A5028993151- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Morphological variations and asymmetry
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Augmented Reality Applications
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Geological formations and processes
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
Royal Museums of Art and History
2023
Scladina
2006-2023
Directorate-General Joint Research Centre
2014-2022
University of Liège
2010-2016
University of Cambridge
2016
Histoire Naturelle de l’Homme Préhistorique
2011
Elucidating when Neanderthal populations disappeared from Eurasia is a key question in paleoanthropology, and Belgium one of the regions for studying Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition. Previous radiocarbon dating placed Spy Neanderthals among latest surviving Northwest Europe with reported dates as young 23,880 ± 240 B.P. (OxA-8912). Questions were raised, however, regarding reliability these dates. Soil contamination carbon-based conservation products are known cause problems during...
Little is known about the population history of Neandertals over hundreds thousands years their existence. We retrieved nuclear genomic sequences from two Neandertals, one Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave in Germany and other Scladina Belgium, who lived around 120,000 ago. Despite deeply divergent mitochondrial lineage present former individual, both are genetically closer to later Europe than a roughly contemporaneous individual Siberia. That individuals time most recent common ancestor with...
Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) extends the matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) Zooarcheology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) "mass fingerprinting" approach to species identification providing fragmentation spectra for each peptide. However, ancient bone samples generate sparse data containing only a few collagen proteins, rendering target–decoy strategies unusable and increasing uncertainty in peptide annotation. To ameliorate this issue,...
Considerable morphological and ecological diversity has been found in extinct extant members of the bear genus, Ursus, appears to be key explaining how they have thrived across vast gradients. One example is cave Ursus spelaeus. We applied 2D geometric morphometric techniques describe changes mandibles species further interpret palaeoecology U. were discriminated using their mandibular morphology, which showed intra interspecific shape variation that was indirectly linked climatic...
The habitat weighting, the bioclimatic model methods and Simpson diversity index are applied to small-mammals assemblage of Scladina Cave (border between High Middle Belgium) in order reconstruct environmental climatic fluctuations that reflected on Late Pleistocene sequence cave. small-mammal data analyzed come from two surveys carried out at entrance cave allow us identify within section one cold episode: a dry, cool phase upper part (probably associated with MIS 3). show an alternation...
Abstract. The sedimentary sequence in Scladina Cave (Belgium) is well-known for its rich Middle Paleolithic assemblages and numerous faunal remains. Of particular interest the presence of a nearly complete mandible Neandertal child. To place all these finds correct chronostratigraphic context, various dating techniques have been applied over past decades. This resulted reasonably well-constrained age model, roughly spanning last glacial cycle. Age constraints lower part as well from...
LC-MS/MS extends on the MALDI-TOF ZooMS approach by providing fragmentation spectra for each peptide. However, ancient bone samples generate sparse datasets containing only a few collagen proteins, rendering target-decoy strategies unusable and increasing uncertainty in peptide annotation. ClassiCOL embraces even this ambiguity using novel isoBLAST approach. The exhaustive set of potential candidates created way is then used to retain or reject different paths at taxonomic branching point...