Paleoproteomics, the study of ancient proteins, is a rapidly growing field at the intersection of
molecular biology, paleontology, archaeology, paleoecology, and history. Paleoproteomics …

The analysis of ancient proteins from paleontological, archeological, and historic materials is
revealing insights into past subsistence practices, patterns of health and disease, evolution …

Denisovans are members of a hominin group who are currently only known directly from
fragmentary fossils, the genomes of which have been studied from a single site, Denisova …

The phylogenetic relationships between hominins of the Early Pleistocene epoch in Eurasia,
such as Homo antecessor, and hominins that appear later in the fossil record during the …

The sequencing of ancient DNA has enabled the reconstruction of speciation, migration and
admixture events for extinct taxa. However, the irreversible post-mortem degradation of …

Recent paleogenomic studies have shown that migrations of Western steppe herders (WSH)
beginning in the Eneolithic (ca. 3300–2700 BCE) profoundly transformed the genes and …

Consuming the milk of other species is a unique adaptation of Homo sapiens, with
implications for health, birth spacing and evolution. Key questions nonetheless remain …

Archaeological dental calculus has emerged as a rich source of ancient biomolecules,
including proteins. Previous analyses of proteins extracted from ancient dental calculus …

The living tree sloths Choloepus and Bradypus are the only remaining members of Folivora,
a major xenarthran radiation that occupied a wide range of habitats in many parts of the …

Protein is a major component of all biological evidence, often the matrix that embeds other
biomolecules such as polynucleotides, lipids, carbohydrates, and small molecules. The …