare P.G., Kamermans H., Knul M., Mücher M.J., Parfitt S.A., Roebroeks W. & Sier M.J. (2019), Human occupation of northern Europe in MIS 13: Happisburgh Site 1 (Norfolk, UK) and its European context, Quaternary Science Reviews 211: 34-58.
- Roebroeks W., Gaudzinski-Windheuser S., Baales M. & Kahlke R.-D. (2018), Uneven Data Quality and the Earliest Occupation of Europe—the Case of Untermassfeld (Germany), Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 1(1): 5-31.
- Roebroeks J.W.M. (2018), Des Hommes, des Cultures. In: Patou-Mathys M. & Depaepe P. (Eds.), Néandertal. Paris: Gallimard. 135-139.
- Gaudzinski-Windheuser S., Noack E.S., Pop E., Herbst C., Pfleging J., Buchli J., Jacob A., Enzmann F., Kindler L., Iovita R., Street M. & Roebroeks J.W.M. (2018), Evidence for close-range hunting by last interglacial Neanderthals, Nature ecology & evolution 2(7): 1087-1092.
- Roebroeks J.W.M. (2017), Vuurgebruik en evolutie van de mens, Diligentia Yearbook 95: 97-104.
- Alink G.W., Roebroeks & Simanjuntak T. (2016), The Homo erectus site of Trinil: past, present and future of a historic place, Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Arkeologi 34(2): 99-114.
- Heyes P., Anastasakis K., Jong W. de, Hoesel A. van, Roebroeks W. & Soressi M. (2016), Selection and Use of Manganese Dioxide by Neanderthals, Scientific Reports 6: 22153.
- Roebroeks W. & Soressi M.A. (2016), Neandertals Revised, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(23): 6372-6379.
- Pop E., Kuijper W., Hees E. van, Smith G., García-Moreno A., Kindler L., Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Roebroeks W. (2016), Fires at Neumark-Nord 2, Germany: An analysis of fire proxies from a Last Interglacial Middle Palaeolithic basin site, Journal of Field Archaeology 41(5): 603-617.
- Vaesen K., Collard M., Cosgrove R. & Roebroeks W. (2016), The Tasmanian effect and other red herrings, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113: .
- García-Moreno A., Smith G.M., Kindler L., Pop E.A.L., Roebroeks W., Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Klinkenberg V. (2016), Evaluating the incidence of hydrological processes during site formation through orientation analysis. A case study of the middle Palaeolithic Lakeland site of Neumark-Nord 2 (Germany), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 6: 82-93.
- Collard M., Vaesen K., Cosgrove R. & Roebroeks W. (2016), The empirical case against the “demographic turn” in Palaeolithic archaeology, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371(1698): 20150242.
- Vaesen K., Collard M., Cosgrove R. & Roebroeks W. (2016), Population size does not explain past changes in cultural complexity, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113: .
- Aarts J.M.M.J.G., Alink G.M., Scherjon F., MacDonald K., Smith A.C., Nijveen H. & Roebroeks W. (2016), Fire Usage and Ancient Hominin Detoxification Genes: Protective Ancestral Variants Dominate While Additional Derived Risk Variants Appear in Modern Humans, PLoS ONE 11(e0161102): .
- Vaesen K., Collard M., Cosgrove R. & Roebroeks J.W.M. (2016), Reply to Henrich et al.: the Tasmanian effect and other red herrings, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(44): E6726-E6727.
- Scherjon F., Bakels C.C., MacDonald K. & Roebroeks W. (2015), Burning the Land. An Ethnographic Study of Off-Site Fire Use by Current and Historically Documented Foragers and Implications for the Interpretation of Past Fire Practices in the Landscape, Current Anthropology 56(3): 299-326.
- Joordens J.C.A., D’Errico F, Wesselingh FP, Munro S, Vos J. de, Wallinga J, Ankjærgaard C, Reimann T, Wijbrans JR, Kuiper KF, Mücher HJ, Coqueugniot H, Prié V, Joosten I, Os B. van, Schulp AS, Panuel M, Haas V van der, Lustenhouwer W, Reijmer JJG & Roebroeks J.W.M. (2015), Homo erectus at Trinil on Java used shells for tool production and engraving, Nature : 228–231.
