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A chronological framework for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula by Penkman, Kirsty E. H., Preece, Richard C., Bridgland, David R., Keen, David H., Meijer, Tom, Parfitt, Simon A., White, Tom S., Collins, Matthew J.

“…Dating the quaternary The British Quaternary, spanning roughly the past 2.6 million years, is unmatched for the biodiversity and abundance of its fossil…”
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Palaeogenomes of Eurasian straight-tusked elephants challenge the current view of elephant evolution by Meyer, Matthias, Palkopoulou, Eleftheria, Baleka, Sina, Stiller, Mathias, Penkman, Kirsty E H, Alt, Kurt W, Ishida, Yasuko, Mania, Dietrich, Mallick, Swapan, Meijer, Tom, Meller, Harald, Nagel, Sarah, Nickel, Birgit, Ostritz, Sven, Rohland, Nadin, Schauer, Karol, Schüler, Tim, Roca, Alfred L, Reich, David, Shapiro, Beth, Hofreiter, Michael

“…The straight-tusked elephants spp. were widespread across Eurasia during the Pleistocene. Phylogenetic reconstructions using morphological traits have grouped…”
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Provenancing Archaeological Wool Textiles from Medieval Northern Europe by Light Stable Isotope Analysis (δ13C, δ15N, δ2H) by von Holstein, Isabella C C, Walton Rogers, Penelope, Craig, Oliver E, Penkman, Kirsty E H, Newton, Jason, Collins, Matthew J

“…We investigate the origin of archaeological wool textiles preserved by anoxic waterlogging from seven medieval archaeological deposits in north-western Europe…”
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Structural and chemical changes of thermally treated bone apatite by ESSIEN ETOK, Susan, VALSAMI-JONES, Eugenia, BUCKLEY, Mike, PENKMAN, Kirsty E. H, WOODGATE, Stephen L, WESS, Timothy J, HILLER, Jennifer C, MAXWELL, Clark A, ROGERS, Keith D, MANNING, David A. C, WHITE, Margaret L, LOPEZ-CAPEL, Elisa, COLLINS, Matthew J

“…The thermal behaviour of the animal by-product meat and bone meal (MBM) has been investigated in order to assess how it is affected structurally and chemically…”
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The earliest record of human activity in northern Europe by Whittaker, John E, Stuart, Anthony J, Breda, Marzia, Penkman, Kirsty E. H, Lister, Adrian M, Durbidge, Paul, Lee, Jonathan R, Parfitt, Simon A, Collins, Matthew J, Mutch, Robert, Field, Mike H, Coope, G. Russell, Candy, Ian, Barendregt, René W, Preece, Richard C, Stringer, Christopher B, Wymer, John J, Symmons, Robert, Rose, James

“…The colonization of Eurasia by early humans is a key event after their spread out of Africa, but the nature, timing and ecological context of the earliest…”
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Is amino acid racemization a useful tool for screening for ancient DNA in bone? by Collins, Matthew J., Penkman, Kirsty E. H., Rohland, Nadin, Shapiro, Beth, Dobberstein, Reimer C., Ritz-Timme, Stefanie, Hofreiter, Michael

“…Many rare and valuable ancient specimens now carry the scars of ancient DNA research, as questions of population genetics and phylogeography require larger…”
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A review of analytical methods for assessing preservation in waterlogged archaeological wood and their application in practice by High, Kirsty E., Penkman, Kirsty E. H.

“…Waterlogged archaeological wood can present management challenges due to its vulnerability to chemical and biological decay, both during burial and…”
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Lessons from Star Carr on the vulnerability of organic archaeological remains to environmental change by High, Kirsty, Milner, Nicky, Panter, Ian, Demarchi, Beatrice, Penkman, Kirsty E. H.

“…Examples of wetland deposits can be found across the globe and are known for preserving organic archaeological and environmental remains that are vitally…”
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Correction to: A review of analytical methods for assessing preservation in waterlogged archaeological wood and their application in practice by High, Kirsty E., Penkman, Kirsty E. H.

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article…”
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New evidence for complex climate change in MIS 11 from Hoxne, Suffolk, UK by Ashton, Nick, Lewis, Simon G., Parfitt, Simon A., Penkman, Kirsty E.H., Russell Coope, G.

