Human Palaeosystems Publications

Cole, J.; Scerri, E. M. L.; Hajdinjak, M.; Stringer, C.: Recent progress in studies of the last million years of human physical and behavioural evolution. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 70141 (2026)

Weber, A.; Kende, J.; Duitama González, C.; Översti, S.; Duchene, S.: The phylodynamic threshold of measurably evolving populations. Molecular Biology and Evolution 43 (6), msag133, pp. 1 - 16 (2026)

Milner, A. M.; McKeown, M. M.; Ruwaimana, M.; Gallego-Sala, A.; Loisel, J.; Menges, J.; Roland, T. P.; Ahiable, C. A. E.; Akwany, L. O.; Alarcon-Prado, P. et al.; Anshari, G.; Alappat, L.; Baird, A. J.; Bąk, M.; Boole, B.; Jacques, J.; Batten, S. E.; Beaudoin, Y.; Bechtold, M.; Bu, Z.-J.; Budisusanti, S. P. M.; Benavides, J. C.; Chawchai, S.; Chimner, R. A.; Cobb, A. R.; Cole, L. E. S.; Connolly, J.; Vargas, C.; Coral, J.; Courtney-Mustaphi, C. J.; Davidson, S. J.; de la Peña, A.; Duley, E.; Elshehawi, S.; Espinoza León, I.; Finkelstein, S. A.; Garneau, M.; Girkin, N. T.; Glen, E.; Grover, S.; Grundling, P.-L.; Handley, J. N.; Helfter, C.; Hergoualch, K.; Hoyt, A. M.; Huang, X.; Imani, G.; James, A.; Kabonyi Nzabandora, C.; Kagaba Kairumba, C.; Kansiime, F.; Kolka, R. K.; Koren, G.; Korhola, A.; Krisnawati, H.; Kumar, R.; Lamentowicz, M.; Lång, K.; Larmola, T.; Lewis, S. L.; Lopez, O. R.; López-Blanco, E.; Lupascu, M.; Maldonado-Fonken, M.; Marchant, R.; Marcisz, K.; Mazei, N. G.; Mazei, Y. A.; Mbasi, M.; Melling, L.; Miles, L.; Montanarella, L.; Moss, P. T.; Murgía-Flores, F.; NGuyen, M.-K.; Novita, N.; Oliver, D. J. S.; Orijemie, E. A.; Osaki, M.; Page, S. E.; Pancost, R. D.; Pandey, S.; Püschel Hoeneisen, N.; Zagaceta, Q.; H., C.; Ratnayake, A. S.; Reed, M. S.; Rochefort, L.; Saavedra, B.; Samuel, J.; Scheel, P.; Schutten, H.; Siegert, F.; Signori-Müller, C.; Strack, M.; Stolle, F.; Swindles, G. T.; Tanneberger, F.; Turetsky, M. R.; Urciuolo, A. B.; Väliranta, M.; Verstraeten, G.; Warren, M.; Webster, K. L.; Whinam, J.; Young, D. M.; Yu, Z.; Zhang, H.: Priority research questions in global peatland science. Communications Earth & Environment 7 (1), 349 (2026)

Colucci, M.; Leonardi, M.; Blinkhorn, J.; Irish, S. R.; Padilla-Iglesias, C.; Kaboth-Bar, S.; Gosling, W. D.; Snow, R. W.; Manica, A.; Scerri, E. M. L.: Malaria shaped human spatial organization for the past 74 thousand years. Science Advances 12 (17), eaea2316 (2026)

Blinkhorn, J.; Achyuthan, H.; Ajithprasad, P.; Anil, D.; Kumar, P.; Armitage, S.J.: Middle Pleistocene occupations at Chhajoli, Rajasthan, India. Quaternary environments and humans 4 (2), 100104 (2026)

Clark, J.; Timbrell, L.; Padilla-Iglesias, C.; van Holstein, L.; Paige, J.; Muller, A.; Clarkson, C.; Koops, K.; Scerri, E. M. L.; Will, M.: The Tool Systems Approach: measuring complexity in the primatological, archaeological, and ethnographic records. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 33 (3), 42 (2026)

Clark, J.; Timbrell, L.; Paris, S. E.; Linares-Matás, G. J.: Reexploring drivers of technological variation through the complex landscapes of cultural evolution. Journal of Anthropological Sciences 104, 10401 (2026)

Blinkhorn, J.; Champion, L.; Niang, K.; Coutros, P.; Kay, A.; Candy, I.; Maezumi, S. Y.; Ordemann, M. R.; Scerri, E. M. L.: Westward expansion of pearl millet agriculture into the Lac de Guiers basin, Senegal, by c. AD 200. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 2637384 (2026)

Blackwood, A.; Wilkins, J.; Arnold, L. J.; Demuro, M.; Boschian, G.; Caruana, M. V.; Lalunio, E. F.; Spate, M.; Hatton, A.; Muir, R. A. et al.; Wilson, C. G.; Quick, L. J.; Meredith-Williams, M.; Herries, A. I. R.: Regional variability in the Acheulian to Middle Stone Age transition in southern Africa. Scientific Reports 16 (1), 9529 (2026)