- Sier M.J., Parés J.M., Antoine P., Locht J.L., Dekkers M.J., Limondin-Lozouet N. & Roebroeks W. (2015), Evidence for the Blake Event recorded at the Eemian archaeological site of Caours, France, Quaternary International 357: 149-157.
- Sier M.J., Peeters J., Dekkers M.J., Parés J.M., Chang L., Busschers F.S., Cohen K.M., Wallinga J., Bunnik F.P.M. & Roebroeks W. (2015), The Blake Event recorded near the Eemian type locality – A diachronic onset of the Eemian in Europe, Quaternary Geochronology 28: 12-28.
- Roebroeks W. & Bakels C. (2015), 'Forest Furniture'or 'Forest Managers'? On Neanderthal presence in last interglacial environments. In: Coward F., Hosfield R., Pope M. & Wenban-Smith F. (Eds.), Settlement, Society and Cognition in Human Evolution, landscapes in mind. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 174-188.
- Roebroeks J.W.M. (2015), L’Europe du Nord-Ouest au Paléolithique moyen : carrefour ou voie sans issue ?. In: Depaepe P., Goval E., Koehler H. & Locht J.L. (Eds.), L’Europe du Nord-Ouest au Paléolithique moyen :carrefour ou voie sans issue?. Mémoires de la société préhistorique française no. 29. Paris: Société préhistorique française. 295-304.
- Sorensen A.C., Roebroeks J.W.M. & Gijn A.L. van (2014), Fire production in the deep past? The expedient strike-a-light model, Journal of Archaeological Science 42(february 2014): 476-486.
- Villa P. & Roebroeks W. (2014), Neandertal demise: an archaeological analysis of the modern human superiority complex, PLoS ONE : e96424.
- Roebroeks W. (2014), Terra incognita: The Palaeolithic record of northwest Europe and the information potential of the southern North Sea, Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 93(1-2): 43-53.
- Gaudzinski-Windheuser Sabine, Kindler Lutz, Pop Eduard, Roebroeks W. & Smith Geoff (2014), The Eemian Interglacial lake-landscape at Neumark-Nord (Germany) and its potential for our knowledge of hominin subsistence strategies, Quaternary International 331: 31-38.
- Roebroeks W. (2014), Archaeology: Art on the move, Nature 514(7521): 170-1.
- Gaudzinski-Windheuser S., Kindler L., Pop E., Roebroeks J.W.M. & Smith G. (2013), The Eemian Interglacial lake-landscape at Neumark-Nord (Germany) and its potential for our knowledge of hominin subsistence strategies, Quaternary International : .
- Turq A., Roebroeks W., Bourguigon L. & Faivre J.-P. (2013), The fragmented character of Middle Palaeolithic stone tool technology, Journal of Human Evolution 65: 641-655.
- Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Roebroeks J.W.M. (2013), 2013b. Multidisciplinary Studies of the Middle Palaeolithic Record from Neumark-Nord (Germany). Halle: LDASA.
- Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Roebroeks J.W.M. (2013), Introduction. In: Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Roebroeks W. (Eds.), 2013a. Multidisciplinary Studies of the Middle Palaeolithic Record from Neumark-Nord (Germany). Halle: LDASA. 9-12.
- Gaudzinski-Windheuyser S. & Roebroeks J.W.M. (2013), The Neumark-Nord 2 data - a first synthesis. In: Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Roebroeks W. (Eds.), 2013c. Multidisciplinary Studies of the Middle Palaeolithic Record from Neumark-Nord (Germany). Halle: LDASA. 241-249.
- MacDonald K. & Roebroeks J.W.M. (2013), Neandertal linguistic abilities: an alternative view. In: Botha R. & Everaert M. (Eds.), The evolutionary emergence of language: evidence and inference. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 97-117.
- Scherjon F., Bakels C.C., MacDonald K. & Roebroeks W. (2013), Burning the land: an ethnographic study of non-domestic fire use by recent and sub-recent foragers and implications for the interpretation of past fire practices in the landscape. Proceedings of the European society for the Study of Human Evolution 2. European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) 21 September 2017 - 23 September 2017: European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE). 199.
