Abstract
Theoretical, Methodological, and General
1126. Balasse, M., Chemineau, P., & Keller, M. (2024). Experimental data from Lacaune and Merino sheep provide new methodological and theoretical grounds to investigate autumn lambing in past husbandries.
In the Lacaune breed, the proportion of spontaneously cyclic ewes in the spring is low in the absence of males.
1127. Bryant, L., Jamie, K., & Sharples, G.J. (2023). Reading clay: The temporal and transformative potential of clay in contemporary scientific practice.
Clay comes into being for scientists by being read as an informational and temporal medium and agentic matter with transformative promise to remedy specific threats.
1128. Casella, E.C., & Piprani, J. (2024). Communities of hope: Sharing economies and the production of material worlds.
We trace the subsequent fissures and spaces of opportunity created by this disruptive moment of neoliberal closure of an archaeology department.
1129. Coban, R.E., & Akan, M. (2023). A study on the suitability of 3D-printed models to analyse sounds of the whistling arrows.
We contribute to a better understanding of the acoustic and mechanical properties of whistling arrows.
1130. Coltofean-Arizancu, L., Gaydarska, B., Plutniak, S., Mary, L., . . . Sengeløv, A. (2023). Harassment, assault, bullying and intimidation (HABI) in archaeology: A Europe-wide survey.
HABI is endemic in European archaeology, being experienced by all genders and ages, in multiple settings and countries.
1131. Kelpšienė, I., & Dallas, C. (2023). Battle or ballet? Metaphors archaeological Facebook administrators live by.
Pseudo-archaeology and political weaponization of archaeology are major concerns.
1132. Kerr, S. (2023). Citizen science and deep mapping for climate communication: A report on CHICC.
Digital presentations or ‘deep maps’ of heritage sites at risk from anthropogenic climate change are useful.
1133. Marín, J., Saladié, P., Azorit, C., & Rodríguez-Hidalgo, A. (2024). Identification of age at death in red deer (
Our methods were used in estimating the age at which the animals died and categorizing them into specific age groups.
1134. McDowall, F.A. (2023). Lost in temporal translation: A visual and visitor-based evaluation of prehistory displays.
I highlight some opportunities for reimagining museum prehistory displays.
1135. Mensah, J. (2023). UNESCO world heritage sites and sustainable local community development.
Negative factors related to poor sanitation, harassment of tourists, demarcation of the heritage-protected areas, and beach sand mining.
1136. Ribeiro, A. (2024). On traces, clues, and fiction: Carlo Ginzburg and the practice of archaeology.
We can recognize the past as real, while at the same time, conjecture the several ways past agents could have acted otherwise.
1137. Rosencrance, R.L., McDonough, K.N., Smith, G.M., Jazwa, C.S., . . . Henrikson, L.S. (2024). Bayesian analysis of Haskett projectile point radiocarbon dates in the intermountain west demonstrates contemporaneity with Clovis and Folsom points.
Haskett preceded other unshouldered stemmed point complexes in North America.
1138. Rummel, M. (2024). Pottery from motion-A refined approach to the large-scale documentation of pottery using structure from motion.
There is a new large-scale three-dimensional capture method for the documentation of pottery using structure from motion.
1139. Starzmann, M. (2024). Colonial ruination and capitalist abandonment: An analysis in fragments.
Imperial encounters are embedded within capitalist exploits, but inspire us to imagine a radically different political past and future.
1140. Wessman, A, Thomas, S., Deckers, P., Dobat, A.S., . . . Lewis, M. (2023). Hobby metal-detecting as citizen science. Background, challenges and opportunities of collaborative archeological finds recording schemes.
Citizen science approaches to recording discoveries made by the public present important opportunities for enriching archeological heritage.
Paleoenvironments
1141. Alt, M., Puseman, K., Lee, C.M., Pederson, G.T., . . . McWethy, D.B. (2024). Organic layers preserved in ice patches: A new record of Holocene environmental change on the Beartooth Plateau, USA.
Climate projections for the region suggest warmer temperatures could decrease effective growing season moisture at high elevations.
1142. Beltran, J., de Toledo, M.B., Palace, M., Dibb, J., & Bush, M.B. (2024). Holocene histories of biome stability in northern Amazonian savannas.
Paleoecological analysis of three lake sediment cores from the Roraima savannas revealed systems dominated by Poaceae pollen.
1143. Kaczmarek, T., Van der Veen, M., Ivorra, S., Mattingly, D., . . . Gros-Balthazard, M. (2024). Origins and evolution of oasis agriculture in the Sahara: Evidence from morphometric analyses of archaeological date palm seeds.
There is a potential of seed morphometric analyses for uncovering the domestication and diffusion history of crops.
1144. Li, M., Li, Z., Dong, S., Chen, L., . . . Wang, N. (2024). Salinity impacts on n-alkanes in lake sediments of the Badain Jaran Desert, Northwestern China: Implications for paleoclimate reconstruction.
The reliability of n-alkane indexes as indicators of aquatic macrophyte in deep lake cores may be compromised by salinity.
1145. Liu, P., Zhang, J., Liu, Y., Sun, Q., . . . Chen, J. (2024). Sediment source-to-sink patterns along the southeast China coast during the late Quaternary: New insights from sediment geochemistry and OSL ages in Ningde Bay.
This phenomenon can be elucidated by the insufficient supply of Yangtze sediments during MIS3, which could be linked to the weakened East Asian monsoon.
1146. Ninnes, S., Meyer-Jacob, C., Tolu, J., Bindler, R., & Cortizas, A.M. (2024). Application of mid-infrared spectroscopy for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of organic matter in Holocene sediment records.
The organic matter composition of lake sediments influences important in-lake biogeochemical processes and stores information on environmental changes.
1147. Premaratne, K.M., Chandrajith, R., Ratnayake, N.P., Li, S.-L., . . . Routh, J. (2024). North Atlantic forcing of Indian Winter Monsoon intensification: Evidence from Holocene sediments from the tropical Indian Ocean Island of Sri Lanka.
North Atlantic cooling has triggered intense winter monsoon conditions over the tropical Indian Ocean region from the mid to late Holocene.
1148. Shelekhova, T., Lavrova, N., Lobanova, N., Tolstobrov, D., . . . Rodionov, G. (2024). Paleogeographical reconstructions of the environment on the Karelian shore of the White Sea (Keret Area, Russia).
We produced paleogeographic reconstructions describing the natural conditions of the habitat of ancient people.
1149. Theuerkauf, M., Siradze, N., & Gillert, A. (2024). A trainable object finder, selector and identifier for pollen, spores and other things: A step towards automated pollen recognition in lake sediments.
We present an approach for automated recognition of pollen and spores from lake sediments using deep convolutional neural networks and machine learning.
1150. Uzunidis, A., Brugal, J.-P., Croitor, R., Daura, J., . . . Rivals, F. (2024). Paleoecology of an extinct Cervidae (
The evolution of H. mediterraneus dietary habits from the Middle to the Late Pleistocene may have led to direct competition with other browsing-specialist cervids.
1151. Vieten, R., Warken, S.F., Winter, A., Scholz, D., . . . Lachniet, M. (2024). A sequence of abrupt climatic fluctuations in the north-eastern Caribbean related to the 8.2 ka event.
We hypothesize that cold events in the North Atlantic temporarily limited the northward migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone and tropical rain belt in boreal summer during these abrupt drying periods.
1152. Werner, N., Oehler, S., Rendlert, F., & Gunnarson, B. (2024). Reduced accuracy in dendroglaciological mass balance reconstruction of Storglaciären since the 1980s.
We analyze the relationship between the Torneträsk tree-ring and Storglaciären mass balance records and their response to climate change.
1153. Wu, S., Liu, J., Chu, H., Feng, Y., . . . Pei, L. (2024). Paleoenvironmental evolution and East Asian monsoon records through three stages of paleochannels since the mid-pleistocene in the Western Bohai Sea, North China.
The uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and sea-level fluctuation significantly influenced the formation and evolution of paleochannels.
1154. Xaybouangeun, N., Zaw, Z., Yang, R.-Q., Panthi, S., . . . Fan, Z.-X. (2024). Reconstruction of hydroclimate variability in southern Laos from 1885 to 2019 based on Pinus latteri tree-ring data.
Hydroclimatic variations in southern Laos are driven by large-scale ocean-atmospheric circulations.
