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Tooth in the spotlight: exploring the integration of archaeological and genetic...

The article addresses the challenges posed by the interdisciplinary collaboration that led to the recent Nature article presenting results of the extraction of ancient human DNA from a perforated deer tooth found in Denisova Cave. We provide a critical analysis of the contextual data that directly impacts the interpretation of the genetic data and the evaluation of the potential of the new DNA extraction techni...

Population genomics of post-glacial western Eurasia

Western Eurasia witnessed several large-scale human migrations during the Holocene1,2,3,4,5. Here, to investigate the cross-continental effects of these migrations, we shotgun-sequenced 317 genomes—mainly from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods—from across northern and western Eurasia. These were imputed alongside published data to obtain diploid genotypes from more than 1,600 ancient humans. Our analyses rev...

Environmental changes in eastern Iberia during the Solutrean: contribution of i...

During the coldest periods of the Pleistocene, parts of the Iberian Peninsula were favorable to the establishment of forest refuges. It is therefore essential to characterize them and study their evolution, in order to gain a better understanding of the territories occupied by prehistoric societies during these same periods. In this article, we propose to revisit the regional study of environmental changes in e...

The Palaeolithic archaeology of the Almonda karst system (Portugal): a window i...

The spring of the Almonda River is associated with an extensive labyrinth of underground passages whose staggered disposition at different elevations of a 70 m-high escarpment reflects the incision of the region’s hydrographic network. Over the last 500,000 years, the continued lowering of the phreatic level made the outlets associated with these passages available for human use. Eventually concealed by sedimen...

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Hunter-gatherer genetic persistence at the onset of megalithism in western Iber...

Despite its strategic importance at the furthermost edge of the Neolithic expansion in Europe, archaeogenetic data from Mesolithic and Neolithic human remains from Portugal are still very limited. Here we present ancient mtDNA evidence (mostly unpublished) to fill the gap and discuss the pattern of “genetic resurgence” of hunter-gatherer (Mesolithic) ancestry, widely reported elsewhere in Europe, among the firs...

Hunter-gatherer genetic persistence at the onset of megalithism in western Iber...

Despite its strategic importance at the furthermost edge of the Neolithic expansion in Europe, archaeogenetic data from Mesolithic and Neolithic human remains from Portugal are still very limited. Here we present ancient mtDNA evidence (mostly unpublished) to fill the gap and discuss the pattern of "genetic resurgence" of huntergatherer (Mesolithic) ancestry, widely reported elsewhere in Europe, among the first...

The exploitation of crabs by Last Interglacial Iberian Neanderthals: the eviden...

Hominin consumption of small prey has been much discussed over the past decades. Such resources are often considered to be unproductive in the Middle Paleolithic due to their limited meat yield and, hence, low energy return. However, ethnographic studies suggest that small prey—including shellfish—are a reliable, predictable and by no means marginal resource, and there is increasing evidence for their inclusion...

26 höhlen, 500 proben: neandertalerkunst auf der spur

Datación numérica por la serie de uranio del arte rupestre del estilo paleolíti...