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1. Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Palaeolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy

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Higgins, Owen Alexander, Modi, Alessandra, Cannariato, Costanza, Diroma, Maria Angela, Lugli, Federico, Ricci, Stefano, Zaro, Valentina, Vai, Stefania, Vazzana, Antonino, Romandini, Matteo, Yu, He, Boschin, Francesco, Magnone, Luigi, Rossini, Matteo, Di Domenico, Giovanni, Baruffaldi, Fabio, Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Dellù, Elena, Moroni, Adriana, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Talamo, Sahra, Müller, Wolfgang, Calattini, Mauro, Nava, Alessia, Posth, Cosimo, Lari, Martina, Bondioli, Luca, Benazzi, Stefano, and Caramelli, David

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2024
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5. Biocultural Diversity in Italy

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Nazari, Vazrick, Belardinelli, Sofia, Pieroni, Andrea, Motti, Riccardo, Chiarucci, Alessandro, Bisol, Giovanni Destro, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Mezzavilla, Massimo, Garaffa, Luigi, and Pievani, Dietelmo

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2023
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7. Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers

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Posth, Cosimo, Yu, He, Ghalichi, Ayshin, Rougier, Hélène, Crevecoeur, Isabelle, Huang, Yilei, Ringbauer, Harald, Rohrlach, Adam B., Nägele, Kathrin, Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa, Radzeviciute, Rita, Ferraz, Tiago, Stoessel, Alexander, Tukhbatova, Rezeda, Drucker, Dorothée G., Lari, Martina, Modi, Alessandra, Vai, Stefania, Saupe, Tina, Scheib, Christiana L., Catalano, Giulio, Pagani, Luca, Talamo, Sahra, Fewlass, Helen, Klaric, Laurent, Morala, André, Rué, Mathieu, Madelaine, Stéphane, Crépin, Laurent, Caverne, Jean-Baptiste, Bocaege, Emmy, Ricci, Stefano, Boschin, Francesco, Bayle, Priscilla, Maureille, Bruno, Le Brun-Ricalens, Foni, Bordes, Jean-Guillaume, Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Bignon-Lau, Olivier, Debout, Grégory, Orliac, Michel, Zazzo, Antoine, Sparacello, Vitale, Starnini, Elisabetta, Sineo, Luca, van der Plicht, Johannes, Pecqueur, Laure, Merceron, Gildas, Garcia, Géraldine, Leuvrey, Jean-Michel, Garcia, Coralie Bay, Gómez-Olivencia, Asier, Połtowicz-Bobak, Marta, Bobak, Dariusz, Le Luyer, Mona, Storm, Paul, Hoffmann, Claudia, Kabaciński, Jacek, Filimonova, Tatiana, Shnaider, Svetlana, Berezina, Natalia, González-Rabanal, Borja, González Morales, Manuel R., Marín-Arroyo, Ana B., López, Belén, Alonso-Llamazares, Carmen, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Polet, Caroline, Jadin, Ivan, Cauwe, Nicolas, Soler, Joaquim, Coromina, Neus, Rufí, Isaac, Cottiaux, Richard, Clark, Geoffrey, Straus, Lawrence G., Julien, Marie-Anne, Renhart, Silvia, Talaa, Dorothea, Benazzi, Stefano, Romandini, Matteo, Amkreutz, Luc, Bocherens, Hervé, Wißing, Christoph, Villotte, Sébastien, de Pablo, Javier Fernández-López, Gómez-Puche, Magdalena, Esquembre-Bebia, Marco Aurelio, Bodu, Pierre, Smits, Liesbeth, Souffi, Bénédicte, Jankauskas, Rimantas, Kozakaitė, Justina, Cupillard, Christophe, Benthien, Hartmut, Wehrberger, Kurt, Schmitz, Ralf W., Feine, Susanne C., Schüler, Tim, Thevenet, Corinne, Grigorescu, Dan, Lüth, Friedrich, Kotula, Andreas, Piezonka, Henny, Schopper, Franz, Svoboda, Jiří, Sázelová, Sandra, Chizhevsky, Andrey, Khokhlov, Aleksandr, Conard, Nicholas J., Valentin, Frédérique, Harvati, Katerina, Semal, Patrick, Jungklaus, Bettina, Suvorov, Alexander, Schulting, Rick, Moiseyev, Vyacheslav, Mannermaa, Kristiina, Buzhilova, Alexandra, Terberger, Thomas, Caramelli, David, Altena, Eveline, Haak, Wolfgang, and Krause, Johannes

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2023
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8. Refining the Uluzzian through a new lithic assemblage from Roccia San Sebastiano (Mondragone, southern Italy)

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Collina, Carmine, Marciani, Giulia, Martini, Ivan, Donadio, Carlo, Repola, Leopoldo, Bortolini, Eugenio, Arrighi, Simona, Badino, Federica, Figus, Carla, Lugli, Federico, Oxilia, Gregorio, Romandini, Matteo, Silvestrini, Sara, Piperno, Marcello, and Benazzi, Stefano

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Quantitative Biology - Populations and Evolution
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Roccia San Sebastiano is a tectonic-karstic cave located at the foot of the southern slope of Mt. Massico, in the territory of Mondragone (Caserta) in Campania (southern Italy). Systematic excavation has been carried out since 2001, leading to the partial exploration of an important Pleistocene deposit, extraordinarily rich in lithic and faunal remains. The aim of this paper is to (1) present the stratigraphic sequence of Roccia San Sebastiano, and (2) technologically describe the lithic materials of squares F14 t18, t19, t20; E16 t16, t17, t18 recently recognised as Uluzzian. The stratigraphic sequence is more than 3 metres thick and dates from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic. It contains different techno-complexes: Gravettian, Aurignacian, Uluzzian and Mousterian. In the Uluzzian lithic assemblage mostly local pebbles of chert were used in order to produce small-sized objects. The concept of debitage mainly deals with unidirectional debitage with absent or fairly accurate management of the convexities and angles; the striking platforms are usually natural or made by one stroke. It is attested the use of both direct freehand percussion and bipolar technique on anvil in the same reduction sequence. Amongst the retouched tools the presence of two lunates is of note. This study of the Roccia San Sebastiano Uluzzian lithic complexes is significant for understanding the dynamics of the transition from Middle to Upper Palaeolithic in the Tyrrhenian margin of southern Italy.

