Assessing the origins of the European Plagues following the Black Death: A synthesis of genomic, historical, and ecological information

10/09/2021
Read more by Barbara Bramanti, Yarong Wu, Ruifu Yang, Yujun Cui, and Nils Chr. Stenseth. Published on PNAS. 07 September 2021

The elusive parasite: comparing macroscopic, immunological, and genomic approaches to identifying malaria in human skeletal remains from Sayala, Egypt (third to sixth centuries AD)

10/09/2021
Read more by Alvie Loufouma Mbouaka, Michelle Gamble, Christina Wurst, Heidi Yoko Jäger, Frank Maixner, Albert Zink, Harald Noedl & Michaela Binder. Published on Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 14 June 2021

Patterns of smallpox mortality in London, England, over three centuries

30/08/2021
Read more by Olga Krylova,David J. D. Earn. Published by Plos Biology. 21 Decembre 2020

Evidence of habitual behavior from non-alimentary dental wear on deciduous teeth from the Middle and Upper Paleolithic Cantabrian region, Northern Spain

23/08/2021
Read more by Almudena Estalrrich, Ana B. Marín-Arroyo. Published on Journal of Human Evolution. September 2021

Diverse variola virus (smallpox) strains were widespread in northern Europe in the Viking Age

23/08/2021
Read more by Barbara Mühlemann, Lasse Vinner, Ashot Margaryan, Helene Wilhelmson, Constanza de la Fuente Castro, Morten E. Allentoft, et.al. Published on Science. 24 July 2020

Tracking the transition to agriculture in Southern Europe through ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus

17/08/2021
Read more by Claudio Ottoni, Dušan Borić, Olivia Cheronet, Vitale Sparacello, Irene Dori, Alfredo Coppa, Dragana Antonović, Dario Vujević,et.al. Published on PNAS. 10 August 2021

Raman spectroscopy and electronic microscopy structural studies of Caucasian and Afro human hair

17/08/2021
Read more by Jordana Dias dos Santos, Howell GM Edwards, Luiz Fernando Cappa de Oliveira. Published on Heliyon. May 2019

Sulfur isotopes as a proxy for human diet and mobility from the preclassic through colonial periods in the Eastern Maya lowlands

16/08/2021
Read more by Claire E. Ebert, Asta J. Rand, Kirsten Green-Mink, Julie A. Hoggarth, Carolyn Freiwald, Jaime J. Awe,Willa R. Trask, Jason Yaeger, et.al. Published on Plos One. 12 August 2021

Characterization of structural changes in modern and archaeological burnt bone: Implications for differential preservation bias

16/08/2021
Read more by Giulia Gallo, Matthew Fyhrie, Cleantha Paine, Sergey V. Ushakov, Masami Izuho, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Nicolas Zwyns, Alexandra Navrotsky. Published on Plos One. 28 July 2021

Philippine Ayta possess the highest level of Denisovan ancestry in the world

13/08/2021
Read more by Maximilian Larena, James McKenna, Federico Sanchez-Quinto, Carina Schlebusch, Phillip Endicott, Mattias Jakobsson et.al. Published on Current Biology. 12 August 2021

Once were warriors: Challenging occupation preconceptions in Lebanese weapon-associated burials (Middle Bronze Age, Sidon)

13/08/2021
Read more by Arwa Kharobi, Chris Stantis, Nina Maaranen, Holger Schutkowski. Published on International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 13 July 2021

A life less ordinary: analysis of the uniquely preserved tattooed dermal remains of an individual from 19th century France

10/08/2021
Read more by Martin J. Smith, A. Starkie, R. Slater & H. Manley. Published on Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 26 February 2021

A new investigative strategy to diagnose β-thalassemia syndrome in past human populations

10/08/2021
Read more by Filippo Scianò, Barbara Bramanti & Emanuela Gualdi-Russo. Published on Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 16 January 2021

The genomic history of the Middle East

05/08/2021
Read more by Mohamed A. Almarri, Marc Haber, Reem A. Lootah, Pille Hallast, Saeed Al Turki, Hilary C. Martin, Yali Xue, Chris Tyler-Smith. Published on Cell. 04 August 2021

Bioarchaeology: a profitable dialogue between microbiology and archaeology

05/08/2021
Read more by Harald Brüssow. Published on Microbial Biotechnology. 13 February 2020

Clinical evidence that the pandemic from 1889 to 1891 commonly called the Russian flu might have been an earlier coronavirus pandemic

04/08/2021
Read more by Harald Brüssow, Lutz Brüssow. Published on Microbial Biotechnology. 13 July 2021

Genome-scale sequencing and analysis of human, wolf, and bison DNA from 25,000-year-old sediment

04/08/2021
Read more by Pere Gelabert, Susanna Sawyer, Anders Bergström, Ashot Margaryan, Thomas C. Collin, Tengiz Meshveliani, Anna Belfer-Cohen, David Lordkipanidz, Nino Jakeli. Published on Current Biology. 12 July 2021

How rare is rare? A literature survey of the last 45 years of paleopathological research on ancient rare diseases

30/07/2021
Read more by Julia Gresky, Juliane Dorn, BarbaraTeßman, Emmanuele Petiti. Published on International Journal of Paleopathology. June 2021

Using Y-chromosome capture enrichment to resolve haplogroup H2 shows new evidence for a two-path Neolithic expansion to Western Europe

30/07/2021
Read more by Adam B. Rohrlach, Luka Papac, Wolfgang Haak. Published on Scientific Reports. 22 July 2021

Religion, Memory, and Materiality: Exploring the Origins and Legacies of Sectarianism in the North of Ireland

15/10/2021
Read more by Audrey Horning. Published on Historical Archaeology. 02 August 2021

Routes Beyond Gandhara: Buddhist Rock Carvings in the Context of the Early Silk Roads

15/10/2021
Read more by Marike van Aerde. Published on Socio-Environmental Dynamics along the Historical Silk Road. Beyond Gandhara: Buddhist Rock Carvings in the Context of the Early Silk Roads pp 455-480. 28 February 2019
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