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 contribution of palaeogenetic data to the study of various aspects of hominin biology
and evolution has been significant, and has the potential to increase substantially with the …

The peopling of Europe is a complex process. One of the most dramatic demographic
events, the Neolithic agricultural revolution, took place in the Near East roughly 10 000 …

Authentication of ancient human DNA results is an exceedingly difficult challenge due to the
presence of modern contaminant DNA sequences. Nevertheless, the field of ancient human …

DNA contamination arising from the manipulation of ancient calcified tissue samples is a
poorly understood, yet fundamental, problem that affects the reliability of ancient DNA …

The purpose of this article is threefold:(1) to provide a brief historical overview of human and
nonhuman osteological studies in classical archaeology to get a sense of why and how the …

In this article we examine the mandible of Riparo Mezzena a Middle Paleolithic rockshelter
in the Monti Lessini (NE Italy, Verona) found in 1957 in association with Charentian …

The Koban archaeological culture is a well-known Northern and Central Caucasus culture
that has been widely distributed throughout this region during the end of Bronze Age, and …

There is general agreement that the current European gene pool is mainly derived from
Palaeolithic hunting–gathering and Neolithic farming ancestors, but different studies …

Using established criteria for work with fossil DNA we have analysed mitochondrial DNA
from 92 individuals from 18 locations in Denmark ranging in time from the Mesolithic to the …