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2020
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9. Bone tools, ornaments and other unusual objects during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy

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Arrighi, Simona, Moroni, Adriana, Tassoni, Laura, Boschin, Francesco, Badino, Federica, Bortolini, Eugenio, Boscato, Paolo, Crezzini, Jacopo, Figus, Carla, Forte, Manuela, Lugli, Federico, Marciani, Giulia, Oxilia, Gregorio, Negrino, Fabio, Riel-Salvatore, Julien, Romandini, Matteo, Spinapolice, Enza Elena, Peresani, Marco, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, and Benazzi, Stefano

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Quantitative Biology - Populations and Evolution
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The arrival of Modern Humans (MHs) in Europe between 50 ka and 36 ka coincides with significant changes in human behaviour, regarding the production of tools, the exploitation of resources and the systematic use of ornaments and colouring substances. The emergence of the so-called modern behaviours is usually associated with MHs, although in these last decades findings relating to symbolic thinking of pre-Sapiens groups have been claimed. In this paper we present a synthesis of the Italian evidence concerning bone manufacturing and the use of ornaments and pigments in the time span encompassing the demise of Neandertals and their replacement by MHs. Current data show that Mousterian bone tools are mostly obtained from bone fragments used as is. Conversely an organized production of fine shaped bone tools is characteristic of the Uluzzian and the Protoaurignacian, when the complexity inherent in the manufacturing processes suggests that bone artefacts are not to be considered as expedient resources. Some traces of symbolic activities are associated to Neandertals in Northern Italy. Ornaments (mostly tusk shells) and pigments used for decorative purposes are well recorded during the Uluzzian. Their features and distribution witness to an intriguing cultural homogeneity within this technocomplex. The Protoaurignacian is characterized by a wider archaeological evidence, consisting of personal ornaments (mostly pierced gastropods), pigments and artistic items.

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2019

10. Lithic techno-complexes in Italy from 50 to 39 thousand years BP: an overview of lithic technological changes across the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic boundary

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Marciani, Giulia, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Arrighi, Simona, Badino, Federica, Bortolini, Eugenio, Boscato, Paolo, Boschin, Francesco, Crezzini, Jacopo, Delpiano, Davide, Falcucci, Armando, Figus, Carla, Lugli, Federico, Oxilia, Gregorio, Romandini, Matteo, Riel-Salvatore, Julien, Negrino, Fabio, Peresani, Marco, Spinapolice, Enza Elena, Moroni, Adriana, and Benazzi, Stefano

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Quantitative Biology - Populations and Evolution
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Defining the processes involved in the technical/cultural shifts from the Late Middle to the Early Upper Palaeolithic in Europe (~50-39 thousand years BP) is one of the most important tasks facing prehistoric studies. In this debate Italy plays a pivotal role, due to its geographical position between eastern and western Mediterranean Europe as well as to it being the location of several sites showing Late Mousterian, Uluzzian and Protoaurignacian evidence distributed across the Peninsula. Our study aims to provide a synthesis of the available lithic evidence from this key area through a review of the evidence collected from a number of reference sites. The main technical features of the Late Mousterian, the Uluzzian and the Protoaurignacian traditions are examined from a diachronic and spatial perspective. Our overview allows the identification of major differences in the technological behaviour of these populations, making it possible to propose a number of specific working hypotheses on the basis of which further studies can be carried out. This study presents a detailed comparative study of the whole corpus of the lithic production strategies documented during this interval, and crucial element thus emerge.These data are of primary importance in order to assess the nature of the "transition" phenomenon in Italy, thus contributing to the larger debate about the disappearance of Neandertals and the arrival of early Modern Humans in Europe.

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2019
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11. Macromammal and bird assemblages across the Late Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy: an extended zooarchaeological review

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Romandini, Matteo, Crezzini, Jacopo, Bortolini, Eugenio, Boscato, Paolo, Boschin, Francesco, Carrera, Lisa, Nannini, Nicola, Tagliacozzo, Antonio, Terlato, Gabriele, Arrighi, Simona, Badino, Federica, Figus, Carla, Lugli, Federico, Marciani, Giulia, Oxilia, Gregorio, Moroni, Adriana, Negrino, Fabio, Peresani, Marco, Riel-Salvatore, Julien, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Spinapolice, Enza Elena, and Benazzi, Stefano

Subjects
Quantitative Biology - Populations and Evolution
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Evidence of human activities during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition is well represented from rock_shelters, caves and open_air sites across Italy. Over the past decade, both the revision of taphonomic processes affecting archaeological faunal assemblages and new zooarchaeological studies have allowed archaeologists to better understand subsistence strategies and cultural behaviors attributed to groups of Neandertal and modern humans living in the region. This work presents the preliminary results of a 5 years research programme (ERC n. 724046_SUCCESS) and offers a state_of_the_art synthesis of archaeological faunal assemblages including mammals and birds uncovered in Italy between 50 and 35 ky ago. The present data were recovered in primary Late Mousterian, Uluzzian, and Protoaurignacian stratigraphic contexts from Northern Italy (Grotta di Fumane, Riparo del Broion, Grotta Maggiore di San Bernardino, Grotta del Rio Secco, Riparo Bombrini), and Southern Italy (Grotta di Castelcivita, Grotta della Cala, Grotta del Cavallo, and Riparo l'Oscurusciuto). The available Number of Identified Specimens (NISP) is analysed through intra- and inter-site comparisons at a regional scale, while aoristic analysis is applied to the sequence documented at Grotta di Fumane. Results of qualitative comparisons suggest an increase in the number of hunted taxa since the end of the Middle Palaeolithic, and a marked change in ecological settings beginning with the Protoaurignacian, with a shift to lower temperatures and humidity. The distribution of carnivore remains and taphonomic analyses hint at a possible change in faunal exploitation and butchering processing between the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. A preliminary comparison between bone frequencies and the distribution of burned bones poses interesting questions concerning the management of fire. Eventually, the combined use of...(continue)

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2019
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17. Morphological and morphometric study of the hominin dental casts from Grotta‐Riparo di Uluzzo C (Apulia, southern Italy).