North America
Arctic and Canada
1155. Chapdelaine, C. (2024). Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene shoulderless stemmed points: A Far Northeast perspective.
The Late Paleoindian period in the Far Northeast is related to the Pleistocene-Holocene transition and is characterized by a changing landscape.
1156. Forbes, S.L., Huculak, M., & Watson, C.J. (2024). Taphonomic impact of vertebrate scavengers on degradation and dispersal of remains, southeastern British Columbia.
We consider the variability of scavenger behavior and the need to assign caution and local ecological knowledge when predicting scavenger trends.
1157. Ives, J.W. (2024). A stemmed point assemblage from the Peace River country of northwestern Alberta.
The Poohkay site points and preforms share strong metric and morphological similarities with Haskett and Hell Gap points.
1158. Ives, J.W. (2024). Stemmed points and the Ice-Free Corridor.
A variety of stemmed point morphologies became quite common in Alberta, as the entire Ice-Free Corridor deglaciated and became biotically habitable.
1159. Kitchel, N.R. (2024). Facing the forest: Climate change and human adaptation across the Pleistocene–Holocene transition in northern New England and Eastern Canada.
The Younger Dryas was marked by rapid warming and the transition from a landscape of open spruce forests, parklands, and tundra to closed canopy forest.
California and Northwest
1160. Barron, M.O., Eerkens, J.W., Darwent, C.M., & Shoup, D. (2024). Estimating the seasonality of bent-nose clam (
While clams comprise a minority of the shellfish harvested, clamming took place between January and August.
1161. Bentz, L., Rick, T., Campbell, B., Reeder-Myers, L., . . . Hoppa, K. (2024). Exploring a scientific research station from a bygone era: Historical archaeology at Orr’s Camp, Santa Rosa Island (Wimaɬ), Alta California.
We discuss the history and status of Orr’s island research camp describing monitoring and erosion of the site.
1162. Braje, T.J., Gallanosa, S., Erlandson, J.M., Gill, K., & Rick, T.C. (2024). Contextualizing late Holocene subsistence change on California’s Northern Channel Islands: A Middle period case study from Santa Cruz Island.
We document an intensification of finfishing in the Middle period.
1163. Hornbaker, C., & Jones, T.L. (2024). Cleaning up California culture history: The Malaga Cove Leaf projectile point type.
The Malaga Cove Leaf can be divided into two size-based subtypes (bow and arrow and a pre-arrow weapon system).
1164. Nyland, K.E., Klene, A.E., Nelson, F.E., & Shiklomanov, N.I. (2024). Permafrost food storage monitoring and vulnerability assessment in Utqiaġvik, Alaska.
Traditional Iñupiaq sigḷuaq are cellars excavated into permafrost for storage of large quantities of game, fish, and other foodstuffs.
1165. Ugan, A., Rosenthal, J., & Meyer, J. (2024). Geomorphology and prehistoric site distribution near Hamilton City, California, and their implications for the archaeological record of the Sacramento Valley.
There is a need for more careful assessment of the geomorphological setting and age of potential deposits.
Great Basin and Southwest
1166. Allaun, S.A., Mahan, C.M., & Surovell, T.A. (2024). Growing evidence of a younger than Clovis cultural affiliation: Redating the Sheaman site.
The site is likely younger than Clovis in age, and most likely falls within the Middle Paleoindian period.
1167. Bisulca, C., Santarelli, B., & Odegaard, N. (2024). A multi-analytical characterization of minerals on Hohokam palettes.
We found consistent association of lead minerals regardless of context, region, and time period.
1168. Gillreath-Brown, A., & Kohler, T.A. (2024). How maize farmers in the US Southwest grew and prospered under El Niño but suffered under La Niña.
La Niña-like conditions (much less favorable to maize) dominated most of the period from 800 BC to AD 100 and AD 1200 to ca. 1900.
1169. Kaiser, D.A., Keyser, J.D., & Sundstrom, L. (2023). “When charcoal was hung”: The story behind the hanging scene petroglyph at Writing-on-Stone.
This image may document the execution of the Blood (Káínawa) warrior Charcoal (Si’k-okskitsis).
1170. Nicolay, S. (2024). Addressing some problems related to research on Mimbres ceramics and their iconography.
The creation of the Mimbres Pottery Images Digital Database has made it easier for the researcher to investigate the provenience and provenance of known vessels.
1171. Pelton, S.R., Mahan, C., & Scoggin, W.E. (2023). Folsom obsidian conveyance at the Great Divide Paleoindian sites, Wyoming.
We establish a Folsom mobility pattern between the Yellowstone Plateau, upper Green River Basin, and Great Divide Basin of Wyoming.
1172. Schroedl, A.R. (2024). Distinguishing prehistoric arrow points from dart points in the Basin-Plateau region.
Neck width and thickness of a stone projectile point are better variables for differentiating arrow points from dart points.
1173. Smith, G.M., Rosencrance, R.L., Saper, S.G., McDonough, K.N., . . . Layton, T.N. (2024). The Western Stemmed Tradition components of Last Supper Cave, Nevada.
Last Supper Cave had Western Stemmed Tradition points and other stone tools dating to the early Holocene.
Midwest
1174. Baltus, M., & Bryant, P.L. (2024). Joe Louis: A Late Fisher Phase village on the Little Calumet River.
Site occupants were making stone tools and pottery, processing hides, making clothing, and possibly producing bird-wing fans.
1175. Emerson, K.E., & Emerson, T.E. (2024). A reassessment of Upper Mississippian habitations and chronology at the Fisher Mounds and Village site in northeastern Illinois.
The Fisher Mounds and Village site had evidence from the Late Woodland Des Plaines phase and the Upper Mississippian Langford and Fisher phases.
1176. Emerson, T.E., Hedman, K.M., & Fort, M.A. (2024). Cultural and chronological variation in Woodland and Mississippian mortuary practices on the edge of Greater Cahokia.
Mortuary practices included in-the-flesh interments, ossuaries, excarnation, postmortem manipulations of the deceased, and extensive use of fires.
1177. Kelly, J., Suzukovich, III, E., & Lauer, L.F. (2024). Chicago area archaeological collections at the Field Museum.
Artifacts are present from the Hočąk, Baxoje, Nutachi, Jiwere, Myaamia, Kickapoo, Kaskaskia, and Potawatomi cultures.
1178. Porubcan, P.J., & Loebel, T.L. (2024). The Huber site: A frontier indigenous settlement at the eve of European contact.
The site has house basins, possible ridged field structures, well-preserved organics, ceramics, chipped- and ground-stone tools.
1179. Tolmie, C., & Lambert, J.M. (2024). The lake effect: Lake Michigan, landscape evolution, and the archaeological record of the Chicago region.
Evidence for lake-level fluctuations over the last 12,000 years is available from deep lacustrine sediments, ostracods, abandoned shorelines, and sand dunes.
Northeast
1180. Baugher, S. (2024). Archaeological investigation of fire at the Tryon House site in Robert H. Treman State Park.
Archaeological studies should focus on how a fire starts, expands through a structure, and ultimately destroys a building.
1181. Baugher, S. (2024). Archaeology in the park: Community service-learning exhibits at Robert H. Treman State Park.
I present the story of the hamlet Enfield Falls and the amazing Henrietta Wickham to the public.
1182. Bernhardt, G., & Kuhn, R.D. (2024). A copper spud adze from the eastern Mohawk Valley, New York.
A distinctive native copper spud adze discovered at the Ridge site indicates an association with the Old Copper, Red Ocher, and/or Glacial Kame cultures.
1183. Chaudhry, A., Ito, E., Alam, S., Tweedie, M., . . . Hemmick, L. (2024). Long Island steatite sourcing from Rhode Island quarries during the late Holocene era.
Our steatite samples displayed numerous similarities in elemental composition compared to the two Rhode Island quarries, Oaklawn and Ochee Springs.
1184. Custer, J.F. (2024). Comparative analysis of radiocarbon dating of Early and Middle Woodland mortuary complexes of the Middle Atlantic.
Pooled probability analysis also indicates that there ever was a hiatus in complex mortuary rituals.
1185. Custer, J.F. (2024). Correcting marine shell radiocarbon dates in the central Middle Atlantic region: A demurrer.
The current database for such studies is too small for accurate, consistent, and reliable corrections.
1186. Hart, J.P. (2024). Revisiting the Roundtop site: Toward a more complete occupational history.
Two longhouse patterns and macrobotanical remains of maize, bean, and squash were found.
