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

Palaeoproteomics is an emerging neologism used to describe the application of mass
spectrometry-based approaches to the study of ancient proteomes. As with palaeogenomics …

Structural biominerals are inorganic/organic composites that exhibit remarkable mechanical
properties. However, the structure–property relationships of even the simplest building unit …

Paleontology, archeology, and art history provide crucial information for the understanding
of human evolution throughout ages and its habits. Past animal and plant species are also …

Modern human dispersal into Europe is thought to have occurred with the start of the Upper
Paleolithic around 50,000–40,000 y ago. The Levantine corridor hypothesis suggests that …

The second most diverse phylum in the animal kingdom, the Mollusca occur in virtually all
the environments which are either occupied or exploited by humans. The study of mollusc …

Molluscs were one of the most widely-used natural resources in the past, and their shells are
abundant among archaeological findings. However, our knowledge of the variety of shells …

Aragonitic calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) terrestrial mollusc shells with complex shell
microstructures, such as those in the African subfamily Achatininae, have the potential to be …

Avian eggshell is a common component of many archaeological deposits, but its
archaeological potential remains largely unexplored. The most obvious reasons are two …

For the first time, the synchronous correlation technique and amino acid racemization (AAR)
analyses of Patella spp. and Thetystrombus latus shells are applied to an understudied …