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Seghi, Francesca, Sorrentino, Rita, Bailey, Shara E., Piccirilli, Erica, Vazzana, Antonino, Bortolini, Eugenio, Higgins, Owen A., Marciani, Giulia, Orlando, Medica A., Spinapolice, Enza E., Moroni, Adriana, and Benazzi, Stefano

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MOLARS, NEANDERTHALS, MIDDLE Paleolithic Period, DECIDUOUS teeth, PALEOLITHIC Period
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Objectives: Grotta‐Riparo di Uluzzo C (Apulia, southern Italy) is a pivotal site for investigating the evolution of the Middle Paleolithic and the earliest phases of the Upper Paleolithic in southern Italy, as the extensive stratigraphic record of this site includes a thick Mousterian sequence followed by the Uluzzian. Here, we investigate the taxonomic affinity of seven unpublished deciduous human teeth retrieved from the site of Uluzzo C in 1960. Materials and Methods: The teeth are represented by seven plaster dental casts, which are housed at the Museo Civico di Paleontologia e Paletnologia in Maglie (Lecce, Apulia). The location of the original specimens remains unknown, rendering these casts the only human remains evidence yielded by Uluzzo C to date. Based on occlusal‐view photographs and digital models of the casts, we examined the external morphology and morphometry of the teeth, comparing them to Homo sapiens and H. neanderthalensis samples. Through geometric morphometric methods and statistical analyses, we analyzed the crown outline of the deciduous molars. Results: The teeth show morphological and morphometric features that are variably found in H. neanderthalensis, H. sapiens, or both. Specifically, crown outline analysis shows that all molars fall within H. neanderthalensis variability, except for Uluzzo 853 (lower right deciduous first molar), which falls within H. sapiens variability. Discussion: This study provides the first taxonomic assessment of the hominin teeth from Uluzzo C. The results contribute additional insights into the Paleolithic peopling of southern Italy during a crucial period marked by the persistence of post‐Tyrrhenian Neanderthal techno‐complexes and the arrival of H. sapiens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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19. Early life of Neanderthals

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Nava, Alessia, Lugli, Federico, Romandini, Matteo, Badino, Federica, Evans, David, Helbling, Angela H., Oxilia, Gregorio, Arrighi, Simona, Bortolini, Eugenio, Delpiano, Davide, Duches, Rossella, Figus, Carla, Livraghi, Alessandra, Marciani, Giulia, Silvestrini, Sara, Cipriani, Anna, Giovanardi, Tommaso, Pini, Roberta, Tuniz, Claudio, Bernardini, Federico, Dori, Irene, Coppa, Alfredo, Cristiani, Emanuela, Dean, Christopher, Bondioli, Luca, Peresani, Marco, Müller, Wolfgang, and Benazzi, Stefano

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2020

21. Author Correction: Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers

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Posth, Cosimo, Yu, He, Ghalichi, Ayshin, Rougier, Hélène, Crevecoeur, Isabelle, Huang, Yilei, Ringbauer, Harald, Rohrlach, Adam B., Nägele, Kathrin, Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa, Radzeviciute, Rita, Ferraz, Tiago, Stoessel, Alexander, Tukhbatova, Rezeda, Drucker, Dorothée G., Lari, Martina, Modi, Alessandra, Vai, Stefania, Saupe, Tina, Scheib, Christiana L., Catalano, Giulio, Pagani, Luca, Talamo, Sahra, Fewlass, Helen, Klaric, Laurent, Morala, André, Rué, Mathieu, Madelaine, Stéphane, Crépin, Laurent, Caverne, Jean-Baptiste, Bocaege, Emmy, Ricci, Stefano, Boschin, Francesco, Bayle, Priscilla, Maureille, Bruno, Le Brun-Ricalens, Foni, Bordes, Jean-Guillaume, Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Bignon-Lau, Olivier, Debout, Grégory, Orliac, Michel, Zazzo, Antoine, Sparacello, Vitale, Starnini, Elisabetta, Sineo, Luca, van der Plicht, Johannes, Pecqueur, Laure, Merceron, Gildas, Garcia, Géraldine, Leuvrey, Jean-Michel, Garcia, Coralie Bay, Gómez-Olivencia, Asier, Połtowicz-Bobak, Marta, Bobak, Dariusz, Le Luyer, Mona, Storm, Paul, Hoffmann, Claudia, Kabaciński, Jacek, Filimonova, Tatiana, Shnaider, Svetlana, Berezina, Natalia, González-Rabanal, Borja, González Morales, Manuel R., Marín-Arroyo, Ana B., López, Belén, Alonso-Llamazares, Carmen, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Polet, Caroline, Jadin, Ivan, Cauwe, Nicolas, Soler, Joaquim, Coromina, Neus, Rufí, Isaac, Cottiaux, Richard, Clark, Geoffrey, Straus, Lawrence G., Julien, Marie-Anne, Renhart, Silvia, Talaa, Dorothea, Benazzi, Stefano, Romandini, Matteo, Amkreutz, Luc, Bocherens, Hervé, Wißing, Christoph, Villotte, Sébastien, de Pablo, Javier Fernández-López, Gómez-Puche, Magdalena, Esquembre-Bebia, Marco Aurelio, Bodu, Pierre, Smits, Liesbeth, Souffi, Bénédicte, Jankauskas, Rimantas, Kozakaitė, Justina, Cupillard, Christophe, Benthien, Hartmut, Wehrberger, Kurt, Schmitz, Ralf W., Feine, Susanne C., Schüler, Tim, Thevenet, Corinne, Grigorescu, Dan, Lüth, Friedrich, Kotula, Andreas, Piezonka, Henny, Schopper, Franz, Svoboda, Jiří, Sázelová, Sandra, Chizhevsky, Andrey, Khokhlov, Aleksandr, Conard, Nicholas J., Valentin, Frédérique, Harvati, Katerina, Semal, Patrick, Jungklaus, Bettina, Suvorov, Alexander, Schulting, Rick, Moiseyev, Vyacheslav, Mannermaa, Kristiina, Buzhilova, Alexandra, Terberger, Thomas, Caramelli, David, Altena, Eveline, Haak, Wolfgang, and Krause, Johannes

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2023
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24. Bone tools, ornaments and other unusual objects during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy

