A5071504843- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Language and cultural evolution
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Marine and environmental studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
Collège de France
2022-2025
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
2024-2025
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2024-2025
University of Reading
2024-2025
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
2010-2024
Inserm
2024
University of California, Berkeley
2024
Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Biologie
2022-2023
Leipzig University
2022
Max Planck Society
2010-2017
The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Europe is associated with the regional disappearance of Neanderthals and spread Homo sapiens. Late persisted western several millennia after occurrence H. sapiens eastern
ABSTRACT Pleistocene faunal assemblages are often highly fragmented, hindering taxonomic identifications and interpretive potentials. In this paper, we apply four different methodologies to morphologically unidentifiable bone fragments from the Neanderthal open‐air site of Salzgitter‐Lebenstedt (Germany). First, recorded zooarchaeological attributes for all 1362 bones recovered in 1977. Second, applied zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry (ZooMS) 761 fragments, calculated glutamine...
Recent excavations at Ranis (Germany) identified an early dispersal of Homo sapiens into the higher latitudes Europe by 45,000 years ago. Here we integrate results from zooarchaeology, palaeoproteomics, sediment DNA and stable isotopes to characterize ecology, subsistence diet these H. sapiens. We assessed all bone remains (n = 1,754) 2016-2022 through morphology 1,218) or palaeoproteomics (zooarchaeology mass spectrometry 536) species proteome investigation 212)). Dominant taxa include...
The spread of Homo sapiens into new habitats across Eurasia ~45,000 years ago and the concurrent disappearance Neanderthals represents a critical evolutionary turnover in our species' history. 'Transitional' technocomplexes, such as Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician (LRJ), characterize European record during this period but their makers significance have long remained unclear. New evidence from Ilsenhöhle Ranis, Germany, now provides secure connection LRJ to H. remains dated ago, making it...
Palaeoproteomic analysis of skeletal proteomes is used to provide taxonomic identifications for an increasing number archaeological specimens. The success rate depends on a range taphonomic factors and differences in the extraction protocols employed. By analyzing 12 bone specimens from two sites, we demonstrate that reducing digestion duration 18 3 hours has no measurable impact obtained identifications. Peptide marker recovery, COL1 sequence coverage, or proteome complexity are also not...
Recent advances in high-throughput molecular analyses of collagen peptides, especially ZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry), have permitted breakthroughs the analysis archaeological material that is highly fragmented, a factor hinders morphological identification. Despite these advances, challenge successfully analysing samples with poorer preservation persists. This paper examines potential two mass analysers, TOF (Time Flight) and FTICR (Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance),...
Abstract The exact strategies and technologies underlying Neanderthal hunting events remain open for debate with lithic points being sparse across the European Middle Palaeolithic. An exception is Neronian entity in southeast France, defined by ventrally retouched Soyons points. This study contextualises one of largest assemblages, layer 1 at Abri du Maras. Our analyses focussed on attributes described as indicative projectile use or hafting to contextualise morphometric technological...
Abstract Recent zooarchaeological and isotope analyses have largely settled the debate surrounding Neanderthal hunting capacities, repeatedly demonstrating their successful acquisition of large ungulates. Nevertheless, functional identification individual tools as weapons remains a methodological challenge. In-depth studies focussed mainly on small subsets lithic artefacts from selected assemblages assessing features breakage patterns, retouch, shape use wear. Studies focussing associated...