- Sier M.J., Dekkers M.J., Parés J.M. & Roebroeks J.W.M. (2013), Land-sea correlation of the Last Interglacial via the Blake palaeomagnetic Event: implications for Neandertal occupation history of northwestern Europe, 3 rd annual meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution. European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) 21 September 2017 - 23 September 2017. Vienna 209.
- Hijma Marc P., Cohen Kim M., Roebroeks J.W.M., Westerhoff Wim E. & Busschers Freek S. (2012), Pleistocene Rhine-Thames landscapes: geological background for hominin occupation of the southern North Sea region (vol 27, pg 17, 2012), Journal of Quaternary Science 27(3): 336-336.
- MacDonald K. & Roebroeks J.W.M. (2012), Guest editorial. The environment and chronology of the earliest occupation of north-west Europe: current knowledge, problems and new research directions, Quaternary International 271: 1-5.
- W. Roebroeks, Sier M., Kellberg Nielsen Trine, De Loecker D., Parés Josep Maria, Arps C.E.S. & Mucher H. (2012), Use of red ochre by early Neandertals, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109(6): 1889-1894.
- Britton K., Gaudzinski-Windheuser S., Roebroeks W., Kindler L. & Richards M.P. (2012), Stable isotope analysis of well-preserved 120,000-year-old herbivore bone collagen from the Middle Palaeolithic site of Neumark-Nord 2, Germany reveals niche separation between bovids and equids, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 333: 168-177.
- Cohen K.M., MacDonald K., Joordens J.C.A., Roebroeks W. & Gibbard P.L. (2012), The earliest occupation of north-west Europe: a coastal perspective, Quaternary International 271: 70-83.
- Hijma M.P., Cohen K., Roebroeks W., Westerhoff W.E. & Busschers F. (2011), Pleistocene Rhine-Thames landscapes: The Geological Background of Hominin Occupation of the Southern North Sea Region, Journal of Quaternary Science : .
- Sier M., Roebroeks W., Bakels C.C., Dekkers M.J., Bruehl E., De Loecker D., Gaudzinski S., Hesse N., Jagich A.P., Kindler L., Kuijper W.J., Laurat T., Mucher H., Penkman K.E.H., Richter D. & Van Hinsbergen D.J.J. (2011), Direct Terrestrial-Marine Correlation Demonstrates Surprisingly Late Onset of the Last Interglacial in Central Europe, Quaternary Research 75(1): 213-218.
- Hijma M., Westerhoff W., Roebroeks W., Kolfschoten T. van & Cohen K. (2011), Neanderthalers in de Noordzee?, Archeobrief 2: 32-38.
- Roebroeks W., Hublin J.-J. & MacDonald K. (2011), Continuities and discontinuities in Neandertal presence – a closer look at Northwestern Europe. In: Ashton N., Lewis S. & Stringer C.B. (Eds.), The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 113-123.
- Gaudzinski S. & Roebroeks W. (2011), On Neanderthal Subsistence in Last Interglacial Forested Environments in Northern Europe. Conard N.J. & Richter J. (Eds.), Neanderthal Lifeways, Subsistence and Technology. . Dordrecht/Heidelberg/New York: Springer. 61-71.
- Roebroeks W., Kamermans H., Mol J.A., Turq A. & Kolfschoten M. van (2011), Watching the River Flow : A small-scale survey of the floodplain deposits of the Vézère valley, between Le Moustier and Les Eyzies (Dordogne, France), Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 41: 1-40.
- Hijma M.P., Westerhoff W., Roebroeks W., Kolfschoten T. van & Cohen K.M. (2011), Neanderthalers in de Noordzee?, Archeobrief 15(2): 32-38.
- Hijma M.P., Westerhoff W., Roebroeks W., Kolfschoten T. van & Cohen K.M. (2011), Cultureel erfgoed in de Noordzee: hoe gaan we er mee om?, Archeobrief 15(3): 31-36.
- Roebroeks W. & Villa P. (2011), On the Earliest Evidence for Habitual Use of Fire in Europe, PNAS 108(13): 5209-5214.