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Arrighi, Simona, Moroni, Adriana, Tassoni, Laura, Boschin, Francesco, Badino, Federica, Bortolini, Eugenio, Boscato, Paolo, Crezzini, Jacopo, Figus, Carla, Forte, Manuela, Lugli, Federico, Marciani, Giulia, Oxilia, Gregorio, Negrino, Fabio, Riel-Salvatore, Julien, Romandini, Matteo, Peresani, Marco, Spinapolice, Enza Elena, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, and Benazzi, Stefano

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2020
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25. Macromammal and bird assemblages across the late Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy: an extended zooarchaeological review

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Romandini, Matteo, Crezzini, Jacopo, Bortolini, Eugenio, Boscato, Paolo, Boschin, Francesco, Carrera, Lisa, Nannini, Nicola, Tagliacozzo, Antonio, Terlato, Gabriele, Arrighi, Simona, Badino, Federica, Figus, Carla, Lugli, Federico, Marciani, Giulia, Oxilia, Gregorio, Moroni, Adriana, Negrino, Fabio, Peresani, Marco, Riel-Salvatore, Julien, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Spinapolice, Enza Elena, and Benazzi, Stefano

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2020
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26. Lithic techno-complexes in Italy from 50 to 39 thousand years BP: An overview of lithic technological changes across the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic boundary

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Marciani, Giulia, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Arrighi, Simona, Badino, Federica, Bortolini, Eugenio, Boscato, Paolo, Boschin, Francesco, Crezzini, Jacopo, Delpiano, Davide, Falcucci, Armando, Figus, Carla, Lugli, Federico, Oxilia, Gregorio, Romandini, Matteo, Riel-Salvatore, Julien, Negrino, Fabio, Peresani, Marco, Spinapolice, Enza Elena, Moroni, Adriana, and Benazzi, Stefano

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2020
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27. An overview of Alpine and Mediterranean palaeogeography, terrestrial ecosystems and climate history during MIS 3 with focus on the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition

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Badino, Federica, Pini, Roberta, Ravazzi, Cesare, Margaritora, Davide, Arrighi, Simona, Bortolini, Eugenio, Figus, Carla, Giaccio, Biagio, Lugli, Federico, Marciani, Giulia, Monegato, Giovanni, Moroni, Adriana, Negrino, Fabio, Oxilia, Gregorio, Peresani, Marco, Romandini, Matteo, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Spinapolice, Enza E., Zerboni, Andrea, and Benazzi, Stefano

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2020
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28. New insights on Celtic migration in Hungary and Italy through the analysis of non-metric dental traits

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Piccirilli, Erica, primary, Sorrentino, Rita, additional, Lugli, Federico, additional, Bortolini, Eugenio, additional, Silvestrini, Sara, additional, Cavazzuti, Claudio, additional, Conti, Sara, additional, Czifra, Szabolcs, additional, Gyenesei, Katalin, additional, Köhler, Kitti, additional, Tankó, Károly, additional, Vazzana, Antonino, additional, Jerem, Erzsébet, additional, Cipriani, Anna, additional, Gottarelli, Antonio, additional, Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, additional, Hajdu, Tamás, additional, and Benazzi, Stefano, additional

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2023
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30. Inferring patterns of folktale diffusion using genomic data

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Bortolini, Eugenio, Pagani, Luca, Crema, Enrico R., Sarno, Stefania, Barbieri, Chiara, Boattini, Alessio, Sazzini, Marco, da Silva, Sara Graca, Martini, Gessica, Metspalu, Mait, Pettener, Davide, Luiselli, Donata, and Tehrani, Jamshid J.

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2017

32. Becoming adults: exploring the late ontogeny of the human talus

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Figus, Carla, primary, Sorrentino, Rita, additional, Carlson, Kristian J., additional, Colombo, Antony, additional, Bortolini, Eugenio, additional, Bernardini, Federico, additional, Erjavec, Igor, additional, Hajdu, Tamás, additional, Szeniczey, Tamás, additional, Mateovics-László, Orsolya, additional, Pap, Ildiko, additional, Tuniz, Claudio, additional, Novak, Mario, additional, Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, additional, Ryan, Timothy M., additional, and Benazzi, Stefano, additional

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2023
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33. Between the hammerstone and the anvil: bipolar knapping and other percussive activities in the late Mousterian and the Uluzzian of Grotta di Castelcivita (Italy)

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Arrighi, Simona, Marciani, Giulia, Rossini, Matteo, Pereira Santos, Marcos César, Fiorini, Andrea, Martini, Ivan, Aureli, Daniele, Badino, Federica, Bortolini, Eugenio, Figus, Carla, Lugli, Federico, Oxilia, Gregorio, Romandini, Matteo, Silvestrini, Sara, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Moroni, Adriana, and Benazzi, Stefano

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2020
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35. Backdating systematic shell ornament making in Europe to 45,000 years ago

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Arrighi, Simona, Bortolini, Eugenio, Tassoni, Laura, Benocci, Andrea, Manganelli, Giuseppe, Spagnolo, Vincenzo, Foresi, Luca Maria, Bambini, Anna Maria, Lugli, Federico, Badino, Federica, Aureli, Daniele, Boschin, Francesco, Figus, Carla, Marciani, Giulia, Oxilia, Gregorio, Silvestrini, Sara, Cipriani, Anna, Romandini, Matteo, Peresani, Marco, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Moroni, Adriana, and Benazzi, Stefano

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2020
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37. Dental macrowear reveals ecological diversity of Gorilla spp

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Australian Research Council, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Primate Research Institute (Japan), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Bortolini, Eugenio [0000-0001-6751-5680], Harty, Teagan, Berthaume, Michael A., Bortolini, Eugenio, Evans, Alistair R., Galbany, Jordi, Guy, Frank, Kullmer, Ottmar, Lazzari, Vincent, Romero Jódar, Alejandro, Fiorenza, Luca, Australian Research Council, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Primate Research Institute (Japan), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Bortolini, Eugenio [0000-0001-6751-5680], Harty, Teagan, Berthaume, Michael A., Bortolini, Eugenio, Evans, Alistair R., Galbany, Jordi, Guy, Frank, Kullmer, Ottmar, Lazzari, Vincent, Romero Jódar, Alejandro, and Fiorenza, Luca

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Size and shape variation of molar crowns in primates plays an important role in understanding how species adapted to their environment. Gorillas are commonly considered to be folivorous primates because they possess sharp cusped molars which are adapted to process fibrous leafy foods. However, the proportion of fruit in their diet can vary significantly depending on their habitats. While tooth morphology can tell us what a tooth is capable of processing, tooth wear can help us to understand how teeth have been used during mastication. The objective of this study is to explore if differences in diet at the subspecies level can be detected by the analysis of molar macrowear. We analysed a large sample of second lower molars of Grauer’s, mountain and western lowland gorilla by combining the Occlusal Fingerprint Analysis method with other dental measurements. We found that Grauer’s and western lowland gorillas are characterised by a macrowear pattern indicating a larger intake of fruit in their diet, while mountain gorilla’s macrowear is associated with the consumption of more folivorous foods. We also found that the consumption of herbaceous foods is generally associated with an increase in dentine and enamel wear, confirming the results of previous studies.

