Laure Metz
A5077141969- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Archaeological and Historical Studies
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Metal Alloys Wear and Properties
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Tribology and Wear Analysis
- Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Middle East Politics and Society
- linguistics and terminology studies
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Medieval European Literature and History
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Laboratoire Méditerranéen de Préhistoire Europe Afrique
2014-2024
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2010-2024
Aix-Marseille Université
2014-2024
Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'Homme
2010-2024
University of Connecticut
2017-2024
Connecticut College
2023-2024
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie
2023
Université de Bordeaux
2023
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
2019
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology
2017
Determining the extent of overlap between modern humans and other hominins in Eurasia, such as Neanderthals Denisovans, is fundamental to understanding nature their interactions what led disappearance archaic hominins. Apart from a possible sporadic pulse recorded Greece during Middle Pleistocene, first settlements Europe have been constrained ~45,000 43,000 years ago. Here, we report hominin fossils Grotte Mandrin France that reveal earliest known presence 56,800 51,700 This early human...
Abstract Western Eurasia witnessed several large-scale human migrations during the Holocene 1–5 . Here, to investigate cross-continental effects of these migrations, we shotgun-sequenced 317 genomes—mainly from Mesolithic and Neolithic periods—from across northern western Eurasia. These were imputed alongside published data obtain diploid genotypes more than 1,600 ancient humans. Our analyses revealed a ‘great divide’ genomic boundary extending Black Sea Baltic. hunter-gatherers highly...
To contribute to have a better understanding of the symbolic or not use certain items by Neanderthals, this work presents new evidence deliberate removal raptor claws occurred in Mediterranean Europe during recent phases Mousterian. Rio Secco Cave north-east Italy and Mandrin Middle Rhône valley recently produced two golden eagle pedal phalanges from contexts younger than 49.1–48.0 ky cal BP at dated around 50.0 Mandrin. The bones show cut-marks located on proximal end ascribable cutting...
Summary Western Eurasia witnessed several large-scale human migrations during the Holocene 1–5 . To investigate cross-continental impacts we shotgun-sequenced 317 primarily Mesolithic and Neolithic genomes from across Northern Eurasia. These were imputed alongside published data to obtain diploid genotypes >1,600 ancient humans. Our analyses revealed a ‘Great Divide’ genomic boundary extending Black Sea Baltic. hunter-gatherers (HGs) highly genetically differentiated east west of this...
Consensus in archaeology has posited that mechanically propelled weapons, such as bow-and-arrow or spear-thrower-and-dart combinations, appeared abruptly the Eurasian record with arrival of anatomically and behaviorally modern humans Upper Paleolithic (UP) after 45,000 to 42,000 years (ka) ago, while evidence for weapon use during preceding Middle (MP) Eurasia remains sparse. The ballistic features MP points suggest they were used on hand-cast spears, whereas UP lithic weapons are focused...
Attempts to extend methods for dating archaeological bones beyond that of radiocarbon dating, such as amino acid racemization, have met with limited success owing the dependence on multiple environmental factors and controls. Despite facing similar challenges, deamidation glutamine has recently been investigated a potential indicator ‘thermal age' in bones, well measure their preservation quality. In this study, we undertook series simulated diagenetic experiments understand various...
Summary Neanderthal genomes have been recovered from sites across Eurasia, painting an increasingly complex picture of their populations’ structure, mostly indicating that late European Neanderthals belonged to a single metapopulation with no significant evidence deep population structure. Here we report the discovery individual, nicknamed “Thorin”, Grotte Mandrin in Mediterranean France, and his genome. These dentognathic fossils, including rare example distomolars, are associated rich...