Search Results - "Coppa, Alfredo"
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Salorno-Dos de la Forca (Adige Valley, Northern Italy): A unique cremation site of the Late Bronze Age
Published in PloS one (18-05-2022)“…The archaeological site of Salorno-Dos de la Forca (Bozen, Alto Adige) provides one of the rarest and most significant documentations of cremated human remains…”
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Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (08-11-2019)“…Ancient Rome was the capital of an empire of ~70 million inhabitants, but little is known about the genetics of ancient Romans. Here we present 127 genomes…”
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A minimally destructive protocol for DNA extraction from ancient teeth
Published in Genome research (01-03-2021)“…Ancient DNA sampling methods-although optimized for efficient DNA extraction-are destructive, relying on drilling or cutting and powdering (parts of) bones and…”
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Forensic data and microvariant sequence characterization of 27 Y-STR loci analyzed in four Eastern African countries
Published in Forensic science international : genetics (01-03-2017)“…Highlights • Sequence information regarding microvariants at four Y-STR loci is reported. • Diversity at the palindromic DYF387S1 STR is shaped by non-allelic…”
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The Middle Pleistocene (MIS 12) human dental remains from Fontana Ranuccio (Latium) and Visogliano (Friuli-Venezia Giulia), Italy. A comparative high resolution endostructural assessment
Published in PloS one (03-10-2018)“…The penecontemporaneous Middle Pleistocene sites of Fontana Ranuccio (Latium) and Visogliano (Friuli-Venezia Giulia), set c. 450 km apart in central and…”
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New regression formula to estimate the prenatal crown formation time of human deciduous central incisors derived from a Roman Imperial sample (Velia, Salerno, Italy, I-II cent. CE)
Published in PloS one (12-07-2017)“…The characterization and quantification of human dental enamel microstructure, in both permanent and deciduous teeth, allows us to document crucial growth…”
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Human auditory ossicles as an alternative optimal source of ancient DNA
Published in Genome research (01-03-2020)“…DNA recovery from ancient human remains has revolutionized our ability to reconstruct the genetic landscape of the past. Ancient DNA research has benefited…”
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Virtual histology of archaeological human deciduous prenatal enamel through synchrotron X‐ray computed microtomography images
Published in Journal of synchrotron radiation (01-01-2022)“…Virtual histology is increasingly utilized to reconstruct the cell mechanisms underlying dental morphology for fragile fossils when physical thin sections are…”
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The peopling of the last Green Sahara revealed by high-coverage resequencing of trans-Saharan patrilineages
Published in Genome Biology (12-02-2018)“…Little is known about the peopling of the Sahara during the Holocene climatic optimum, when the desert was replaced by a fertile environment. In order to…”
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Multipronged dental analyses reveal dietary differences in last foragers and first farmers at Grotta Continenza, central Italy (15,500–7000 BP)
Published in Scientific reports (19-02-2021)“…This paper provides results from a suite of analyses made on human dental material from the Late Palaeolithic to Neolithic strata of the cave site of Grotta…”
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Population dynamics in pre-Inca human groups from the Osmore Valley, the Azapa Valley and the coast of the South Central Andes
Published in PloS one (16-12-2020)“…The present study applies a dental morphological perspective to the understanding of the complex pre-contact population history of the South Central Andes,…”
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Beeswax as dental filling on a neolithic human tooth
Published in PloS one (19-09-2012)“…Evidence of prehistoric dentistry has been limited to a few cases, the most ancient dating back to the Neolithic. Here we report a 6500-year-old human mandible…”
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The late Early Pleistocene human dental remains from Uadi Aalad and Mulhuli-Amo (Buia), Eritrean Danakil: Macromorphology and microstructure
Published in Journal of human evolution (01-09-2014)“…Fieldwork performed during the last 15 years in various Early Pleistocene East African sites has significantly enlarged the fossil record of Homo erectus sensu…”
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The Role of Selection in the Evolution of Human Mitochondrial Genomes
Published in Genetics (Austin) (01-01-2006)“…High mutation rate in mammalian mitochondrial DNA generates a highly divergent pool of alleles even within species that have dispersed and expanded in size…”
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Where West Meets East: The Complex mtDNA Landscape of the Southwest and Central Asian Corridor
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-05-2004)“…The southwestern and Central Asian corridor has played a pivotal role in the history of humankind, witnessing numerous waves of migration of different peoples…”
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The African Diaspora: Mitochondrial DNA and the Atlantic Slave Trade
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-03-2004)“…Between the 15th and 19th centuries ad, the Atlantic slave trade resulted in the forced movement of ∼13 million people from Africa, mainly to the Americas…”
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Do the Four Clades of the mtDNA Haplogroup L2 Evolve at Different Rates?
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-12-2001)“…Forty-seven mtDNAs collected in the Dominican Republic and belonging to the African-specific haplogroup L2 were studied by high-resolution RFLP and…”
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Newly recognized Pleistocene human teeth from Tabun Cave, Israel
Published in Journal of human evolution (01-09-2005)“…Seven human teeth from Tabun Cave, Israel, curated at the Natural History Museum London since 1955, are of uncertain provenance and identity. They are all from…”
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A NEW OLIGO-MIOCENE MAMMAL-BEARING SITE FROM A SEDIMENTARY INTERCALATION IN THE TRAP BASALTS OF CENTRAL ERITREA
Published in Rivista italiana di paleontologia e stratigrafia (01-11-2012)“…We report the findings of two proboscideans from a sedimentary intercalation within the Central Eritrea Tertiary Trap basalt succession. These intertrappean…”
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Microgeographic Differentiation in Historical Yemen Inferred by Morphometric Distances
Published in Human biology (01-04-2012)“…This study analyzed the variations in space of 8 body dimensions and 11 measures of the head of 1,244 adult Yemenite males, collected in 1933/34 by Coon in…”
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