- Sier M., Roebroeks W., Dekkers M.J., Bakels C.C. & Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. (2011), Mismatch between MIS 5e and the Last Interglacial (Eemian) of Central Europe, Geophysical research abstracts 13: .
- Roebroeks W. (2010), The Neandertal Experiment (Kroon Lecture). Amsterdam: Johan Enschede.
- Roebroeks W. (2010), The Silence of the Stones: On the archaeological record for (Neandertal) language. Smith A.D.M., Schouwstra M., Boer B. de & Smith K. (Eds.), The Evolution of Language. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference (EVOLANG 8). . New Jersey/London: World Scientific. 254-262.
- Roebroeks W., Sier M. & Jagich A.P. (2010), The Last Interglacial (Eemian) site complex of Neumark-Nord 2 (Germany), 16th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists : .
- Roebroeks W., Kamermans H., Mol J.A., Turq A. & Kolfschoten M. van (2010), Watching The River Flow: A small-scale survey of the floodplain deposits of the Vézère valley, between Le Moustier and Les Eyzies (Dordogne, France), Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 41: 1-40.
- Amkreutz L, Glimmerveen J., Hublin J.-J., Roebroeks W. & Anthonis L. (2010), Een Neanderthaler uit de Noordzee, Westerheem 59: 50-59.
- Svendsen J.I., Pavlov P., Heggen H., Mangerud J., Hufthammer A.K. & Roebroeks W. (2010), Geo-archaeological investigations of Palaeolithic sites along the Ural Mountains – On the northern presence of humans during the last Ice Age, Quaternary Science Reviews 29: 3138-3156.
- Roebroeks W. & Verpoorte A. (2009), A “Language-free” Explanation for Differences between the European Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Record. Botha R. & Knight C. (Eds.), The Cradle of Language. . Oxford: Oxford University Press. 150-166.
- MacDonald K., Roebroeks W. & Verpoorte A. (2009), An Energetics Perspective on the Neandertal Record. Hublin J.-J. & Richards M.P. (Eds.), Evolution of Hominid Diets: Integrating Approaches to the Study of Palaeolithic Subsistence. : Springer. 211-220.
- Roebroeks W., Jagich A.P., Kindler L., Laurat T., De Loecker D., Bruhl E., Sier M. & Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. (2009), Neumark-Nord 2: The Current State of Knowledge, Paleoanthropology society meeting Abstracts : .
- Roebroeks W. (2009), Continuities and discontinuities in Neandertal presence – a closer look at northwestern Europe, Ancient Human Occupation of Britain and its European Context : 39-39.
- Roebroeks J.W.M. & Corbey R.H.A. (2009) Review of [Axe age: Acheulian tool-making from quarry to discard] by [N. Goren-Inbar and G. Sharon]. Review of: Goren-Inbar N. & Sharon G. (2006), Axe age: Acheulian tool-making from quarry to discard. London/Oakville: Equinox Publishing. Lithic Technology 34(1): 53-59.
- Hublin J.-J. & Roebroeks W. (2009), Ebb and flow or regional extinctions?, Comptes rendus Palevolution 8: 503-509.
- Hublin J.-J., Weston D.A., Gunz P., Roebroeks W., Richards M.P., Glimmerveen J. & Anthonis L. (2009), Out of the North Sea: the Zeeland Ridges Neandertal, Journal of Human Evolution : .
- Roebroeks W. (2008), Time for the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Europe, Journal of Human Evolution 55: 918-926.
- Svendsen J.I., Pavlov P., Heggen H., Mangerud J., Hufthammer A.K. & Roebroeks W. (2008), The Ice Age environment and Paleolithic settlements along the western flank of the Ural Mountains, Way to North - Paleoenvironment and earliest inhabitants of Arctic and Subarctic (in Russian). . Russian Academy of Sciences Special Publication. Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences. 79-98.
- Gaudzinski S. & Roebroeks W. (2008), Interglacial Neandertals at Neumark-Nord (Germany), Palaeoanthropology : 8-9.
- Roebroeks W. (2007), Guts and Brains: An Integrative Approach to the Hominin Record. Leiden/Amsterdam: Leiden University Press.