1187. Kolyer, G.C. (2024). The Bryant site: Four prehistoric loci in the Esopus Creek Drainage.
The site’s potential significance was assessed through systematic survey sampling using a grid-based systematic survey.
1188. Lucas, M., & MacLean, J.S. (2024). A free Black potter in early nineteenth century America: Archaeological evidence of Thomas Commeraw pottery in Manhattan households.
Commeraw’s stoneware was purchased by boardinghouse keepers, merchants, and other professionals.
1189. Marr, P., & Tucker, M. (2024). Diabase hammerstone characteristics and sourcing at the Green Cabin Site (36AD0569), South Mountain, Pennsylvania.
The area was considered part of a larger “taskscape” of related quarrying activities, repeatedly revisited as an integral part of resource acquisition.
1190. Stewart, R.M., & Beck, D. (2024). A Middle Woodland pottery firing feature.
A pottery firing feature and associated vessel is from the area of the Francis E. Walter Reservoir.
1191. Stewart, R.M., & Gingerich, J.A.M. (2024). Excavations at the Plenge Paleoindian site (28WA636), Warren County, New Jersey.
Extensive erosion and displacement of artifacts have affected the site. Sub-plowzone cultural deposits have yet to be discovered where fluted points were found.
1192. Wall, R. (2024). Archaic period occupations at 36TI116, Tioga River, Mansfield, Pennsylvania.
Some of the coverage was for the early Owasco settlement, but Middle to Terminal Archaic occupations were also found.
Southeast
1193. Claassen, C. (2024). Shell beads from the Archaic Chiggerville shell mortuary in Kentucky.
Beads co-occurring with red ochre, dogs, and atlatls suggested two ritual depositions with three Milky Way sashes.
1194. Gibb, J.G. (2024). Soil movement on a Brewerton complex site.
The Westwood Townes site (18CH884) yielded Archaic and Woodland artifacts.
1195. Gilmore, Z.I. (2024). Tick Island Incised: An early ceramic skeuomorph in Late Archaic Florida.
Tick Island Incised is a relatively rare variety of Late Archaic fiber-tempered pottery found in Florida.
1196. Howe, A. (2024). The city and the city: Tent camps and luxury development in the NoMA Business Improvement District (BID) in Washington, D.C.
Underpasses were created during DC’s City Beautiful Movement and have been the site of neoliberal antihomeless strategies.
1197. Knight, V.J., & Dumas, A.A. (2024). Sixteenth-century European metal artifacts from the Marengo complex, Alabama.
We consider scavenging and trade from both the Hernando de Soto and Tristán de Luna y Arellano expeditions as sources of the metal artifacts.
1198. Miller, D.S., Strawn, J.L., Anderson, D.T., Carmody, S.B., & Colucci, C.D. (2024). Early-Holocene stemmed bifaces from the Hester site (22MO569) in the Upper Tombigbee River Valley, Mississippi.
The Hester site has Jude points from a dated, Early Holocene context.
1199. Sarnacki, R., & Gibb, J. (2024). Transformations in 19th-century Maryland agriculture: A historical and archaeological perspective.
Large, well-capitalized farms adopted distinct strategies compared to those of their less affluent neighbors.
Mesoamerica, Central America
1200. Andrieu, C., & Cadalen, N. (2024). The other side of the mirror. Maya Late Classic iron-ore artifact production: An insight from Cancuen.
We suggest that there was a division of tasks in which Cancuen’s artisans were involved in the first stage of the production of luxury goods to be completed elsewhere.
1201. Arroyo, B. (2024). Mirrors and reflective objects at Kaminaljuyu.
I suggest the use of reflective objects as part of the ballgame player’s paraphernalia.
1202. Carter, N.P., & Lukach, K.W. (2024). Terminal Classic conch-shell gorgets from the Maya region and Central Mexico.
The portraits on most of the gorgets diverge from earlier Classic Maya conventions.
1203. Freidel, D.A., Navarro-Farr, O.C., Rich, M.E., Meléndez, J.C., . . . Kelly, M.K. (2024). Classic Maya mirror conjurors of Waka’, Guatemala.
We suggest that the three rulers we discuss were mirror oracles sustained by the prestige of the prophecy of Sihyaj K’ahk’.
1204. Gallaga, E., Melgar, E., & Lowe, L. (2024). The mirrors from Chiapa de Corzo: An early example for the Classic pyrite mirrors?
We present traceological analysis of their manufacturing process using experimental archaeology and scanning electron microscopy.
1205. Ménager, M., Salgado, S., & Freidel, D. (2024). Recent research on iron-ore mirrors in Mesoamerica and Central America.
We present a temporal, geographical, and contextual framework for these mirrors.
1206. Mora-Marín, D.F. (2024). Evidence for lexical and phonetic determinatives in Mayan writing: The case of T713.
Syntagmatic contextual associations resulting from frequent proximity to other signs was a common factor in the establishment of certain signs as lexical determinatives.
1207. Palka, J.W. (2024). Ancestral Maya domesticated waterscapes, ecological aquaculture, and integrated subsistence.
Ancestral Maya modified floodplains around lakes and rivers for farming fish and aquatic resources near their settlements and fields.
1208. Place, N.A. (2024). Application of the bioarchaeology of care framework to an individual from an Early Agricultural community in Sonora, Mexico.
The severe disuse atrophy of the upper limb indicates that she lived for some time after the injury.
1209. Salgado, S., Ménager, M., Arroyo, B., & Freidel, D. (2024). Mesoamerican iron-ore mirrors found in Costa Rica: Unraveling the interaction between the Chibcha and Maya regions.
When, how, and why did mirrors from Mesoamerica make their way to Costa Rican funerary contexts?
1210. Spence, M.W., Chávez, S.G., Longstaffe, F.J., Gazzola, J., . . . Pollard, H.P. (2024). Teotihuacan site 19:N1W5: Mortuary and oxygen isotope evidence for a Michoacan affiliation.
The people of E19, originally Michoacanos, gradually adopted a core identity as Teotihuacanos.
South America, Caribbean
1211. Briggs, L., Cooper, J., Craig, O.E., Heron, C., . . . Samson, A. (2023). Molecular evidence for new foodways in the early colonial Caribbean: Organic residue analysis at Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico.
A Spanish olive jar revealed evidence of wine residues, which may constitute the earliest detection of wine residues in pottery found in the Americas.
1212. Davenport, J.A., & Boileau, M.C. (2024). Forming techniques of Ychsma cephalomorphic bottles and cara-golletes from Pachacamac, Peru.
We compare two similar Ychsma forms of pottery: cephalomorphic bottles (from earlier Ychsma periods) and cara-golletes (Inka period).
1213. Flores, C., & Acuto, F.A. (2023). Heritage and original peoples in Argentina: Learning from indigenous voices.
Heritage has become an arena of dispute and struggle of subordinate groups who are in the process of regaining their identities and cultural ways.
1214. Jean, J.S., & Michel, J. (2023). Renegotiating and theorizing heritage in the context of “disaster” in the Caribbean: The entanglement of Haitian disaster-related histories.
We found a lack of disaster preparedness and few existing response mechanisms for managing cultural heritage amidst disaster.
1215. Lindskoug, H.B, & Martínez, W. (2023). Contemporary archaeology in conflict zones: The materiality of violence and the transformation of the urban space in Temuco, Chile during the social outburst.
Teargas-projectiles and rubber bullets indicate strong police presence and repression of different social movements.
1216. Martínez, P.A. (2024). Carved stone models as symbolic features in the agrarian landscape of the Sondondo Valley, Ayacucho, Peru.
I studied their symbolism and ritual significance in relation to the environment, as well as daily agricultural spaces and tasks.
1217. Narayanan, S.K. (2023). Under one roof: Material changes and familial estrangement in Puno, Peru.
I show how access to new materials allows younger families to build houses more quickly than their parents did.
1218. Pérez-Balarezo, A., & de Almeida, M. (2024). New 3D morpho-technological data on Fishtail points from tropical lowlands, Piauí State, Northeastern Brazil.
We report two Fishtail projectile points from Jurema and Anísio de Abreu made of flint and chalcedony.
1219. Pino, M., & Dillehay, T.D. (2023). Monte Verde II: An assessment of new radiocarbon dates and their sedimentological context.
Statistical analysis of 43 dates narrows the deposition of the earliest sediments sealing the occupational layer to c. 14,550 cal BP.
