F. Welker

Ancient biomolecular analysis of 39 mammoth individuals from Kostenki 11-Ia elucidates Upper Palaeolithic human resource use

The paper analyzes biomolecular data from 39 mammoth individuals to understand Upper Palaeolithic human resource use, finding no sex-based foraging differences in Late Pleistocene megafauna.

Cleaning the Dead: Optimized decontamination enhances palaeoproteomic analyses of Pleistocene skeletal material

This study evaluates decontamination methods for ancient proteins, finding that a brief bleach wash effectively removes modern contamination without damaging endogenous proteins from Pleistocene specimens.

Palaeoproteomic identification of a whale bone tool from Bronze Age Heiloo, the Netherlands

The paper identifies a Bronze Age bone tool from the Netherlands as North Atlantic right whale bone using palaeoproteomic methods and finds it was used for plant fibre processing.

Enamel proteins reveal biological sex and genetic variability within southern African Paranthropus

This study uses enamel proteomics to determine biological sex and assess intraspecific variation in Paranthropus robustus from South Africa, supporting the idea that morphological variation may reflect taxonomic diversity.

SPIN - Species by Proteome INvestigation

SPIN is a proteomics workflow that rapidly identifies over 150 mammalian species from samples using mass spectrometry, demonstrating effectiveness on degraded archaeological materials.

Early Pleistocene enamel proteome sequences from Dmanisi resolve Stephanorhinus phylogeny.

This study uses Early Pleistocene dental enamel proteome sequences to resolve the phylogeny of Stephanorhinus, showing it is paraphyletic and requiring systematic revision.