- Roebroeks W. (2007), Guts and Brains: An Integrative Approach to the Hominin Record. Amsterdam/Leiden: Leiden University Press.
- Anwar N., MacDonald K., Roebroeks W. & Verpoorte A. (2007), The evolution of the human niche: integrating models with the fossil record. In: Roebroeks W. (Ed.), Guts and brains: an integrative approach to the hominin record. Leiden: Leiden University Press. 235-269.
- Roebroeks W. (2007), Guts and Brains: An integrative Approach to the Hominin Record. In: Roebroeks W. (Ed.), Guts and Brains: An integrative Approach to the Hominin Record: Leiden University Press. 7-16.
- Roebroeks W. (2007), Cracks in the Cradle? On the quest for the origins of humankind. Groen A. in 't & et al. (Eds.), Ferment of Knowledge. Dilemmas in Science, Scholarship and Society. . Leiden/Amsterdam: Leiden University Press.
- Corbey R.H.A. & Roebroeks J.W.M. (2007), From shell beads to syntax [conference review of The Cradle of Language, University of Stellenbosch, November 2006], Anthropology Today 23(4): 24-26.
- Roebroeks W. (2007), Building Blocks from an Old Brickyard, Quaternary Science Reviews 26: 1194-1196.
- Roebroeks W. (2006), Introduction to session 3: Site and landscape approaches. In: Rensink E. & Peeters H. (Eds.), Preserving the Early Past. Investigation, selection and preservation of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites and landscapes. Amersfoort: Rijksdienst voor het Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek. 139-140.
- Roebroeks W. (2006), The human colonization of Europe: where are we?, Journal of Quaternary Science 21: 425-435.
- MacDonald K. & Roebroeks W. (2006), Comment on S. Kuhn and M. Stiner, What's a mother to do?, Current Anthropology 47: 966-967.
- Roebroeks J.W.M. & Gijn A.L. van (2005), Paleolithic and Mesolithic: introduction, 500,000 years ago to 5300 BC. In: Louwe Kooijmans L.P., Broeke P.W. van den, Fokkens H. & Gijn A.L. van (Eds.), The Prehistory of the Netherlands. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 77-92.
- Gijn A.L. van & Roebroeks J.W.M. (2005), Paleolithicum en mesolithicum: inleiding, 500.000 jaar geleden tot 5300 v. Chr. In: Louwe Kooijmans L.P., Broeke P.W. van den, Fokkens H. & Gijn A.L. van (Eds.), De prehistorie van Nederland. Amsterdam: Prometeus. 77-92.
- Roebroeks W. (2005), Neanderthals and their predecessors. Lower and Middle Palaeolithic. In: Louwe Kooijmans L.P., Broeke P. van de & Fokkens H. (Eds.), The Prehistory of the Netherlands. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 93-113.
- Roebroeks J.W.M. & Gijn A.L. van (2005), Palaeolithic and Mesolithic: Introduction. Louwe Kooijmans L.P., Broeke P. van de & Fokkens H. (Eds.), The Prehistory of the Netherlands. . Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 77-92.
- Roebroeks W. (2005), Life on the Costa del Cromer. Nature 438:921-922, 438: 921-922.
- Mol J.A., Roebroeks W., Kamermans H., Kolfschoten M. van & Turq A. (2004), Weichselian and Holocene Fluvial Evolution of the Vézère River Valley (Dordogne, France), Quaternaire 15: 187-193.
- Mol J., Roebroeks W., Kamermans H., Kolfschoten T. van & Turq A. (2004), Weichselian and Holocene fluvial evolution of the Vézère river valley (Dordogne, France), Quaternaire 15(1-2): 187-193.
- Kamermans H., Roebroeks W., Mol J.A., Kolfschoten M. van & Turq A. (2003), Like a Rolling Stone? On the use of quantitative methods during a small-cale excavation in the Vézère river valley (France). Börner W. & Dolhofer R. (Eds.), Workshop 7. Archäologie und Computer. . Wien: Phoibos Verlag.