Africa
1220. Arazi, N., Matonda, I., Luna, O.M., & Smith, A.L. (2024). Kasongo-Tongoni: A nineteenth-century caravan town in Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo.
We confirm the town’s location and offer a first assessment of its spatial organization.
1221. Bisson, M.S., Burke, A., Schilt, F., Aleman, J., . . . Tolan, S. (2024). Sitwe 23, a complex ESA/MSA locality in the northern Luangwa Valley, Zambia.
At Sitwe 23 we found types diagnostic of the Acheulean, Sangoan, and Middle Stone Age.
1222. Bradfield, J. (2024). The technology and microwear of the bone tools from Broederstroom, an Early Iron Age site in the Magaliesberg, South Africa.
The bone tool industry at Broederstroom is a product of local farmer industry.
1223. Ciesielska, J.A., Le Roux, P., Scott, E., Lucas, M., & Roberts, P. (2024). Isotopic evidence for socio-economic dynamics within the capital of the Kingdom of Alwa, Sudan.
The concordance of human and faunal strontium and oxygen results, combined with elevated δ13C values corresponds to almost exclusive reliance on C4 produce.
1224. Diez-Martín, F., Cobo-Sánchez, L., Fraile-Márquez, C., de Francisco, S., . . . Domínguez-Rodrigo, M. (2023). Searching for intra-site spatial patterns in the African Early Acheulean: The lowermost archaeo-units at FLK West (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania).
The most significant spatial patterns observed point to differences in the distribution of diagnostic Acheulean implements with respect to specimens included in knapping.
1225. Gestrich, N., & Schardt, J.-M.P. (2024). Pottery décor as networks on the Middle Niger, Mali.
Knowledge about pottery decoration was propagated within networks of different sizes and intensities.
1226. Lombard, M., & Pargeter, J. (2024). Revisiting the current phyto-scape of Boomplaas Cave (South Africa) and the possible implications of this for past day-range foraging.
We present nutritional values for some of the plant foods, highlighting those richest in moisture, ash, protein, fat, fiber, and carbohydrates.
1227. Meresa, Y., Ruiz-Giralt, A., Beldados, A., Lancelott, C., & D’Andrea, A.C. (2024). Pre-Aksumite and Aksumite agricultural economy at Ona Adi, Tigrai (Ethiopia): First look at a 1000-year history.
The phytolith record shows evidence of grass processing, including morphotypes associated with Chloridoideae, Panicoideae, and Pooideae grasses.
1228. Schmidt, P., Charrié-Duhaut, A., February, E., & Wadley, L. (2024). Adhesive technology based on biomass tar documents engineering capabilities in the African Middle Stone Age.
At Sibhudu Cave, tar was made by condensation, an efficient above-ground process.
1229. Seidensticker, D. (2024). Pikunda-Munda and Batalimo-Maluba.
The spread of pottery-producing communities into the Congo rain forest is commonly linked to demic diffusion, driven by the so-called “Bantu Expansion.”
1230. Siteleki, M.J. (2024). Unveiling site visibility: A study of farming communities in the Magaliesberg Region, South Africa.
Kraals were strategically located to be more or less visible based on specific settlement circumstances.
1231. Solano-Megías, I., Maíllo-Fernández, J.M., & Mabulla, A.Z.P. (2024). Deciphering Middle Stone Age technological behaviors: An analysis of the lithic technology from Level VI-B at Mumba, Tanzania.
The retouched tools are mainly sidescrapers, denticulates, and notches.
1232. Spencer, N., Fushiya, T., Ryan, P., Rabo, S.A., & Saad, M. (2024). Towards local agency: Critical reflections on community engagement programmes at Abkanisa/Amara West, northern Sudan.
We outline the transition from western institutional project design and information sharing, to enhanced collaboration and local agency.
1233. Toffolo, M.B. (2024). Pleistocene archaeology and environments of the Free State, South Africa.
My study included the analysis of sediments, faunal remains, enamel stable isotopes, pollen, and phytoliths.
1234. Wyżgoł, M. (2024). Households in transition: Persistence and change of dwellings in the City of Old Dongola (Sudan, 14th–17th century).
The temporality of households did not align with the temporality of the political changes in the city.
Asia
1235. Chaudhary, S., & Pasupuleti, R.S. (2023). Transformation of traditional colonial bazaars: Case of Malcolm Peth Bazaar, Mahabaleshwar, India.
Bazaars include the pressures of industrialization, tourism, consumerism, and continuously evolving identities.
1236. Gao, Q. (2023). Archaeological tourism, world heritage and social value: A comparative study in China.
I focus on the Daming Palace archaeological site and the Huashan rock art area.
1237. Garbuzov, G.P., & Tolochko, I.V. (2022). Hollow ways near Tanais.
Two ancient roads have been revealed with the help of remote sensing data near Tanais.
1238. Kazakov, A., & Kazakova, O. (2022). Huns in the East: The polychrome style.
We consider technological methods used by craftsmen in the Great Migration period for making polychrome style jewelry.
1239. Kharinskii, A.V., Ėrdėnėbaatar, D., Portniagin, M.A., Argilbayar, S., & Kichigin, D.E. (2020). Female burials in the thirteenth through fourteenth centuries. The Nogoon Gozgor 1 Burial site in the northern Khövsgöl area.
Associated with the burial were sheep bones and fragments of silk textile depicting peonies and parrots, stylized clouds, and undulating ornamentations.
1240. Lukpanova, Y.A. (2020). Female burials from Kurgan No. 1 of the Zhaiyk-1 burial site in western Kazakhstan.
Buried to the west of the central grave were women in five complexes, and on the eastern side men, in seven complexes.
1241. Ma, Z. (2023). Making “Senses”: The qualia of Pu’er tea and sensorial encounters between tea producers and traders in southwest China.
Sensorial experience as a cultural dimension of tea has created new layers within Bulang people’s encounters with the modern market.
1242. Niu, H., Sun, Y., Wang, J., Marquer, L., . . . Jie, D. (2024). Drivers of land cover and plant compositional changes in Northeast China since the mid-Holocene: Climate versus human activities.
Impacts of human activity and climate change on vegetation can be related to human migration trends and subsistence patterns.
1243. Pişkin, E., Köksal, S., & Durdu, G. (2023). Animal husbandry, isotopes, and land use at the Late Bronze Age Hittite city of Şapinuva (Šapinuwa), Turkey: Insights from strontium isotopes.
The major difficulty in reaching fine resolution results was the limited range of 87Sr/86Sr data.
1244. Santiago-Marrero, C.G., Lancelotti, C., & Madella, M. (2024). Integrating spatial analyses and microbotanical remains: A methodological approach for investigating plant processing activities and domestic spaces at Neolithic Çatalhöyük.
We studied plant-related tasks such as crop processing, the use of plant-based crafts, and the management and culinary use of wild resources.
1245. Sen, M. (2023). From demon to deity: Forging a new iconography for Mahishasur.
I will show how local aesthetic ideals of masculinity, virtue, and political ideology are expressed in the new aesthetic form(s) and iconographies.
1246. Tadina, N.A. (2020). A native anthropologist’s view on covering the “Altai Princess” problem.
A female mummy, the “Altai Princess,” was found in a burial mound of the Pazyryk period.
1247. Tereshchenko, A.E. (2023). Coin assemblages in ancient burials: Statement of the problem.
Coins in a burial might represent “Charon’s
1248. Treister, M., & Ravich, I. (2022). The most western find of a Chinese mirror with T-shaped hieroglyphs in Eurasia.
The chemical and technological characteristics of the mirror were studied with the help of scanning electron microscopy and metallography.
1249. Uchiyama, J., Kuwahata, M., Kowaki, Y., Kamijō, N., . . . Isaksson, S. (2023). Disaster, survival and recovery: The resettlement of Tanegashima Island following the Kikai-Akahoya ‘super-eruption’, 7.3ka cal BP.
While local Jōmon populations were annihilated, surrounding communities survived and eventually returned.
1250. Xu, S., Deng, F., Abuduresule, I., Li, W., . . . Yang, Y. (2024). New insights on the origin of fired steatite beads in China.
Fired steatite and faience beads introduced into central China played a significant role in the ritual revolution during the Western Zhou Dynasty.