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2022

38. Enamel thickness per masticatory phases (ETMP): A new approach to assess the relationship between macrowear and enamel thickness in the human lower first molar

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Croatian Science Foundation, Oxilia, Gregorio, Zaniboni, Matia, Bortolini, Eugenio, Menghi Sartorio, Jessica Cristina, Bernardini, Federico, Tuniz, Claudio, Di Domenico, Giovanni, Tresić Pavičić, Dinko, Los, Dženi, Radović, Siniša, Balen, Jacqueline, Janković, Ivor, Novak, Mario, Benazzi, Stefano, Croatian Science Foundation, Oxilia, Gregorio, Zaniboni, Matia, Bortolini, Eugenio, Menghi Sartorio, Jessica Cristina, Bernardini, Federico, Tuniz, Claudio, Di Domenico, Giovanni, Tresić Pavičić, Dinko, Los, Dženi, Radović, Siniša, Balen, Jacqueline, Janković, Ivor, Novak, Mario, and Benazzi, Stefano

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Many anthropological studies have examined the functional implications of enamel thickness in human dental crowns. Despite limitations, Enamel thickness (ET) values are still used to infer taxonomic attribution in the genus Homo, and to identify mechanisms of functional adaptation against macrowear. However, only a few studies have tried to describe the possible relationship between ET and dental wear patterns in permanent lower first molars (M) aiming to observe whether an adaptive response to the environmental and cultural context is detectable. The present work aims to investigate a possible signal of ET adaptive response in M (wear stage 3; Molnar, 1971) belonging to individuals who lived between the Neolithic (early 6th millennium BCE) and the Bronze Age (second half of the 2nd millennium BCE) in Croatia to identify any signal of change in dental tissue proportions based on archaeologically documented shifts in population structure and subsistence strategies. In order to do so, we explored 3D Average Enamel Thickness (AET) of the entire crown and wear pattern distribution among individuals and across chronological groups. We then described a new method called “Enamel Thickness per Masticatory Phases” (ETMP) involving the creation of virtual sections cutting enamel and coronal dentine in three parts based on masticatory phases, and explored the distribution of 3D AET accordingly. Finally, we performed geometric morphometric analysis on dental crown to ascertain possible morphological differences between Neolithic, Eneolithic, and Bronze Age groups. Results show that Bronze Age individuals differ from previous groups due to 1) higher values of ET in both the entire crown and specifically in the buccal area, 2) to an extensive wear pattern localized on the buccal side, and 3) to the distal extension of the hypoconid together with an extended mesio-distal shape of the crown. These patterns may represent an adaptive response of dental tissue to varying functional de