- Kamermans H., Roebroeks W., Mol J., Kolfschoten T. van & Turq A. (2003), Like a Rolling Stone? On the Use of Quantitative Methods During a Small-scale Excavation in the Vézère River Valley (France), : .
- Corbey R.H.A. & Roebroeks W. (2001), Biases and double standards in palaeoanthropology. In: Corbey R.H.A. & Roebroeks J.W.M. (Eds.), Studying human origins: Disciplinary history and epistemology. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 67-76.
- Corbey R.H.A. & Roebroeks W. (2001), Does disciplinary history matter? An Introduction. In: Corbey R.H.A. & Roebroeks J.W.M. (Eds.), Studying human origins: Disciplinary history and epistemology. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 1-7.
- Roebroeks W., Turq A., Kamermans H., Mol J.A. & Kolfschoten M. van (2000), Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Laugerie Haute est. Bordeaux: DRAC.
- Roebroeks W. & Kolfschoten T. van (2000), Fuera de África, hacia Europa. In: , Los primeros habitantes de Europa, IDEAL, Suplemento patrocinado por la Consejeria de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucia 6-7.
- Roebroeks W. & Kolfschoten T. van (1998), The earliest occupation of Europe: a view from the North. In: Aguirre E. (Ed.), Atapuerca y la Evolucion Humana. Madrid: Fundacion Ramon Areces. 153-168.
- Kolfschoten T. van, Roebroeks W. & Thieme H. (1998), Jagers of aaseters?, Natuur & Techniek 66(5): 22-31.
- Roebroeks J.W.M. & Corbey R.H.A. (1997), Ancient minds, Current Anthropology 38(4): 917-921.
- Roebroeks J.W.M., Kolen J., Poecke M. van & Gijn A.L. van (1997), Site J: an early Weichselian (Middle Palaeolithic) flint scatter at Maastricht-Belvédère, the Netherlands, Paleo : revue d'archéologie préhistorique 1997(9): 143-172.
- Kolen J., Roebroeks W., Poecke M. van & Gijn A.L. van (1997), 'Site J': an early Weichselian (Middle Palaeolithic) flint scatter at Maastricht-Belvédère, the Netherlands, Paleo 9: .
- Roebroeks W. & Kolfschoten T. van (1995), The earliest occupation of Europe: A reappraisal of artefactual and chronological evidence, Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 27: 297-317.
- Roebroeks W. & Kolfschoten T. van (Eds.) (1995), The Earliest Occupation of Europe; Proceedings of the European Science Foundation Workshop at Tautavel (France), November 1993. Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia.
- Roebroeks W. & Kolfschoten T. van (1995), The Tautavel workshop: an introduction, Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 27: 1-6.
- Roebroeks W. & Kolfschoten T. van (1994), The earliest occupation of Europe: a short chronology, Antiquity 68: 489-503.
- Roebroeks J.W.M., Conard N.J. & Kolschoten M. van (1992), DENSE FORESTS, COLD STEPPES, AND THE PALEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT OF NORTHERN EUROPE, Current Anthropology 33(5): 551-586.
- Vandenberghe J., Roebroeks W., Kolfschoten T. van, Mücher H.J. & Meijer T. (1987), Sedimentary processes, periglacial activity and stratigraphy of the loess and fluvial deposits at Maastricht Belvédère (The Netherlands). In: Pecsi M. & French H.M. (Eds.), Loess and Periglacial Phenomena. Budapest: Akadémiai Kaido'. 51-62.
- Roebroeks W., Rensink E. & Gijn A.L. van (1986), Maastricht - Belvédère Site G. In: Willems W.J.H. (Ed.), Archeologische kroniek van Limburg over 1985 203-207.
- Roebroeks W. (1986), On the "Lower Paleolithic" Site La Belle Roche: An Alternative Interpretation, Current Anthropology 27(4): 369-370.
- Kolfschoten T. van & Roebroeks W. (1985), The Maastricht-Belvédère project: an intermediate synthesis, Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst 39(1): 119-121.
- Roebroeks W., Kolfschoten T. van, Meijer T., Meijs E. & Mücher H.J. (1983), Der mittelpaläolithische Fundplatz Maastricht Belvédère (Süd Limburg, Niederlande), Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 13: 1-8.