1251. Yang, W., Jiang, Z., Yao, A., Martello, R.D., . . . Chen, X. (2023). Food production and agricultural systems on the southwestern frontier of the Han Empire: Archaeobotanical remains from the 2016 excavation of Hebosuo, Yunnan.
The weedy flora indicates a heavier reliance of wet-land rice systems, evidencing a higher level of water management or even irrigation practices.
1252. Yi, B., Yuan, H., Wang, T., Cao, D., . . . Hu, Y. (2024). Life history of a high-class noblewoman from the late Shu state in the Chengdu Plain during the Eastern Zhou period (770–221 BC): Childhood stresses and stable life.
Our analysis combined skeletal pathological observations with multi-isotope (carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen) analyses of bone collagen, enamel, and dentin serial sections.
1253. Yulianto, J.E., Hodgetts, D., King, P., & Liu, J.H. (2023). Money, memory objects and material practices in the everyday conduct of inter-ethnic marriages in Indonesia.
We demonstrate how values of cooperation and prudence are articulated through things and related practices.
1254. Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Zhang, J., Taylor, W.T.T., . . . Li, Y. (2023). Elite chariots and early horse transport at the Bronze Age burial site of Shijia.
Adult male horses, used for pulling chariots, were recovered from a single chariot-horse pit at the burial site of Shijia.
1255. Zhang, F., Liu, Y, Ning, C., Zhang, J., . . . Yuan, H. (2024). Ancient genomes reveal the origin and kinship burial patterns of human remains during the 11th to 13th centuries in northern China.
The burial custom was organized based on both biological relatedness and social kinship ties, but also suggests the presence of likely female exogamy.
Europe
1256. Albarede, F., Davis, G., Blichert-Toft, J., Gentelli, L., . . . Telouk, P. (2024). A new algorithm for using Pb isotopes to determine the provenance of bullion in ancient Greek coinage.
Recycled and mixed bullion formed a substantial part of the silver stocks of mints.
1257. Bekhter, A., & Il’ina, Y. (2022). The graffiti marking Polis ownership from the excavations of Olbian Agora in the 1960s and 1970s.
On the basis of the archaeological context, the typology of pottery and paleography, the graffiti can be dated to the first half of the 5th century BC.
1258. Boschetti, C., di Siena, L., Jacobsen, J.K., Mittica, G., . . . Vitti, M. (2023). Disease control and the disposal of infectious materials in Renaissance Rome: Excavations in the area of Caesar’s Forum.
We recognize the disposal of potentially infected objects, shedding light on urban waste-management practices.
1259. Buiskikh, A.V., & Fornasier, J. (2022). The city versus its suburb: The spatial development of Pontic Olbia.
Pontic Olbia had an early defensive system consisting of earthworks with moats surrounding the city as early as the Late Archaic period.
1260. Casimiro, T.M., Curate, F., & Antunes-Ferreira, N. (2023). African presence in Portugal: People and things within material, social, and power relations.
Burials, ivory artifacts, and pottery provide evidence of the cultural contacts between Europeans and Africans in Portugal.
1261. Chiekova, D. (2023). The Great Mother Goddess on the Thracian Coast of Pontos Euxeinos: Forms and traditions.
The epigraphic and the archaeological evidence demonstrate the importance of the Milesian colonies in the spread of the cult.
1262. Dézsi, A. (2024). You may destroy this village, but you cannot destroy the power which created it.
The study of an antinuclear protest camp in 1980s Germany shows that cracks in capitalism formed when people protested for something.
1263. Driessen, J., & Letesson, Q. (2024). The gathering: Collectivity and the development of Bronze Age Cretan society.
There was an intentional manipulation of an enduring collective ethos, notably in the organization of gatherings and feasts.
1264. Ferreira, M.T., Coelho, C., & Wasterlain, S.N. (2024). A glimpse into the body shape and limb proportions of enslaved Africans from Lagos, Portugal (15th–17th centuries).
Our study allow for the first glimpse into the body shape and limb proportions of enslaved Africans arriving in Portugal.
1265. Greaves, A.M., Öz, A., Yegen, G., Apaydın, V., & Gilby, C. (2023). Heritage education and active learning: Developing community and promoting diversity in Turkey.
Educational games based on the pedagogic principle of Active Learning were well-received and raised participants’ awareness of heritage.
1266. Haughton, M. (2024). Connecting posthumanist thinking with GIS practice: Explorations of a prehistoric heathland landscape in Jutland, Denmark.
Limiting our investigations to traditional realms of GIS practice means that much of the detail that defines different types of landscape disappears from view.
1267. Iwase, A., Sano, K., Nagasaki, J., Otake, M., & Yamada, M. (2024). Experiments with replicas of Early Upper Paleolithic edge-ground stone axes and adzes provide criteria for identifying tool functions.
Identification of wood percussive tools must be based on a comprehensive analysis of both macro- and microscopic traces.
1268. Kavruk, V., Buzea, D.L., & Harding, A. (2023). A Bronze Age salt production technique from Transylvania and western Ukraine.
The troughs are ineffective at concentrating brine, but highly efficient at breaking up rock salt and cleaning the brine of insoluble impurities.
1269. Kleijne, J.P., & Huisman, D.J. (2023). A new perspective on Tegelbarg: Character and chronology of a Late Neolithic shell midden in the western Baltic.
Settlement activities included the construction of hearths, the production of flint daggers, and the intensive use of coastal resources.
1270. Konttinen, H. (2024). Dwelling in ice: A relational approach to the Finnish seal-hunting tradition on the Bothnian Bay.
The practice of the seal-hunting tradition on the Bothnian Bay engages with place-based onto-epistemology.
1271. Krupnik, I. (2024). A legacy across two continents: The Poniatowski-Arseniev Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
This dispersed legacy may be “reunited” via today’s digital means.
1272. Lazzarini, A., Cavallo, G., & Cassitti, P. (2023). Microstratigraphic research of altered Medieval painted plaster fragments from the St John Monastery in Müstair (Grison Canton, Switzerland).
Scientific, historical, and bibliographical research have shown that alteration processes in most of the pigments from these paintings are not directly linked with fires.
1273. Martín Bravo, A.M., & Sanabria Marcos, P.J. (2023). The Acehúche gold torc: Gold and sacred land on the shores of the Tagus River (Cáceres, Western Spain).
We describe a Late Bronze Age gold torc that was unearthed in a field of Acehúche.
1274. Meléndez, J.B., & Campos Carrasco, J.M. (2023). Vivaria in doliis. Ceramic jars for dormouse fattening found in Arucci.
Various aspects of the diet of its inhabitants can be inferred, as well as the breeding and production of the rodents.
1275. Mengyán, Á., Gémes, A., Szeniczey, T., & Hajdu, T. (2023). Two Bronze Age miniature wagon and wheel burials in Encs (North-Eastern Hungary).
In a Bronze Age, Füzesabony-culture cemetery a clay wagon model with spoked wheels and three miniature solid clay wheels were found.
1276. Mordvintseva, V.I. (2023). Prestige goods as markers of network relations of the Volga-Don élites (from the 3rd c. BC to the mid-3rd c. AD).
In the fourth period, the contacts of the barbarian élites of the region are noted mainly with the Bosporan kingdom.
1277. Penn, T. (2023). Experiencing gloomy dis: Tombs, tunnels and the phenomenology of the Roman Underworld in the Phlegraean Fields.
In the Phlegraean Fields west of Naples burials appear next to the entrances of two monumental tunnels.
1278. Peschaux, C., & Ligouis, B. (2023). From the Jura Arc to the Paris Basin: Exploitation of jet as black raw material for making ornamental objects during the Magdalenian in the northwest Europe.
Jet was used for the production of symbolic objects: geometric beads, figurative pendants, and elements of portable art.
1279. Pląskowska, E., Patejuk, K., Lorenc, M.W., & Grzeszczuk, J. (2024). Lichens and fungi on sandstone tombs at the historical Jewish cemetery in Wrocław (Poland).
Lichens were: Psilolechia lucida, Verrucaria nigricans, and Lepraria sp.; fungi were: Cladosporium herbarium, Aspergillus niger, and Alternaria alternata.
1280. Rodier, J., Berranger, M., & Serneels, V. (2024). Hammerscale and slag inclusions: New insights into metal supply during the early iron Age in Western Europe.
The iron ore’s geological origins potentially link to regions like Vosges and the Black Forest massifs.
1281. Shelekhan, O. (2022). Long knives of the Scythian culture: Tool or weapon?
The difference between a fighting knife and utilitarian knife consists not in their measurements, but in their constructive features.
