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An extensive list of Tracking Literature compiled by Kersey Lawrence can be found
at the Original Wisdom website.

CyberTracker, Data Collection, Hunter Gatherer Science, The Art of Tracking, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
du Plessis, Pierre (2010) Tracking Knowledge: Science, Tracking and Technology
Animal Track Survey, CyberTracker, CyberTracker Certification, Data Collection, Scientific Peer Reviewed Paper, Survey, The Art of Tracking, Tracker Certificates, Tracking in Science
Evans, et al. (2007) Determining Observer Reliability in Counts of River Otter Tracks. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 73(3).
Animal Track Survey, Conservation, CyberTracker, CyberTracker Certification, Data Collection, Masters Thesis, MSc Thesis, Research, Scientific Research, Survey, The Art of Tracking, Tracker Certificates, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science
Evans, Jonah. (2006) Observer Error in Identifying Species Using Indirect Signs: Analysis of a River Otter Track Survey Technique. MSc. Texas A&M University.
Article, Citizen Science, Community Science, CyberTracker, Hunter Gatherer Science, Indigenous Knowledge, Kalahari, Scientific Research, The Art of Tracking, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Humphrey, Glynis and Louis Liebenberg (2012) Tracking science: a way to include more people in producing knowledge. The Conversation.
Conservation, Hunter Gatherer Science, The Art of Tracking, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
IPACC (2006) Southern African Regional Workshop on the Formalisation of the Traditional Knowledge of Tracking
Animal Track Survey, Conservation, CyberTracker, Data Collection, Indigenous Knowledge, Kalahari, Paper, Research, Scientific Peer Reviewed Paper, Survey, The Art of Tracking, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Keeping, Derek (2014) Rapid assessment of wildlife abundance: estimating animal density with track counts using body mass–day range scaling rules. Animal Conservation.
Animal Track Survey, CyberTracker, Data Collection, Kalahari, PhD Thesis, Research, Survey, The Art of Tracking, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Keeping, Derek (2019) Tracking a better way to count wildlife: testing the Formozov-Malyshev-Pereleshin (FMP) formula in the Kalahari. PhD University of Alberta
Animal Track Survey, Conservation, CyberTracker, Data Collection, Indigenous Knowledge, Kalahari, Paper, Research, Scientific Peer Reviewed Paper, Scientific Research, Survey, The Art of Tracking, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science
Keeping, Derek, et al (2018) Can trackers count free-ranging wildlife as effectively and efficiently as conventional aerial survey and distance sampling? Implications for citizen science in the Kalahari, Botswana. Biological Conservation 223 (2018) 156–169
Animal Track Survey, Conservation, CyberTracker, Data Collection, Indigenous Knowledge, Kalahari, Paper, Research, Scientific Research, The Art of Tracking, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Keeping, Derek, Rick Pelletier (2014) Animal Density and Track Counts: Understanding the Nature of Observations Based on Animal Movements. PLoS ONE 9(5): e96598
Citizen Science, CyberTracker Certification, Data Collection, PhD Thesis, Professional Science, Scientific Research, Tracker Certificates, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science
Lawrence, Kersey (2020) What We Can Learn from CyberTracking: Applications of an International Tracker Evaluation System for Professional and Citizen Science, and the Theory of Original Wisdom. Ph.D., University of Connecticut.
Book, Evolution of Tracking, Hunter Gatherer Science, Indigenous Knowledge, Kalahari, Logic of Science, Novel Prediction, Origin of Science, The Art of Tracking, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Liebenberg, Louis (1990) The Art of Tracking: The Origin of Science. David Philip Publishers
Animal Track Survey, Community Science, Conservation, CyberTracker, CyberTracker Icon UX Design, CyberTracker Mobile, CyberTracker Software, Data Collection, History of CyberTracker, Index of Abundance, Indigenous Knowledge, Kalahari, Project Report, Research, The Art of Tracking, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Liebenberg, Louis (2011) The Western Kgalagadi Conservation Corridor Project Report
Article, Community Science, CyberTracker, Evolution of Tracking, History of CyberTracker, Hunter Gatherer Science, Indigenous Knowledge, Logic of Science, Novel Prediction, Origin of Science, Scientific Research, The Art of Tracking, The Scientific Imagination, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Liebenberg, Louis (2013) Tracking Science: The Origin of Scientific Thinking in Our Paleolithic Ancestors. SKEPTIC MAGAZINE volume 18 number 3 2013
Book, Citizen Science, CyberTracker, Data Collection, Evidence of Tracking in Prehistoric Art, Future of Tracking, Hunter Gatherer Science, Indigenous Knowledge, Logic of Science, Lone Tree, Novel Solutions in Science, Persistence Hunt, Research, Scientific Research, The Art of Tracking, The Scientific Imagination, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Liebenberg, Louis (2013/2021) The Origin of Science: The Evolutionary Roots of Scientific Reasoning and its Implications for Tracking Science (Second Edition). Cape Town: CyberTracker
Article, Citizen Science, Community Science, Conservation, CyberTracker, CyberTracker Software, Hunter Gatherer Science, Indigenous Knowledge, Origin of Science, The Art of Tracking, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Liebenberg, Louis (2015) Citizen science: creating an inclusive, global network for conservation. The Guardian, Wed 7 Jan 2015
Anti-Poaching, Artificial Intelligence, Camera Traps, Citizen Science, Climate, Community Science, Conservation, Conservation Management, CyberTracker, CyberTracker Certification, CyberTracker Icon UX Design, CyberTracker Mobile, Data Collection, Ebola, Evidence of Tracking in Prehistoric Art, Farming, Forestry, Future of Tracking, History of CyberTracker, Hunter Gatherer Science, Index of Abundance, Logic of Science, Lone Tree, Novel Solutions in Science, Persistence Hunt, Presentation, Rare and Endangered Species, Remote Sensing, Research, Rewilding, Rock Art, Scientific Research, The Art of Tracking, The Scientific Imagination, Tracker Certificates, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Liebenberg, Louis (2026) The Origin of Science and the Future of Tracking Science PDF Presentation
Conservation, CyberTracker, Data Collection, Hunter Gatherer Science, Research, The Art of Tracking, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Liebenberg, Louis, et al (2016) Smartphone Icon User Interface design for non-literate trackers and its implications for an inclusive citizen science
Citizen Science, Community Science, CyberTracker, Hunter Gatherer Science, Indigenous Knowledge, Kalahari, Logic of Science, Origin of Science, Scientific Peer Reviewed Paper, The Art of Tracking, The Scientific Imagination, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Liebenberg, Louis, et al (2021) Tracking Science: An Alternative for Those Excluded by Citizen Science. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 6(1): 6, pp. 1–16.
Community Indigenous Tracker Certification, Community Science, CyberTracker, CyberTracker Certification, CyberTracker Indigenous Tracker Certification, Indigenous Knowledge, The Art of Tracking, Tracker Certificates, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Liebenberg, Louis, et al. 2021 Assessing and Certifying Indigenous Tracking Expertise and Skills. UNESCO
Conservation, CyberTracker, CyberTracker Software, Data Collection, History of CyberTracker, Indigenous Knowledge, Paper, Research, Scientific Research, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Liebenberg, Louis, Lindsay Steventon, Karel Benadie and James Minye. (1999) Rhino Tracking with the CyberTracker Field Computer. Pachyderm No. 27 January–December 1999.
Indigenous Knowledge, Kalahari, Persistence Hunt, Scientific Peer Reviewed Paper, The Art of Tracking, Traditional Knowledge
Liebenberg, Louis. (2006) Persistence Hunting by Modern Hunter-Gatherers. Current Anthropology Volume 47, Number 6, December 2006
Hunter Gatherer Science, Indigenous Knowledge, Kalahari, Persistence Hunt, Scientific Peer Reviewed Paper, The Art of Tracking, Traditional Knowledge
Liebenberg, Louis. (2008) The relevance of persistence hunting to human evolution. Journal of Human Evolution 55 (2008) 1156–1159
Hunter Gatherer Science, Kalahari, Logic of Science, MA Thesis, Masters Thesis, Origin of Science, The Art of Tracking, The Scientific Imagination, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Ludwig, Bettina (2019) Hunter-Gatherer Science: Tracking as an Indication for the Universality of Scientific Reasoning. Master’s Thesis. Universitat Wien.
Animal Track Survey, Community Science, Conservation, Conservation Management, CyberTracker, CyberTracker Software, Data Collection, Hunter Gatherer Science, Kalahari, Project Report, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Mayes, Simon (2002) CyberTracker applications in Namibia. Project Report.
Animal Track Survey, Conservation Management, CyberTracker, Data Collection, Ebola, Paper, Research, Scientific Peer Reviewed Paper, Scientific Research, Tracking in Science, Tracking Science, Traditional Knowledge
Rouquet, Pierre, et al (2005) Wild Animal Mortality Monitoring and Human Ebola Outbreaks, Gabon and Republic of Congo, 2001–2003. Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 11, No. 2, February 2005