Veröffentlichungen der Human Palaeosystems-Forschungsgruppe

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)

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, S. 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, S. 1 - 14 (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, S. 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, S. 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, S. 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, S. 137 - 143 (2025)

Markowska, M.; Vonhof, H. B.; Groucutt, H. S.; Breeze, P. S.; Drake, N.; Stewart, M.; Albert, R.; Andrieux, E.; Blinkhorn, J.; Boivin, N. L. et al.; Budsky, A.; Clark-Wilson, R.; Fleitmann, D.; Gerdes, A.; Martin, A. N.; Martínez-García, A.; Nicholson, S. L.; Price, G. J.; Scerri, E. M. L.; Scholz, D.; Vanwezer, N.; Weber, M.; Alsharekh, A. M.; Omari, A. A. A.; Al-Mufarreh, Y. S. A.; Al-Jibreen, F.; Alqahtani, M.; Al-Shanti, M.; Zalmout, I.; Petraglia, M. D.; Haug, G. H.: Recurrent humid phases in Arabia over the past 8 million years. Nature 640, s41586-025-08859-6, S. 954 - 961 (2025)

Ben Arous, E.; Blinkhorn, J.; Elliott, S.; Kiahtipes, C. A.; N’zi, C. D.; Bateman, M. D.; Duval, M.; Roberts, P.; Patalano, R.; Blackwood, A. et al.; Niang, K.; Kouamé, E. A.; Lebato, E.; Hallett, E.; Cerasoni, J. N.; Scott, E.; Ilgner, J.; Escarza, A.; Jesús, M.; Guédé, F. Y.; Scerri, E. M. L.: Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago. Nature 640, s41586-025-08613-y, S. 402 - 407 (2025)

Timbrell, L.; Clark, J.; Linares-Matás, G.; Boisard, S.; Arous, E. B.; Blinkhorn, J.; Grove, M.; Scerri, E. M. L.: Climate seasonality and predictability during the Middle Stone Age and implications for technological diversification in early Homo sapiens. Scientific Reports 15, 11645 (2025)

Timbrell, L.; Blinkhorn, J.; Grove, M.: Random forest models highlight early Homo sapiens habitats and their relationship to lithic assemblage composition. Quaternary environments and humans 3 (1), 100048, S. 1 - 11 (2025)

Colucci, M.; Leonardi, M.; Hodgson, J. A.; Stringer, C.; Scerri, E. M. L.: The legacy of Luca Cavalli-Sforza on human evolution. Human Population Genetics and Genomics 5 (1), 0001 (2025)

Boisard, S.; Wren, C. D.; Timbrell, L.; Burke, A.: Climate frameworks for the Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age in Northwest Africa. Quaternary International 716, 109593, S. 1 - 17 (2025)

Wilson, C. G.; Caruana, M. V.; Bradley, B.; Muir, R. A.; Blackwood, A.; Herries, A. I. R.: An actualistic experimental study of giant quartzite core reduction strategies: implications for large flake blank production and handaxe manufacture at Amanzi Springs, South Africa. Journal of Field Archaeology 50 (6), 2401284, S. 463 - 479 (2025)