1282. Stefanovich, P. (2020). “The Grand Retinue” phenomenon in northern and eastern Europe in the 10-11th centuries.
I summarize evidence of large professional armies in the service of the rulers of early medieval polities.
1283. Tomková, K., Křížová, Š., Faltusová, V., Schibille, N., & Vaculovič, T. (2023). Archaeological and chemical variability of glass beads: Olive and fusiform beads in central Europe.
Only isolated finds of olive beads from Bohemia were made from Islamic plant ash and western European wood ash glass.
1284. Twardecki, A., & Yanish, Y. (2022). Preliminary results of analysis of osteological material from the Polish-Ukrainian excavations in Olbia (2016–2018).
Osteological analysis of the Olbia site allowed faunal identification stages of bone tool manufacture.
1285. Väli, V., Vassiljev, J., Alliksaar, T., Blaus, A., . . . Poska, A. (2024). Multiscale pollen-based reconstructions of anthropogenic land-cover change in Karula Upland, south Estonia.
The first finds of cereal pollen (2500 BCE) from Lake Ähijärv suggest that grain crops were introduced here during the Late Stone Age.
Near East
1286. Edrey, M. (2023). Achaemenid / Early Zoroastrian influences on Phoenician cultic practices during the Persian period.
Dramatic changes to Phoenician cult practices occurred during the Persian period, some of which are consistent with principles of the Zoroastrian faith.
1287. Faegersten, F., & López-Ruiz, C. (2023). Beyond “volute capitals”: Materials, meaning, and adaptations of a Phoenician motif.
The volute has the quality of an otherworldly hybrid entity, strongly associated with hybrid creatures and other stylized vegetal motifs invoking eternal regeneration.
1288. Fischer (ל”ז), M., Fantalkin, O., Taxel, I., Bouzaglou, L., & Tal, O. (2023). Clay boat models from Yavneh-Yam: Toward an understanding of their chronology, function, and use.
The boat models are described including their typology, petrography (thin-section), and technological examination.
1289. Herrmann, V.R., Manning, S.W., Morgan, K.R., Soldi, S., & Schloen, D. (2023). New evidence for Middle Bronze Age chronology from the Syro-Anatolian frontier.
Radiocarbon and ceramic evidence from destroyed buildings at Zincirli, Türkiye support the Middle Bronze Age date.
1290. Killebrew, A.E. (2023). Phoenician iron smithing and cult at Persian-period Tel Akko.
Excavations on Tel Akko have uncovered evidence of large-scale Phoenician industrial iron smithing during the Persian period.
1291. Lidour, K., Beech, M.J., Eddisford, D., Phillips, C.S., . . . Jasim, S.A. (2023). A Bronze to Iron Age fishing economy at Kalbāʾ 4 (Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates).
Fishing techniques seem to have mainly involved the use of baited lines from boats, fishing nets, and possibly cage traps.
1292. Minardi, M. (2023). Ossuary burials of the Sultan-uiz-dag. Some considerations on the relation between archaeology and
The Chorasmians strictly followed the ritual and the funerary prescriptions contained in the Avestan Vendīdād.
1293. Orsingher, A. (2023). Architecture and afterlife: Small portable shrines and ritual activities from Tyre to Ibiza.
Tyre al-Bass Tomb 8 and other funerary assemblages yielding portable shrines support the idea that they were the focus of ritual activities at burial sites.
1294. Overlaet, B., Jasim, S., & Yousif, E. (2023). Heirloom cylinder seals at Mleiha (Sharjah Emirate, UAE).
Seals from the Iron Age II suggest that the object is of local production, as does the iconography that can be linked to Iron Age snake cults.
1295. Plets, G.F.J., & Munawar, N.A. (2024). Russia in Palmyra: Contextualizing the Kremlin’s postconflict heritage rehabilitation efforts.
The Kremlin’s grand narrative is to portray Putin as a leader of a global power that reclaims its status in the international arena.
1296. Sabrine, I., Awad, Y., Ali, H., & Rollo, G. (2024). Preserving Palmyra’s heritage through a community-led initiative: Giving Voice to Palmyra’s people.
Palmyra, renowned for its historical significance and cultural richness, fell victim to the ravages of conflict, leaving its architectural wonders in ruins and its community displaced.
1297. Shakir, M.M. (2024). Morphology and land-use characteristics as key context parameters maintaining the authenticity of living cultural heritage-Case of Sufi Shrine (Mazar) of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Sindh.
There is a need to incorporate policies in urban planning and site management of cultural heritage with deep-rooted associations to sustain them.
1298. Sikora, K. (2024). Who constructs the Izhma Komi’s heritage today? The social contract as a nonlegal tool to realize the human right to cultural heritage.
Izhma Komi’s cultural heritage is largely driven by the people and cultural intelligentsia, owing to the tacit social contract.
1299. Spataro, M., Taylor, J., & O’Flynn, D. (2023). A technological study of Assyrian clay tablets from Nineveh, Tell Halaf and Nimrud: A pilot case study.
The tablets were made following similar steps to pottery making, either carefully levigating calcareous clays, or adding plant matter.
Oceania
1300. Anderson, A., Becerra-Valdivia, L., Cadd, H., Marjo, C.E., . . . Wilmshurst, J.M. (2024). The age and position of the southern boundary of prehistoric Polynesian dispersal.
The site was about as far south as prehistoric habitation could be sustained and was probably vacated at the onset of the Little Ice Age.
1301. Cameron, L. (2024). ‘Reclaiming their stories’: A study of the spiritual content of historical cultural objects through an Indigenous creative inquiry.
The intricate relationship between art making and archaeological exploration provides a nuanced understanding of spiritual significance.
1302. Cosgrove, R., Webb, J., Garvey, J., Theys, J., & Jones, R. (2024). The archaeology of eastern Lutruwita (Tasmania).
We can now contrast the Late Pleistocene hunting economics with the exceptionally well-preserved faunal remains found in the Holocene site, OL1.
1303. D’Gluyas, C., Cryerhall, A., & Jennings, S. (2024). Another pit, another post-hole: Are we learning anything new from Parramatta’s ‘convict hut’ sites?
New Materialism is particularly helpful for avoiding dualistic interpretations, such as convict/free.
1304. David, B., Mialanes, J., Mullett, R., Fresløv, J., . . . Ash, J. (2024). Millukmungee 1: Stone artefacts and occupation at the junction of the Buchan and Snowy Rivers, GunaiKurnai Country, East Gippsland (Victoria, Australia).
Activities focused on the production of flakes from locally available quartz and hornfels.
1305. Horrocks, M., Weisler, M.I., Hua, Q., & Presswell, B. (2024). A new parasite discovery in Micronesia: Eggs of the nematode
We present a parasitological analysis of soil and sediment samples from Ebon Atoll.
1306. Kuo-Feng, C., & Akatuang, A. (2024). Heritage and identity: Returning to ancestral pathways of the Siraya indigenous archaeology.
The Siraya people want to claim ownership over their abandoned settlement cultural heritage.
1307. Lambrides, A.B.J., Ristevski, J., Mein, E., van Zoelen, J.D., . . . Weisbecker, V. (2024). Fishboneviz: Enhancing the availability of zooarchaeological fish reference collections through an open access 3D database.
The collection contains the skeletal elements (e.g., dentary, maxilla, articular, quadrate, hyomandibular) of 26 fish species.
1308. Martin, S., Witter, D., O’Donnell, D., O’Donnell, R., . . . Bates, B. (2024). Wilyakali and archaeologists collaborating to map the journey of the Bronzewing Pigeon, Broken Hill, western New South Wales, Australia.
Wilyakali stone knappers employed specialized and varied technological processes to work quartz.
1309. McIvor, I., Roa, T., & Waitoki, W. (2024). Kia kōrerorero tonu ai: A review of the dialogue at the interface of Indigenous oral tradition and archaeology in Aotearoa New Zealand and Oceania.
Processual archaeologists of the mid-late-20th century considered oral tradition and archaeology as incapable of cross-validation.
1310. McNiven, I.J., Ash, J., Mialanes, J., McDowell, M.C., . . . Gunn, R. (2024). Garden Range 2: Taungurung rock art rockshelter site reveals 11,000 years of Aboriginal occupation of the Strathbogie Ranges, Central Victoria.
The rarity of ochre within sediments precludes insights into the age of rock art paintings on the shelter’s surface.