Published
2023

39. Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers

Author

Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Arqueología y Patrimonio Histórico, Posth, Cosimo, Yu, He, Ghalichi, Ayshin, Rougier, Hélène, Crevecoeur, Isabelle, Huang, Yilei, Ringbauer, Harald, Rohrlach, Adam B., Nägele, Kathrin, Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa, Radzeviciute, Rita, Ferraz, Tiago, Stoessel, Alexander, Tukhbatova, Rezeda, Drucker, Dorothée G., Lari, Martina, Modi, Alessandra, Vai, Stefania, Saupe, Tina, Scheib, Christiana L., Catalano, Giulio, Pagani, Luca, Talamo, Sahra, Fewlass, Helen, Klaric, Laurent, Morala, André, Rué, Mathieu, Madelaine, Stéphane, Crépin, Laurent, Caverne, Jean-Baptiste, Bocaege, Emmy, Ricci, Stefano, Boschin, Francesco, Bayle, Priscilla, Maureille, Bruno, Le Brun-Ricalens, Foni, Bordes, Jean-Guillaume, Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Bignon-Lau, Olivier, Debout, Grégory, Orliac, Michel, Zazzo, Antoine, Sparacello, Vitale, Starnini, Elisabetta, Sineo, Luca, van der Plicht, Johannes, Pecqueur, Laure, Merceron, Gildas, Garcia, Géraldine, Leuvrey, Jean-Michel, Garcia, Coralie Bay, Gómez-Olivencia, Asier, Połtowicz-Bobak, Marta, Bobak, Dariusz, Le Luyer, Mona, Storm, Paul, Hoffmann, Claudia, Kabaciński, Jacek, Filimonova, Tatiana, Shnaider, Svetlana, Berezina, Natalia, González-Rabanal, Borja, González Morales, Manuel R., Marín-Arroyo, Ana B., López, Belén, Alonso-Llamazares, Carmen, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Polet, Caroline, Jadin, Ivan, Cauwe, Nicolas, Soler, Joaquim, Coromina, Neus, Rufí, Isaac, Cottiaux, Richard, Clark, Geoffrey, Straus, Lawrence G., Julien, Marie-Anne, Renhart, Silvia, Talaa, Dorothea, Benazzi, Stefano, Romandini, Matteo, Amkreutz, Luc, Bocherens, Hervé, Wißing, Christoph, Villotte, Sébastien, Fernández‐López de Pablo, Javier, Gómez-Puche, Magdalena, Esquembre Bebia, Marco Aurelio, Bodu, Pierre, Smits, Liesbeth, Souffi, Bénédicte, Jankauskas, Rimantas, Kozakaitė, Justina, Cupillard, Christophe, Benthien, Hartmut, Wehrberger, Kurt, Schmitz, Ralf W., Feine, Susanne C., Schüler, Tim, Thevenet, Corinne, Grigorescu, Dan, Lüth, Friedrich, Kotula, Andreas, Piezonka, Henny, Schopper, Franz, Svoboda, Jiří, Sázelová, Sandra, Chizhevsky, Andrey, Khokhlov, Aleksandr, Conard, Nicholas J., Valentin, Frédérique, Harvati, Katerina, Semal, Patrick, Jungklaus, Bettina, Suvorov, Alexander, Schulting, Rick, Moiseyev, Vyacheslav, Mannermaa, Kristiina, Buzhilova, Alexandra, Terberger, Thomas, Caramelli, David, Altena, Eveline, Haak, Wolfgang, Krause, Johannes, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Arqueología y Patrimonio Histórico, Posth, Cosimo, Yu, He, Ghalichi, Ayshin, Rougier, Hélène, Crevecoeur, Isabelle, Huang, Yilei, Ringbauer, Harald, Rohrlach, Adam B., Nägele, Kathrin, Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa, Radzeviciute, Rita, Ferraz, Tiago, Stoessel, Alexander, Tukhbatova, Rezeda, Drucker, Dorothée G., Lari, Martina, Modi, Alessandra, Vai, Stefania, Saupe, Tina, Scheib, Christiana L., Catalano, Giulio, Pagani, Luca, Talamo, Sahra, Fewlass, Helen, Klaric, Laurent, Morala, André, Rué, Mathieu, Madelaine, Stéphane, Crépin, Laurent, Caverne, Jean-Baptiste, Bocaege, Emmy, Ricci, Stefano, Boschin, Francesco, Bayle, Priscilla, Maureille, Bruno, Le Brun-Ricalens, Foni, Bordes, Jean-Guillaume, Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Bignon-Lau, Olivier, Debout, Grégory, Orliac, Michel, Zazzo, Antoine, Sparacello, Vitale, Starnini, Elisabetta, Sineo, Luca, van der Plicht, Johannes, Pecqueur, Laure, Merceron, Gildas, Garcia, Géraldine, Leuvrey, Jean-Michel, Garcia, Coralie Bay, Gómez-Olivencia, Asier, Połtowicz-Bobak, Marta, Bobak, Dariusz, Le Luyer, Mona, Storm, Paul, Hoffmann, Claudia, Kabaciński, Jacek, Filimonova, Tatiana, Shnaider, Svetlana, Berezina, Natalia, González-Rabanal, Borja, González Morales, Manuel R., Marín-Arroyo, Ana B., López, Belén, Alonso-Llamazares, Carmen, Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Polet, Caroline, Jadin, Ivan, Cauwe, Nicolas, Soler, Joaquim, Coromina, Neus, Rufí, Isaac, Cottiaux, Richard, Clark, Geoffrey, Straus, Lawrence G., Julien, Marie-Anne, Renhart, Silvia, Talaa, Dorothea, Benazzi, Stefano, Romandini, Matteo, Amkreutz, Luc, Bocherens, Hervé, Wißing, Christoph, Villotte, Sébastien, Fernández‐López de Pablo, Javier, Gómez-Puche, Magdalena, Esquembre Bebia, Marco Aurelio, Bodu, Pierre, Smits, Liesbeth, Souffi, Bénédicte, Jankauskas, Rimantas, Kozakaitė, Justina, Cupillard, Christophe, Benthien, Hartmut, Wehrberger, Kurt, Schmitz, Ralf W., Feine, Susanne C., Schüler, Tim, Thevenet, Corinne, Grigorescu, Dan, Lüth, Friedrich, Kotula, Andreas, Piezonka, Henny, Schopper, Franz, Svoboda, Jiří, Sázelová, Sandra, Chizhevsky, Andrey, Khokhlov, Aleksandr, Conard, Nicholas J., Valentin, Frédérique, Harvati, Katerina, Semal, Patrick, Jungklaus, Bettina, Suvorov, Alexander, Schulting, Rick, Moiseyev, Vyacheslav, Mannermaa, Kristiina, Buzhilova, Alexandra, Terberger, Thomas, Caramelli, David, Altena, Eveline, Haak, Wolfgang, and Krause, Johannes

Abstract

Modern humans have populated Europe for more than 45,000 years1,2. Our knowledge of the genetic relatedness and structure of ancient hunter-gatherers is however limited, owing to the scarceness and poor molecular preservation of human remains from that period3. Here we analyse 356 ancient hunter-gatherer genomes, including new genomic data for 116 individuals from 14 countries in western and central Eurasia, spanning between 35,000 and 5,000 years ago. We identify a genetic ancestry profile in individuals associated with Upper Palaeolithic Gravettian assemblages from western Europe that is distinct from contemporaneous groups related to this archaeological culture in central and southern Europe4, but resembles that of preceding individuals associated with the Aurignacian culture. This ancestry profile survived during the Last Glacial Maximum (25,000 to 19,000 years ago) in human populations from southwestern Europe associated with the Solutrean culture, and with the following Magdalenian culture that re-expanded northeastward after the Last Glacial Maximum. Conversely, we reveal a genetic turnover in southern Europe suggesting a local replacement of human groups around the time of the Last Glacial Maximum, accompanied by a north-to-south dispersal of populations associated with the Epigravettian culture. From at least 14,000 years ago, an ancestry related to this culture spread from the south across the rest of Europe, largely replacing the Magdalenian-associated gene pool. After a period of limited admixture that spanned the beginning of the Mesolithic, we find genetic interactions between western and eastern European hunter-gatherers, who were also characterized by marked differences in phenotypically relevant variants.