“…The climatic signal of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 11 is well-documented in marine and ice-sheet isotopic records and is known to comprise at least two major…”
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Ionisation bias undermines the use of matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionisation for estimating peptide deamidation: Synthetic peptide studies demonstrate electrospray ionisation gives more reliable response ratios by Simpson, Joanna P., Fascione, Martin, Bergström, Ed, Wilson, Julie, Collins, Matthew J., Penkman, Kirsty E.H., Thomas‐Oates, Jane

“…Rationale Although mass spectrometry (MS) is routinely used to determine deamination in peptide mixtures, the effects of the choice of ionisation source have…”
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Dietary modulation of cortical excitation and inhibition by Smith, Anika K, Wade, Alex R, Penkman, Kirsty EH, Baker, Daniel H

“…The balance of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters in the brain affects both neural responses and behaviour in humans and animals. Here we investigated…”
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Collagen proteins exchange oxygen with demineralisation and gelatinisation reagents and also with atmospheric moisture by Holstein, Isabella C.C., Tersch, Matthew, Coutu, Ashley N., Penkman, Kirsty E.H., Makarewicz, Cheryl A., Collins, Matthew J.

“…Rationale The oxygen (O) isotope composition of collagen proteins is a potential indicator of adult residential location, useful for provenancing in ecology,…”
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Biomineralisation by earthworms – an investigation into the stability and distribution of amorphous calcium carbonate by Hodson, Mark E, Benning, Liane G, Demarchi, Bea, Penkman, Kirsty E H, Rodriguez-Blanco, Juan D, Schofield, Paul F, Versteegh, Emma A A

“…Background Many biominerals form from amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC), but this phase is highly unstable when synthesised in its pure form inorganically…”
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Mid-Late Quaternary Fluvial Archives near the Margin of the MIS 12 Glaciation in Southern East Anglia, UK: Amalgamation of Multi-Disciplinary and Citizen-Science Data Sources by Allen, Peter, Bain, David, Bridgland, David, Buisson, Paul, Buylaert, Jan-Pieter, Bynoe, Rachel, George, William, Haggart, B., Horne, David, Littlewood, Ellen-May, Lord, Alan, March, Anna, Mercer, Ian, Mercer, Rosalind, Murray, Andrew, Penkman, Kirsty, Preece, Richard, Ratford, John, Schreve, Danielle, Snelling, Andrew, Sohar, Kadri, Whittaker, John, White, Mark, White, Tom

“…This paper presents an updated geological reconstruction of the Quaternary evolution of the River Thames at its downstream extremities, close to the North Sea…”
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Assessing amino acid racemization variability in coral intra-crystalline protein for geochronological applications by Hendy, Erica J., Tomiak, Peter J., Collins, Matthew J., Hellstrom, John, Tudhope, Alexander W., Lough, Janice M., Penkman, Kirsty E.H.

“…Over 500 Free Amino Acid (FAA) and corresponding Total Hydrolysed Amino Acid (THAA) analyses were completed from eight independently-dated, multi-century coral…”
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Cretaceous dinosaur bone contains recent organic material and provides an environment conducive to microbial communities by Saitta, Evan T, Liang, Renxing, Lau, Maggie Cy, Brown, Caleb M, Longrich, Nicholas R, Kaye, Thomas G, Novak, Ben J, Salzberg, Steven L, Norell, Mark A, Abbott, Geoffrey D, Dickinson, Marc R, Vinther, Jakob, Bull, Ian D, Brooker, Richard A, Martin, Peter, Donohoe, Paul, Knowles, Timothy Dj, Penkman, Kirsty Eh, Onstott, Tullis

“…Fossils were thought to lack original organic molecules, but chemical analyses show that some can survive. Dinosaur bone has been proposed to preserve…”
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'Palaeoshellomics' reveals the use of freshwater mother-of-pearl in prehistory by Sakalauskaite, Jorune, Andersen, Søren H, Biagi, Paolo, Borrello, Maria A, Cocquerez, Théophile, Colonese, André Carlo, Dal Bello, Federica, Girod, Alberto, Heumüller, Marion, Koon, Hannah, Mandili, Giorgia, Medana, Claudio, Penkman, Kirsty Eh, Plasseraud, Laurent, Schlichtherle, Helmut, Taylor, Sheila, Tokarski, Caroline, Thomas, Jérôme, Wilson, Julie, Marin, Frédéric, Demarchi, Beatrice

“…The extensive use of mollusc shell as a versatile raw material is testament to its importance in prehistoric times. The consistent choice of certain species…”
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Differentiation of MIS 9 and MIS 11 in the continental record: vegetational, faunal, aminostratigraphic and sea-level evidence from coastal sites in Essex, UK by Roe, Helen M., Coope, G. Russell, Devoy, Robert J.N., Harrison, Colin J.O., Penkman, Kirsty E.H., Preece, Richard C., Schreve, Danielle C.

“…Multidisciplinary investigations of the vegetational, faunal and sea-level history inferred from the infills of buried channels on the coast of eastern Essex…”
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Dating the Paleolithic: Trapped charge methods and amino acid geochronology by Penkman, Kirsty E. H., Duller, Geoff A. T., Roberts, Helen M., Colarossi, Debra, Dickinson, Marc R., White, Dustin

“…Despite the vast array of different geochronological tools available, dating the Paleolithic remains one of the discipline’s greatest challenges. This review…”
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