1311. Miller, I., Youse, Z., Bickey, T., Haddow, E., . . . Flexner, J.L. (2024). Developing a holistic and collaborative approach for the archaeology of Australian South Sea Islanders in Queensland.
Laborers were commonly referred to as victims of a slave trade, though many came voluntarily to work in the sugar plantations.
1312. Shehata, W., Langston, C., Sarvimäki, M., & Smith, J. (2023). Challenging uncomfortableness: The adaptive reuse of Bendigo Gaol into Ulumbarra Theater and School.
The transformation of Australian heritage gaols (jails) into museums makes economic, cultural, and social sense.
1313. Taylor, P. (2024). Site formation processes of underfloor material preservation at Fremantle Prison, Western Australia.
My understanding of material preservation and decomposition enables a holistic understanding of the deposited materials.
1314. Urwin, C., Russell, L., & Skelly, R. (2024). Building culturally meaningful chronologies: Negotiating Indigenous and Western temporalities in Oceania.
Incorporating diverse temporalities for ancestral places can generate richer historical narratives of value to communities and researchers.
Physical Anthropology
General
1315. Burley, N., MacDonald, R., & Khan, A. (2024). Emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide usage in a Scottish sexual health service providing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: A service evaluation.
Emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide utilization was lower than anticipated, initiated apropriately, and followed similar adherence patterns to emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil users.
1316. Dagnew, Z., Mistir, L., Abebe, N., Alemayehu, M., & Tegegne, E. (2024). Sexual partner referral and associated factors among patients with sexually transmitted disease in Jabi Tehnan district and Finote Selam town.
Perceived risks of reinfection, perceived self-efficacy, and anticipating the end of a relationship were significant predictors of sexual partner referral.
1317. Khawcharoenporn, T., & Hanvivattanakul, S. (2024). Safety profiles of homologous and heterologous regimens containing three major types of COVID-19 vaccine among people living with HIV.
Adverse effects (AEs) from the previous dose and female sex were independent factors associated with AEs of a booster vaccine.
1318. Orser, L., & O’Byrne, P. (2024). Multiple, active-offer referrals for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by nurses yields high uptake among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.
PrEP referrals and those who had changes in risk factors over time were significantly correlated with PrEP acceptance.
1319. Özcanlı, T., Okur, İ., Aksoy Poyraz, C., Kocabaşoğlu, N., & Aslıyüksek, H. (2024). Patterns in paternal and maternal filicide: A comparative analysis of filicide cases in Turkey.
Unwanted pregnancy, psychotic depression, and postpartum psychosis should be assessed when evaluating risk for mothers, especially for infanticide.
1320. Palmer, B.S., Tang, A., Winchester, S., Atkins, M., . . . Kelleher, P. (2024). Is the level of varicella-zoster virus IgG associated with symptomatic status of genital herpes simplex virus infection? A case-control study.
There is a strong association between average higher varicella-zoster virus IgG level and being an asymptomatic carrier of herpes simplex virus.
1321. Salvatori, C.G., Jeyaraju, M., & Schmalzle, S.A. (2024). Sub-optimal routine HIV testing rates in an urban HIV and infectious disease clinic.
Despite reported awareness of recommended routine HIV testing, testing was associated with perceived risk rather than offered uniformly.
1322. Wenlock, R., Dhillon, S., Perera, S., Vera, J., . . . Dean, G. (2024). Universal-offer HIV testing in primary care: A mixed-methods evaluation of a pilot study.
Offering HIV tests to patients undergoing blood tests in primary care is feasible and acceptable.
Fossil record and evolution
1323. Bouchet, F., Zanolli, C., Skinner, M.M., Urciuoli, A., . . . Alba, D.M. (2024). Molar enamel–dentine junction shape of
P. cataloniae is a crouzeliid pliopithecoid, as recently supported by cladistic analyses of craniodental characters.
1324. de Vries, D., Winchester, J.M., Fulwood, E.L., St. Clair, E.M., & Boyer, D.M. (2024). Dental topography of prosimian premolars predicts diet: A comparison in premolar and molar dietary classification accuracies.
Fossil fourth premolars (in isolation or with the second molars) can be used for meaningful dietary reconstruction of extinct primates.
1325. Eyre, J., Williams, S.A., Grabowski, M., Winters, S., & Pontzer, H. (2024). The effect of bi-iliac breadth on core body temperature.
We suggest a link between variation in bi-iliac breadth and maximum core body temperature during running.
1326. Ferreira, R.C., Alves, G.V., Ramon, M., Antoneli, F., & Briones, M.R.S. (2024). Reconstructing prehistoric viral genomes from Neanderthal sequencing data.
The Neanderthal mapping to genomes of extant persistent viruses (e.g., adenovirus, herpesvirus, and papillomavirus) is above what is expected by random similarities of short reads.
1327. Gabucio, M.J., Bargalló, A., Saladié, P., Romagnoli, F., . . . Vaquero, M. (2023). Using GIS and geostatistical techniques to identify Neanderthal campsites at archaeolevel Ob at Abric Romaní.
We combine our data with that of previous studies: zooarchaeological, refits, combustion structures, and partial lithic technological analyses.
1328. Hodges-Simeon, C.R., Albert, G., McHale, T., Gaulin, S.J.C., . . . Arnocky, S.A. (2024). Masculine voice is associated with better mucosal immune defense in adolescent and adult males.
Life-history theory provides a conceptual framework for understanding the association between testosterone-dependent secondary sexual characteristics and immunity.
1329. Huttner, W.B., Heide, M., Mora-Bermúdez, F., & Namba, T. (2024). Neocortical neurogenesis in development and evolution-human-specific features.
The data imply greater neurogenesis during neocortical development in modern humans than Neanderthals due to TKTL1.
1330. Iasi, L.N.M., Chintalapati, M., Skov, L., Mesa, A.B., . . . Moorjani, P. (2024). Neanderthal ancestry through time: Insights from genomes of ancient and present-day humans.
The vast majority of Neanderthal gene flow is attributable to a single, shared extended period of gene flow that occurred between 50,500 to 43,500 years ago.
1331. Lewis, J.E., Ward, C.V., Kimbel, W.H., Kidney, C.L., . . . Leakey, L.N. (2024). A 4.3-million-year-old
Significant morphological and adaptive differences imply that Ardipithecus ramidus was a relative rather than a direct phyletic ancestor of earliest Australopithecus.
1332. Martin, J.M., Leece, A.B., Baker, S.E., Herries, A.I.R., & Strait, D.S. (2024). A lineage perspective on hominin taxonomy and evolution.
A reliance on morphological diagnosabilty will systematically overestimate species diversity in the fossil record,
1333. Mateo-Lomba, P., Ollé, A., Fernández-Marchena, J.L., Saladié, P., . . . Cáceres, I. (2024). First identification of a Neanderthal bone spear point through an interdisciplinary analysis at Abric Romaní (NE Iberian Peninsula).
Abric Romaní contributes to our understanding of Neanderthal hunting behavior and the significance of composite bone tools.
1334. Peyrégne, S., Slon, V., & Kelso, J. (2024). More than a decade of genetic research on the Denisovans.
We synthesize more than a decade of research on Denisovans, reconcile controversies, and summarize insights into their population history and phenotype.
1335. Pretelli, I., Crittenden, A.N., Dounias, E., Friant, S., . . . Lew-Levy, S. (2024). Child and adolescent foraging: New directions in evolutionary research.
Researchers should carefully consider children’s social and ecological context to develop cross-cultural perspectives.
1336. Sankaranarayanan, G., & Muthukaliannan, G.K. (2024). Exploring antimicrobial resistance determinants in the Neanderthal microbiome.
We suggest a nuanced identification of putative antimicrobial resistance determinants in the Neanderthal microbiome’s genetic repertoire based on the taxonomy-habitat correlation.
1337. Spear, J.K. (2024). Reduced limb integration characterizes primate clades with diverse locomotor adaptations.
Reduced limb integration is characteristic of certain taxonomic groups with high locomotor diversity rather than taxa with specific, specialized locomotor adaptations.
1338. Stringer, C. (2025). Human evolution: The lonely Neanderthal?
Neanderthals expanded and diversified about 120,000 years ago.
1339. Voinescu, C.D., Mozere, M., Genovese, G., Downie, M.L., . . . Stanescu, H.C. (2024). A Neanderthal haplotype introgressed into the human genome confers protection against membranous nephropathy.