Campmas, E.; Lebon, M.; Dupont, C.; Bondetti, M.; Ben Arous, E.; Lenoble, A.; Chahid, D.; Lozouet, P.; Bellot-Gurlet, L.; Hajraoui, E. et al.; Abdeljalil, M.; Nespoulet, R.: Aterian shell beads from the coastal site of El Mnasra Cave (Rabat-Témara, Morocco): specificities of the north African MSA personal ornaments. PLOS ONE 21 (3), e0338785 (2026)

Timbrell, L.; Grove, M.; Scerri, E. M. L.: Assessing the potential of latent class modelling for classifying stone artefacts and the quantification of technological diversity. Journal of paleolithic archaeology 9, 9 (2026)

Ben Arous, E.; Escarza, A.; Jesús, M.; Guilarte, V.; Tsukamoto, S.; Duval, M.: Evaluating short-term post-irradiation instability of radiation-induced ESR signals in quartz. Ancient TL 43 (2), 8571, pp. 8 - 15 (2026)

Kirsten, K. L.; Blackwood, A.; Delaney, D. L.; Edwards, T. R.; Fourie, F.; Haberzettl, T.; Hadebe, K.; Hellstrom, J.; Huber, M.; Keebine, M. et al.; Muasya, A. M.; Razafimanantsoa, A. H. I.; Weij, R.; Pickering, R.: Microtopography and surface features of the mid-Pleistocene Kalkkop impact crater and Palaeolake, South Africa. Catena 262, 109640, pp. 1 - 14 (2026)

Shipton, C.; Guagnin, M.; Al-Jibreen, F.; Stileman, F.; Stewart, M.; Armitage, S. J.; Drake, N.; Reepmeyer, C.; Breeze, P. S.; van Buchem, F. et al.; Al-Tamimi, F.; Al-Shamry, M.; Al-Shammari, A.; Al-Wadani, J.; Blinkhorn, J.; Alsharekh, A. M.; Petraglia, M.: The Natufian Epipalaeolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic in the desert of northern Arabia. Scientific Reports 16, 16842 (2026)

Leplongeon, A.; Ben Arous, E.; Mesfin, I.; Forestier, H.; Gallet, X.; Griggo, C.; Puaud, S.; Sémah, A.-M.; Vialou, A.; Pleurdeau, D. et al.; Lourdeau, A.: The Last Glacial Maximum in the Tropics: human responses to global change, 30–10 ka. Journal of World Prehistory 38 (2), 7, pp. 1 - 69 (2025)

Groucutt, H. S.; Stewart, M.; Al-Jibreen, F.; Al-Qahtani, M.; Al-Shanti, M.; Andrieux, E.; Blinkhorn, J.; Boivin, N. L.; Breeze, P. S.; Drake, N. et al.; Memesh, A.; Mufarreh, Y.; Price, G.; Scerri, E. M. L.; Vanwezer, N.; Vonhof, H.; Zalmout, I.; Alsharekh, A. M.; Petraglia, M. D.: Novel archaeological and palaeontological findings in cave and palaeoriver landscapes of inland northeast Arabia. PLOS ONE 20 (11), e0337005 (2025)

Ramirez, D. A.; Sitter, T. L.; Översti, S.; Herrera-Soto, M. J.; Pastor, N.; Fontana-Silva, O. E.; Kirkpatrick, C. L.; Castelleti-Dellepiane, J.; Nores, R.; Bos, K. I.: 4,000-year-old Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes from Chile reveal long establishment of Hansen’s disease in the Americas. Nature Ecology & Evolution 9, s41559-025-02771-y, pp. 1685 - 1693 (2025)

Hallett, E.; Leonardi, M.; Cerasoni, J. N.; Will, M.; Beyer, R.; Krapp, M.; Kandel, A. W.; Manica, A.; Scerri, E. M. L.: Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal. Nature 644, s41586-025-09154-0, pp. 115 - 121 (2025)

Blinkhorn, J.; Zinner, D.; Timbrell, L.; Manica, A.; Grove, M.; Scerri, E. M. L.: Identifying late Pleistocene and Holocene refugia for baboons. Communications Biology 8 (1), 1003 (2025)

Scerri, E. M. L.; Blinkhorn, J.; Groucutt, H. S.; Stewart, M.; Candy, I.; Allué, E.; Burguet-Coca, A.; Currás, A.; Carleton, W. C.; Lindauer, S. et al.; Spengler, R.; Boxleitner, K.; Asciak, G.; Colucci, M.; Gauci, R.; Hatton, A. G.; Kutowsky, J.; Maier, A.; Mata-González, M.; Mifsud, N.; Niang, K.; Roberts, P.; de Giorgio, J.; Xerri, R.; Vella, N. C.: Hunter-gatherer sea voyages extended to remotest Mediterranean islands. Nature 641, s41586-025-08780-y, pp. 137 - 143 (2025)