Publications
2023
Bae, C.J., Aiello, L.C., Hawks, J., Kaifu, Y., Lindal, J., Martinón-Torres, M., Ni, X., Posth, C., Radović, P., Reed, D., Schroeder, L., Schwartz, J.H., Silcox, M.T., Welker, F., Wu, X.-J., Zanolli, C., Roksandic, M. (2023). Moving away from“the Muddle in the Middle” towards solving the Chibanian puzzle. Evolutionary Anthropology 22011. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.22011
Le Meillour, L., Zazzo, A., Zirah, S., Tombret, O., Barriel, V., Arthur, K.W., Arthur, J.W., Cauliez, J., Chaix, L., Curtis, M.C., Gifford-Gonzalez, D., Gunn, I., Gutherz, X., Hildebrand, E., Khalidi, L., Millet, M., Mitchell, P., Studer, J., Vila, E., Welker, F., Pleurdeau, D., Lesur, J. (2023). The name of the game: palaeoproteomics and radiocarbon dates further refine the presence and dispersal of caprines in eastern and southern Africa. Royal Society Open Science 10, 231002. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6935477
Mylopotamitaki, D., Harking, F.S., Taurozzi, A.J., Fagernäs, Z., Godinho, R.M., Smith, G.M., Weiss, M., Schüler, T., McPherron, S.P., Meller, H., Cascalheira, J., Bicho, N., Olsen, J.V., Hublin, J.-J., Welker, F. (2023). Comparing extraction method efficiency for high-throughput palaeoproteomics bone species identification. Scientific Reports 13, 18345. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44885-y
Sinet-Mathiot, V., Rendu, W., Steele, T.E., Spasov, R., Madelaine, S., Renou, S., Soulier, M.-C., Martisius, N.L., Aldeais, V., Endarova, E., Goldberg, P., McPherron, S., Rezek, Z., Sandgathe, D., Sirakov, N., Sirakova, S., Soressi, M., Tsanova, T., Turq, A., Hublin, J.-J., Welker, F., Smith, G.M. (2023). Identifying the unidentified fauna enhances insights into hominin subsistence strategies during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 15, 139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01830-4
Bartholdy, B.P., Velsko, I.M., Gur-Arieh, S., Fagernäs, Z., Warinnner, C., Henry, A.G (2023). Assessing the validity of a calcifying oral biofilm model as a suitable proxy for dental calculus. bioRxiv (preprint). https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.23.541904
Ruebens, K., Smith, G.M., Fewlass, H., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Hublin, J.-J. and Welker, F. (2023). Neanderthal subsistence, taphonomy and chronology at Salzgitter-Lebenstedt (Germany): a multifaceted analysis of morphologically unidentifiable bone. J. Quaternary Sci. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3499
2022
McCormack, J., Bourgon, N., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Rezek, Z., Smith, G. M., Hublin, J.-J., Dabain, M., & Fewlass, H. (2022). Combining collagen extraction with mineral Zn isotope analyses from a single sample for robust palaeoecological investigations. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 14(7), 137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01601-7
Martisius, N., Spasov, R., Smith, G.M., Endarova, E., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Welker, F., Aldeias, V., Horta, P., Marreiros, J., Rezek, Z., McPherron, S.P., Sirakov, N., Sirakova, S., Tsanova, T., Hublin, J.-J. 2022. Initial Upper Palaeolithic bone technology and personal ornaments at Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria). Journal of Human Evolution 167, 103198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103198
Demeter, F., Zanolli, C., Westaway, K.E., Joannes-Boyau, R., Duringer, P., Morley, M.W., Welker, F., Rüther, P.L., Skinner, M.M., McColl, H., Gaunitz, C., Vinner, L., Dunn, T.E., Olsen, J.V., Sikora, M., Ponche, J.-L., suzzoni, E., Frangeul, S., Boesch, Q., Antoine, P.-O., Pan, L., Xing, S., Zhao, J.-X., Bailey, R.M., Boualaphane, S., Sichanthongtip, P., Sihanam, D., Patole-Edoumba, E., Aubaile, F., Crozier, F., Bourgon, N., Zachwieja, A., Luangkhoth, T., Souksavatdy, V., Sayavongkhamdy, T., Cappellini, E., Bacon, A.-M., Hublin, J.-J., Willerslev, E., Shackelford, L. 2022. A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of norther Laos. Nature Communications, 13, 2557. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29923-z