A stringently defined 105 kb haplotype, intersecting the coding regions for PLA2R1 and ITGB6, is inherited from Neanderthals.
1340. Yaghmouri, M., & Izadi, P. (2024). Role of the Neanderthal genome in genetic susceptibility to COVID-19: 3p21.31 Locus in the spotlight.
We found evidence on the 3p21.31 locus and its impact on COVID-19 outcomes by focusing on the risk variants originating from the Neanderthal genome.
1341. Zeberg, H., Jakobsson, M., & Pääbo, S. (2024).The genetic changes that shaped Neandertals, Denisovans, and modern humans.
We predict that very few, if any, differences will distinguish all modern humans from all Neandertals and Denisovans.
1342. Zietsch, B.P. (2024). Genomic findings and their implications for the evolutionary social sciences.
There is no evidence that balancing selection has substantively shaped complex traits, and strong evidence that it has not.
Living Humans
Population (Birth control, fertility, population)
1343. Amundsen, K., & Tiller, H. (2024). Discovering the true nature of chronic pelvic pain: Are we asking the right questions?
The condition impacts somatic, sexual, and mental health, as well as social, family, and work life.
1344. Bariani, M.V., Grimm, S.L., Coarfa, C., Walker, C.L., . . . Al-Hendy, A. (2024). Altered extracellular matrix–related pathways accelerate the transition from normal to prefibroid myometrium in Black women.
The transcriptomic profile of normal to at-risk myometrium conversion differs between Black and White women.
1345. Bateman, N.W., Abulez, T., Tarney, C.M., Al-Hendy, A., . . . Maxwell, G.L. (2024). Multiomic analysis of uterine leiomyomas in self-described Black and White women: Molecular insights into health disparities.
We found a greater proportion of MED12 mutant uterine leiomyomas from Black women.
1346. Bellai-Dussault, K., Dougan, S.D., Fell, D.B., Lavin Venegas, C., . . . Potter, B.K. (2024). Outcomes of pregnancies with varying levels of nuchal translucency measurements: A population-based retrospective study in Ontario, Canada.
We found that pregnancies with increased nuchal translucency measurements are less likely to result in a live birth.
1347. Bonnichsen, M.L., Gunnes, N., Nyfløt, L.T., Haugen, G., & Roland, M.C. (2024). Prepregnancy body mass index and visceral fat exhibit divergent associations with metabolic factors in pregnant women with obesity: A Norwegian cohort study.
We did not find visceral fat18 to be associated with greater number of metabolic factors than prepregnancy body mass index.
1348. Clure, C., Sheeder, J., & Lazorwitz, A. (2024). Pilot study of a novel, alternative subdermal scapular insertion site for the etonogestrel contraceptive implant.
Subdermal scapular insertion of the etonogestrel contraceptive implant demonstrated similar pharmacokinetics to arm insertion.
1349. Congdon, J.L., Vittinghoff, E., & Dehlendorf, C. (2024). Comparison of a person-centered pregnancy prevention question and One Key Question to assess postpartum contraceptive needs.
A majority of individuals considering pregnancy in the next year desired pregnancy prevention now.
1350. Daboval, T., Ouellet, P., & Racinet, C. (2024). Is it time to end the use of base deficit for fetal well-being assessment?
We propose a marker specifically related to the newborn acid-base physiology—the neonatal eucapnic pH correction.
1351. Dioun, S.M., Perez, L.R., Prabhu, M., Sharaf, R.N., . . . Frey, M.K. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of BRCA1 testing at time of obstetrical prenatal carrier screening for cancer prevention.
The addition of BRCA1 testing to obstetrical prenatal carrier screening is a cost-effective management strategy.
1352. Gallego-Gómez, C., Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, E., Torres-Costoso, A., Martínez-Bustelo, S., . . . Ferri-Morales, A. (2024). Urinary incontinence increases risk of postpartum depression: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Postpartum depression is one of the most common complications after childbearing.
1353. Givens, M., Valcheva, I., Einerson, B.D., Rogozińska, E., & Jauniaux, E. (2024). Evaluation of maternal serum protein biomarkers in the prenatal evaluation of placenta accreta spectrum: A systematic scoping review.
Measurements of serum biomarkers could contribute to the prenatal evaluation of patients at risk.
1354. Gordon, H.G., Atkinson, J.A., Tong, S., Walker, S.P., . . . Hastie, R.M. (2024). Metformin in pregnancy and childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
In utero exposure to metformin does not seem to be associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes.
1355. Jeppegaard, M., Frølich, M.K., Thomsen, L.C.V., Heino, A., . . . Krebs, L. (2024). Perinatal death in the Nordic countries in relation to gestational age: The impact of registration practice.
The perinatal mortality rate for extremely preterm born infants was highest in Denmark.
1356. Jones, R.K. (2024). An estimate of lifetime incidence of abortion in the United States using the 2021–2022 Abortion Patient Survey.
We are unable to predict how restrictions will impact abortion incidence or the lifetime incidence in the coming years.
1357. Knisely, A., Iniesta, M.D., Marten, C.A., Chisholm, G., . . . Taylor, J.S. (2024). Metronidazole and cefazolin vs cefazolin alone for surgical site infection prophylaxis in gynecologic surgery at a comprehensive cancer center.
The addition of metronidazole to cefazolin before gynecologic surgery decreased the surgical site infection rate by half.
1358. Masters, G.A., Julce, C., Carroll, S., Allison, J., . . . Simas, T.A.M. (2024). Association of perinatal depression and postpartum contraception intent, choice, and actual use.
We found associations between perinatal depression and use of less effective contraception use.
1359. Matovina, C.N., Sakowicz, A., Allen, E.C., Alvarado-Goldberg, M.I., . . . Miller, E.S. (2024). The association between postpartum depressive symptoms and contraception.
Severe perinatal depressive symptoms are associated with a declination of any form of postpartum contraception.
1360. Mauck, C., Thurman, A., Jensen, J.T., Zack, N., . . . Friend, D. (2024). Safety testing of Ovaprene: An investigational nonhormonal monthly vaginal contraceptive.
Ovaprene use did not result in cervicovaginal irritation or adverse effects on resident vaginal microbiota.
1361. Meng, M., Chen, J., Yang, Y., Zhang, Y., . . . Sun, L. (2024). The efficacy of expanded non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in a high-risk twin pregnancies cohort.
The expanded non-invasive prenatal testing demonstrated high detection rates for common trisomies and moderate detection rates for prenatal microdeletion/ microduplication syndromes in twinning.
1362. Murugesu, S., Braun, E., Saso, S., & Bourne, T. (2024). Predictors of successful expectant and medical management of miscarriage: A systematic review.
A diagnosis of incomplete miscarriage had a higher success rate following expectant or medical management compared to missed miscarriage or anembryonic pregnancy.
1363. Nguyen, B.T. (2024). The demand for male contraception: Estimating the potential market for users of novel male contraceptive methods using United States National Survey of Family Growth data.
The population of potential novel male contraceptive users extends beyond just users of condoms, withdrawal, and vasectomy.
1364. Oliveira, J.A., Eskandar, K., Chagas, J., Ribeiro, D.D., . . . de Oliveira, F.R. (2024). Heavy menstrual bleeding in women with inherited bleeding disorders in use of LNG-IUS: A systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis.
Women with inherited bleeding disorders could benefit from levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system.
1365. Petrie, K.A., McCoy, E.E., & Benson, L.S. (2024). IUD self-removal: A randomized controlled trial of a self-removal guide in clinical and nonclinical settings.
The proportion of participants who successfully removed their IUDs was higher than previously shown, with or without the use of our guide.
1366. Pont, S., Bond, D.M., Shand, A.W., Khan, I., . . . Nassar, N. (2024). Risk factors and recurrence of hyperemesis gravidarum: A population-based record linkage cohort study.
Younger maternal age, multiple pregnancies, and selected preexisting conditions were associated with an increased risk of hyperemesis gravidarum.
1367. Rollet, C., Le Ray, C., Vendittelli, F., Blondel, B., & Chantry, A.A. (2024). Severe adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes according to the planned birth setting being midwife-led birth centers or obstetric-led units.
Cesarean and operative vaginal births were significantly decreased in women with a birth planned in midwife-led birth centers.
1368. Stewart, A., Romero, L., Kortsmit, K., Lathrop, E., . . . