Topic · Paleontology · Earth and Planetary Sciences
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
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35 papers
- GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
Early Pastoralism in Central European Forests: Insights from Ancient Environmental Genomics
Giulia Zampirolo, Luke E. Holman, Rikai Sawafuji…·Matthew Walls
This study uses ancient sedimentary DNA to trace the impact of early pastoralism on Central European forests from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.
- PaleontologybioRxivPreprint
Dietary reconstructions of Magdalenian canids from SW-Germany do not indicate that the area was a centre of early European wolf domestication
Paul D. Bons, Catherine Bauer, Lydia J. Papkalla
The paper critiques a study claiming the Hegau Jura was a center of early European wolf domestication, arguing it is flawed and excludes relevant data.
DOI 10.1101/2023.11.27.568675 - GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
Was fishing village of Lepenski Vir built by Europe's first farmers?
Maxime Brami, Laura Winkelbach, Ilektra Schulz…·Joachim Bürger
The paper reinterprets the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition at Lepenski Vir, suggesting it was driven by European farmers rather than local foragers.
2 citations - GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
Ancient DNA from a 2,700-year-old goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) confirms gazelle hunting in Iron Age Central Asia
André E. R. Soares, Nikolaus G. O. Boroffka, Oskar Schröder…·Torsten Günther
The paper reports ancient DNA from a 2,700-year-old goitered gazelle, confirming Iron Age hunting of the species in Central Asia and providing the first nuclear DNA sequences for this gazelle.
DOI 10.1101/2021.12.08.471591