Rüther, P., Husic, I.M., Bangsgaard, P., Gregersen, K.M, Pantmann, P., Carvalho, M., Godinho, R.M., Friedl, L., Cascaleheira, J., Taurozzi, A.J., Jørkov, M.L.S., Benedetti, M.M., Haws, J., Bicho, N., Welker, F., Cappellini, E., Olsen, J.V. 2022. SPIN enables high throughput species identification of archaeological bone by proteomics. Nature Communications 13, 3485. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30097-x
Ruebens, K., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Talamo, S., Smith, G.M., Welker, F., Hublin, J.-J., McPherron, S.P. 2022. The Late Middle Palaeolithic occupation of Abri du Maras (Layer 1, Neronian, Southeast France): integrating lithic analyses, ZooMS and radiocarbon dating to reconstruct Neanderthal hunting behaviour. Journal of Palaeolithic Archaeology, 5:4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-022-00113-z
2021
Smith, G. M., Spasov, R., Martisius, N. L., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Aldeias, V., Rezek, Z., Ruebens, K., Pederzani, S., McPherron, S. P., Sirakova, S., Sirakov, N., Tsanova, T., & Hublin, J.-J. 2021. Subsistence behavior during the Initial Upper Paleolithic in Europe: Site use, dietary practice, and carnivore exploitation at Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria). Journal of Human Evolution, 161, 103074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.103074
Sinet-Mathiot, V., Martisius, N., Schulz-Kornas, E., van Casteren, A., Tsanova, T.R., Sirakov, N., Spasov, R., Welker, F., Smith, G.M., Hublin, J.-J. 2021. The effect of eraser sampling for proteomic analysis on Palaeolithic bone surface microtopography. Scientifc Reports 11, 23611. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02823-w
Talamo, S., Urbanowski, M., Picin, A., Nowaczewska, W.N., Vazzana, A., Binkowski, M., Cercatillo, S., Diakowski, M., Fewlass, H., Marciszak, A., Paleček, D., Richards, M.P., Ryder, C.M., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Smith, G.M., Socah, P., Sponheimer, M., Stefaniak, K., Welker, F., Winter, H., Wiśniewski, A., Żarski, M., Benazzi, S., Nadachowski, A., Hublin, J.-J. 2021. A 41,500 year-old decorated ivory pendant from Stajnia Cave (Poland). Scientific Reports 11, 22078. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01221-6
Bacon, A.-M., Bourgon, N., Welker, F., Cappellini, E., Fiorillo, D., Tombret, O., Huong, N.T.M., Tuan, N.A., Sayavonkhamdy, T., Souksavatdy, V., Sichanthongtip, P., Antoine, P.-O., Duringer, P., Ponche, J.-L., Westaway, K., Joannes-Boyau, R., Boesch, Q., Frangeul, S., Patole-Edoumba, E., Zachwieja, A., Shakelford, L., Demeter, F., Hublin, J.-J., Dufour, E. 2021. A multi-proxy approach to exploring Homo sapiens' arrival, environments, and adaptations in Southeast Asia. Scientific Reports, 11, 21080. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99931-4
Hajdinjak, M., Mafessoni, F., Skov, L., Vernot, B., Hübner, A., Fu, Q., Essel, E., Nagel, S., Nickel, B., Richter, J., Moldovan, O.T., Constantin, S.. Endarova, E., Zahariev, N., Spasov. R., Welker, F., Smith, G.M., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Paskulin, L., Fewlass, H., Talamo, S., Rezek, Ž., Sirakova, S., Sirakov, N., McPherron, S.P., Tsanova, T., Hublin, J.-J., Peter, B.M., Meyer, M., Skoglund, P., Kelso, J., Pääbo, S., 2021. Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans In Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry. Nature 592, 253-257. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03335-3
Dekker, J., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Spithoven, M., Smit, B., Wilcke, A., Welker, F., Verpoorte, A., Soressi, M., 2021. Human and cervid osseous materials used for barbed point manufacture in Mesolithic Doggerland. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 35, 102678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102678