Neanderthal teeth from Lezetxiki (Arrasate, Iberian Peninsula): New insights and reassessment

16/03/2023
Read more by Diego López-Onaindia, Marina Lozano, Aida Gómez-Robles, Alvaro Arrizabalaga, M. Eulàlia Subirà. Published on American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 31 January 2023

Virtual anthropology: Forensic applications to cranial skeletal remains from the Spanish Civil War

16/03/2023
Read more by Laia Sevillano Oriola, Núria Armentano Oller, Neus Martínez-Abadías. Published on Forensic Science International. December 2022

An unprecedented case of cranial surgery in Longobard Italy (6th–8th century) using a cruciform incision

17/02/2023
Read more by Ileana Micarelli, Flavia Strani, Samuel Bedecarrats, Sara Bernardini, Robert R. Paine, Lawrence Bliquez, Caterina Giostra, Valentina Gazzaniga, Mary Anne Tafuri, Giorgio Manzi. Published on International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 23 January 2023

The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present

17/02/2023
Read more by Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela, Kristjan H.S. Moore, S. Sunna, Ebenesersdóttir, Gulsah Merve Kilinc, Anna Kjellström, Ludvig Papmehl-Dufay, Clara Alfsdotter, Birgitta Berglund, Loey Alrawi, Natalija Kashuba et.al. Published on Cell. 05 January 2023

Neolithic dental calculi provide evidence for environmental proxies and consumption of wild edible fruits and herbs in central Apennines

18/01/2023
Read more by Alessia D’Agostino, Gabriele Di Marco, Silvia Marvelli, Marco Marchesini, Elisabetta Rizzoli, Mario Federico Rolfo, Antonella Canini & Angelo Gismondi. Published on Communications Biology. 19 December 2022

Pathogen genomics study of an early medieval community in Germany reveals extensive co-infections

18/01/2023
Read more by Joanna H. Bonczarowska, Julian Susat, Barbara Mühlemann, Isabelle Jasch-Boley, Sebastian Brather, Benjamin Höke, Susanne Brather-Walter, Valerie Schoenenberg, Jonathan Scheschkewitz, Gabriele Graenert, Dirk Krausse, Michael Francken, Terry C. Jones, Joachim Wahl, Almut Nebel & Ben Krause-Kyora. Published on Genome Biology. 13 December 2022

Adipositas and metabolic bone disorder in a 16th century Upper Austrian infant crypt mummy—An interdisciplinary palaeopathological insight into historical aristocratic life

16/12/2022
Read more by Andreas G. Nerlich, Stephanie Panzer, Judith Wimmer, Christian Hamann and Oliver K. Peschel. Published on Frontiers in Médecine. 26 October 2022

Skeletal dysplasia of an adult male from medieval Łekno in Poland, Central Europe

16/12/2022
Read more by Magdalena D. Matczak, Marta Krenz-Niedbała, Sylwia Łukasik, Jane E. Buikstra, Andrzej Marek Wyrwa, Jessica Pearson. Published on International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 16 August 2022

Adipositas and metabolic bone disorder in a 16th century Upper Austrian infant crypt mummy—An interdisciplinary palaeopathological insight into historical aristocratic life

17/11/2022
Read more by Andreas G. Nerlich, Stephanie Panzer, Judith Wimmer, Christian Hamann and Oliver K. Peschel. Published on Frontiers Medecine. 26 October 2022

Dental Paleobiology in a Juvenile Neanderthal (Combe-Grenal, Southwestern France)

17/11/2022
Read more by María Dolores Garralda, Steve Weiner, Baruch Arensburg, Bruno Maureille and Bernard Vandermeersch. Published on Biology. 14 September 2022

Genomes from a medieval mass burial show Ashkenazi-associated hereditary diseases pre-date the 12th century

13/10/2022
Read more by Selina Brace, Yoan Diekmann, Thomas Booth, Ruairidh Macleod Adrian Timpson, Will Stephen, Giles Emery, Sophie Cabot, Mark G. Thomas, Ian Barnes. Published on Current Biology. 30 August 2022

Substantiating microCT for diagnosing bioerosion in archaeological bone using a new Virtual Histological Index (VHI)

13/10/2022
Read more by Kirsten Mandl, Kellie Sara Duffett Carlson, David Brönnimann, Ashley McCall, Martin Grassberger, Maria Teschler-Nicola, Estella Weiss-Krejci & Brian Metscher. Published on Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 13 May 2022

Ancient Yersinia pestis and Salmonella enterica genomes from Bronze Age Crete

18/09/2022
Read more by Gunnar U. Neumann, Eirini Skourtanioti, Marta Burri, Elizabeth A. Nelson, Megan Michel, Alina N. Hiss, Photini J.P. McGeorge, Philip P. BetancourtMaria A. Spyrou, Johannes Krause, Philipp W. Stockhammer. Published on Current Biology. 22 August 2022

Ancient herpes simplex 1 genomes reveal recent viral structure in Eurasia

04/08/2022
Read more by Meriam guellil, Lucy Van Dorp, Sarah A. Inskip, Jenna M.Dittmar, Lehti Saag, Kristina Tambets et.al Publishred on Science Advances . 07 July 2022

Analyzing historic human-suid relationships through dental microwear texture and geometric morphometric analyses of archaeological suid teeth in the Ryukyu Islands

04/08/2022
Read more by Eisuke Yamada, Hitomi Hongo, Hideki Endo. Published on Journal of Archaeological Science. 03 June 2021

Genomic palaeoparasitology traced the occurrence of Taenia asiatica in ancient Iran (Sassanid Empire, 2th cent. CE–6th cent. CE)

15/07/2022
Read more by Zeynab Askari, Frank Ruehli, Abigail Bouwman, Vahid Shariati, Saied Reza Naddaf, Domenico Otranto, Santiago Mas-Coma, Mostafa Rezaeian, Nicole Boenke, Thomas Stöllner, Abolfazl Aali, Iraj Mobedi & Gholamreza Mowlavi Published on Scientific Reports. 14 July 2022

Radiological evidence of purulent infections in ancient Egyptian child mummies

15/07/2022
Read more by Stephanie Panzer, Marcus Treitl, Stephanie Zesch, Wilfried Rosendahl, Jana Helmbold-Doyé, Randall C.Thompson, Albert R.Zink. Published on International Journal of Paleopathology. 30 December 2021

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