Published
2023

40. Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers

Author

Max Planck Society, European Research Council, Posth, Cosimo, Yu, He, Ghalichi, Ayshin, Rougier, Hélène, Crevecoeur, Isabelle, Huang, Yilei, Ringbauer, Harald, Rohrlach, Adam B., Nägele, Kathrin, Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa, Radzeviciute, Rita, Ferraz, Tiago, Stoessel, Alexander, Tukhbatova, Rezeda I., Drucker, Dorothée G., Lari, Martina, Modi, Alessandra, Vai, Stefania, Saupe, Tina, Scheib, Christiana L., Catalano, Giulio, Pagani, Luca, Talamo, Sahra, Fewlass, Helen, Klaric, Laurent, Morala, André, Rué, Mathieu, Madelaine, Stéphane, Crépin, Laurent, Caverne, Jean-Baptiste, Bocaege, Emy, Ricci, Stefano, Boschin, Francesco, Maureille, Bruno, Le Brun-Ricalens, Foni, Bordes, Jean-Guillaume, Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Bignon-Lau, Olivier, Debout, Grégory, Orliac, Michel, Zazzo, Antoine, Sparacello, Vitale, Starnini, Elisabetta, Sineo, Luca, Van Der Plicht, Johannes, Pecqueur, Laure, Merceron, Gildas, Baye, Priscilla, Gómez-Olivencia, Asier, González-Rabanal, Borja, González Morales, Manuel R., Marín-Arroyo, Ana B., López, Belén, Alonso-Llamazares, Carmen, Soler, Joaquim, Coromina, Neus, Rufí, Isaac, Straus, Lawrence G., Fernández-López de Pablo, Javier, Gómez-Puche, Magdalena, Esquembre-Bebia, Marco Aurelio, Max Planck Society, European Research Council, Posth, Cosimo, Yu, He, Ghalichi, Ayshin, Rougier, Hélène, Crevecoeur, Isabelle, Huang, Yilei, Ringbauer, Harald, Rohrlach, Adam B., Nägele, Kathrin, Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa, Radzeviciute, Rita, Ferraz, Tiago, Stoessel, Alexander, Tukhbatova, Rezeda I., Drucker, Dorothée G., Lari, Martina, Modi, Alessandra, Vai, Stefania, Saupe, Tina, Scheib, Christiana L., Catalano, Giulio, Pagani, Luca, Talamo, Sahra, Fewlass, Helen, Klaric, Laurent, Morala, André, Rué, Mathieu, Madelaine, Stéphane, Crépin, Laurent, Caverne, Jean-Baptiste, Bocaege, Emy, Ricci, Stefano, Boschin, Francesco, Maureille, Bruno, Le Brun-Ricalens, Foni, Bordes, Jean-Guillaume, Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Bignon-Lau, Olivier, Debout, Grégory, Orliac, Michel, Zazzo, Antoine, Sparacello, Vitale, Starnini, Elisabetta, Sineo, Luca, Van Der Plicht, Johannes, Pecqueur, Laure, Merceron, Gildas, Baye, Priscilla, Gómez-Olivencia, Asier, González-Rabanal, Borja, González Morales, Manuel R., Marín-Arroyo, Ana B., López, Belén, Alonso-Llamazares, Carmen, Soler, Joaquim, Coromina, Neus, Rufí, Isaac, Straus, Lawrence G., Fernández-López de Pablo, Javier, Gómez-Puche, Magdalena, and Esquembre-Bebia, Marco Aurelio

Abstract

Modern humans have populated Europe for more than 45,000 years. Our knowledge of the genetic relatedness and structure of ancient hunter-gatherers is however limited, owing to the scarceness and poor molecular preservation of human remains from that period. Here we analyse 356 ancient hunter-gatherer genomes, including new genomic data for 116 individuals from 14 countries in western and central Eurasia, spanning between 35,000 and 5,000 years ago. We identify a genetic ancestry profile in individuals associated with Upper Palaeolithic Gravettian assemblages from western Europe that is distinct from contemporaneous groups related to this archaeological culture in central and southern Europe, but resembles that of preceding individuals associated with the Aurignacian culture. This ancestry profile survived during the Last Glacial Maximum (25,000 to 19,000 years ago) in human populations from southwestern Europe associated with the Solutrean culture, and with the following Magdalenian culture that re-expanded northeastward after the Last Glacial Maximum. Conversely, we reveal a genetic turnover in southern Europe suggesting a local replacement of human groups around the time of the Last Glacial Maximum, accompanied by a north-to-south dispersal of populations associated with the Epigravettian culture. From at least 14,000 years ago, an ancestry related to this culture spread from the south across the rest of Europe, largely replacing the Magdalenian-associated gene pool. After a period of limited admixture that spanned the beginning of the Mesolithic, we find genetic interactions between western and eastern European hunter-gatherers, who were also characterized by marked differences in phenotypically relevant variants.

Published
2023

41. New insights on Celtic migration in Hungary and Italy through the analysis of non-metric dental traits

Author

Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary), Piccirilli, Erica, Sorrentino, Rita, Lugli, Federico, Bortolini, Eugenio, Silvestrini, Sara, Cavazzuti, Claudio, Conti, Sara, Czifra, Szabolcs, Gyenesei, Katalin, Köhler, Kitti, Tankó, Károly, Vazzana, Antonino, Jerem, Erzsébet, Cipriani, Anna, Gottarelli, Antonio, Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, Hajdu, Tamás, Benazzi, Stefano, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary), Piccirilli, Erica, Sorrentino, Rita, Lugli, Federico, Bortolini, Eugenio, Silvestrini, Sara, Cavazzuti, Claudio, Conti, Sara, Czifra, Szabolcs, Gyenesei, Katalin, Köhler, Kitti, Tankó, Károly, Vazzana, Antonino, Jerem, Erzsébet, Cipriani, Anna, Gottarelli, Antonio, Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, Hajdu, Tamás, and Benazzi, Stefano

Abstract

The Iron Age is characterized by an extended interweaving of movements by Celts in Europe. Several waves of Celts from Western and Central Europe migrated southeast and west from the core area of the La Téne culture (between Bourgogne and Bohemia). Through the analysis of non-metric dental traits, this work aims to understand the biological relationship among Celtic groups arrived in Italy and the Carpathian Basin, as well as between local populations and Celtic newcomers. A total of 10 non-metric dental traits were analyzed to evaluate biological affinities among Celts (Sopron-Krautacker and Pilismarót-Basaharc) and Scythians-related populations from Hungary (Tápiószele), Celts from continental Europe (Switzerland and Austria), two Iron Age Etruscan-Celtic sites from northern Italy (Monterenzio Vecchio and Monte Bibele), 13 Iron Age central-southern Italic necropolises, and the northern Italian Bronze Age necropolis of Scalvinetto. Strontium isotopes were measured on individuals from the necropolis of Monte Bibele to infer their local or non-local origin. Results highlight the existence of statistically significant differences between Celts and autochthonous Italian groups. Celtic groups from Hungary and Italy (i.e., non-local individuals of Monterenzio Vecchio and Monte Bibele) share a similar biological background, supporting the historical records mentioning a common origin for Celts migrated to the eastern and southern borders of today’s Europe. The presence of a supposed Steppean ancestry both in Celts from Hungary and Celts from northern Italy corroborates the hypothesis of the existence of a westward migration of individuals and genes from the Steppe towards northern Italy during the Bronze and Iron Age, which contributed to the biological variability of pre-Celtic and later Celtic populations, respectively. Conversely, individuals from central-southern Italy show an autochthonous pre-Iron Age background. Lastly, this work supports the existence of Celtic mi

