Ancient DNA studies: new perspectives on old samples

E Rizzi, M Lari, E Gigli, G De Bellis… - Genetics Selection …, 2012 - Springer
In spite of past controversies, the field of ancient DNA is now a reliable research area due to
recent methodological improvements. A series of recent large-scale studies have revealed …

The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of an unknown hominin from southern Siberia

J Krause, Q Fu, JM Good, B Viola, MV Shunkov… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
With the exception of Neanderthals, from which DNA sequences of numerous individuals
have now been determined, the number and genetic relationships of other hominin lineages …

Temporal patterns of nucleotide misincorporations and DNA fragmentation in ancient DNA

S Sawyer, J Krause, K Guschanski, V Savolainen… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
DNA that survives in museum specimens, bones and other tissues recovered by
archaeologists is invariably fragmented and chemically modified. The extent to which such …

The early upper Paleolithic of eastern Europe reconsidered

JF Hoffecker - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Artifacts of Paleolithic age were first recognized in eastern Europe during the 1870s.
Archeologists have struggled ever since to integrate them into the better known record of …

[图书][B] First migrants: ancient migration in global perspective

P Bellwood - 2014 - books.google.com
The first publication to outline the complex global story of human migration and dispersal
throughout the whole of human prehistory. Utilizing archaeological, linguistic and biological …

A complete mtDNA genome of an early modern human from Kostenki, Russia

J Krause, AW Briggs, M Kircher, T Maricic, N Zwyns… - Current biology, 2010 - cell.com
The recovery of DNA sequences from early modern humans (EMHs) could shed light on
their interactions with archaic groups such as Neandertals and their relationships to current …

Monitoring DNA contamination in handled vs. directly excavated ancient human skeletal remains

E Pilli, A Modi, C Serpico, A Achilli, H Lancioni, B Lippi… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Bones, teeth and hair are often the only physical evidence of human or animal presence at
an archaeological site; they are also the most widely used sources of samples for ancient …

[图书][B] Modern humans: their African origin and global dispersal

J Hoffecker - 2017 - degruyter.com
Modern Humans is a vivid account of the most recent—and perhaps the most important—
phase of human evolution: the appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa less than half a million …

When the waves of European neolithization met: first paleogenetic evidence from early farmers in the Southern Paris Basin

M Rivollat, F Mendisco, MH Pemonge, A Safi… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
An intense debate concerning the nature and mode of Neolithic transition in Europe has
long received much attention. Recent publications of paleogenetic analyses focusing on …

Population dynamic of the extinct European aurochs: genetic evidence of a north-south differentiation pattern and no evidence of post-glacial expansion

S Mona, G Catalano, M Lari, G Larson, P Boscato… - BMC evolutionary …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background The aurochs (Bos primigenius) was a large bovine that ranged over
almost the entirety of the Eurasian continent and North Africa. It is the wild ancestor of the …