Published
2023

42. Enamel peptides reveal the sex of the Late Antique ‘Lovers of Modena’

Author

Lugli, Federico, Di Rocco, Giulia, Vazzana, Antonino, Genovese, Filippo, Pinetti, Diego, Cilli, Elisabetta, Carile, Maria Cristina, Silvestrini, Sara, Gabanini, Gaia, Arrighi, Simona, Buti, Laura, Bortolini, Eugenio, Cipriani, Anna, Figus, Carla, Marciani, Giulia, Oxilia, Gregorio, Romandini, Matteo, Sorrentino, Rita, Sola, Marco, and Benazzi, Stefano

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2019
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44. Becoming adults: exploring the late ontogeny of the human talus

Author

Figus, Carla, Sorrentino, Rita, Carlson, Kristian J., Colombo, Antony, Bortolini, Eugenio, Bernardini, Federico, Erjavec, Igor, Hajdu, Tamás, Szeniczey, Tamás, Mateovics-László, Orsolya, Pap, Ildiko, Tuniz, Claudio, Novak, Mario, Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, Ryan, Timothy M., and Benazzi, Stefano

Subjects
Settore L-ANT/10 - Metodologie della Ricerca Archeologica
Published
2023

47. Integrating ZooMS and zooarchaeology: New data from the Uluzzian levels of Uluzzo C Rock Shelter, Roccia San Sebastiano cave and Riparo del Broion

Author

Silvestrini, Sara, primary, Lugli, Federico, additional, Romandini, Matteo, additional, Real, Cristina, additional, Sommella, Eduardo, additional, Salviati, Emanuela, additional, Arrighi, Simona, additional, Bortolini, Eugenio, additional, Figus, Carla, additional, Higgins, Owen Alexander, additional, Marciani, Giulia, additional, Oxilia, Gregorio, additional, Delpiano, Davide, additional, Vazzana, Antonino, additional, Piperno, Marcello, additional, Crescenzi, Carlo, additional, Campiglia, Pietro, additional, Collina, Carmine, additional, Peresani, Marco, additional, Spinapolice, Enza Elena, additional, and Benazzi, Stefano, additional

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2022
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48. Quantitative Analysis of Drought Management Strategies across Ethnographically-Researched African Societies: A Pilot Study

Author

Biagetti, S. [0000-0003-0936-3070], Zurro Hernández, Débora [0000-0003-2498-9338], Alcaina-Mateos, Jonas [0000-0003-2578-1993], Bortolini, Eugenio [0000-0001-6751-5680], Madella, Marco [0000-0002-9324-1545], Biagetti, S., Zurro Hernández, Débora, Alcaina-Mateos, Jonas, Bortolini, Eugenio, Madella, Marco, Biagetti, S. [0000-0003-0936-3070], Zurro Hernández, Débora [0000-0003-2498-9338], Alcaina-Mateos, Jonas [0000-0003-2578-1993], Bortolini, Eugenio [0000-0001-6751-5680], Madella, Marco [0000-0002-9324-1545], Biagetti, S., Zurro Hernández, Débora, Alcaina-Mateos, Jonas, Bortolini, Eugenio, and Madella, Marco

Abstract

In this paper, we present a pilot study aimed at investigating the impact of subsistence strategies and environmental pressure on the distribution of ethnographically documented strategies to cope with drought and its effects across 35 current societies in Africa. We use freely accessible ethnographic databases to retrieve data on how a number of African societies deal with the circumstances of drought, and ascertain the impact of geography on their distribution in order to measure possible relationships between them, a set of subsistence choices, and proxies of environmental constraints. We use Canonical Correspondence Analysis to explore the emerging patterns and find that subsistence strategy strongly impacts the choice of drought management strategies, especially if considered with a proxy of local environmental condition. Spatial proximity and aridity per se have only marginal impact, highlighting other relevant processes of cultural transmission that at least partly transcend (a) the intensity of human interaction over geographic gradients and (b) local adaptation primarily dependent on water availability. This study supports the wide applicability of quantitative and replicable methods to cross-cultural evidence on a variety of adaptive strategies and uses ethnographic data to propose new hypotheses that can inform future archaeological research by showing recurrent and non-case-specific choices highlighting resilient practices and adaptive behaviour in Africa.

Published
2021

49. Human talar ontogeny: Insights from morphological and trabecular changes during postnatal growth

Author

Figus, Carla, primary, Stephens, Nicholas B., additional, Sorrentino, Rita, additional, Bortolini, Eugenio, additional, Arrighi, Simona, additional, Lugli, Federico, additional, Marciani, Giulia, additional, Oxilia, Gregorio, additional, Romandini, Matteo, additional, Silvestrini, Sara, additional, Baruffaldi, Fabio, additional, Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, additional, Bernardini, Federico, additional, Erjavec, Igor, additional, Festa, Anna, additional, Hajdu, Tamás, additional, Mateovics‐László, Orsolya, additional, Novak, Mario, additional, Pap, Ildikó, additional, Szeniczey, Tamás, additional, Tuniz, Claudio, additional, Ryan, Timothy M., additional, and Benazzi, Stefano, additional

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2022
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50. High-accuracy methodology for the integrative restoration of archaeological teeth by using reverse engineering techniques and rapid prototyping

Author

Vazzana, Antonino, primary, Higgins, Owen Alexander, additional, Oxilia, Gregorio, additional, Lugli, Federico, additional, Silvestrini, Sara, additional, Nava, Alessia, additional, Bondioli, Luca, additional, Bortolini, Eugenio, additional, Di Domenico, Giovanni, additional, Bernardini, Federico, additional, Tuniz, Claudio, additional, Mancini, Lucia, additional, Bettuzzi, Matteo, additional, Morigi, Maria Pia, additional, Piperno, Marcello, additional, Collina, Carmine, additional, Romandini, Matteo, additional, and Benazzi, Stefano, additional

Published
2022
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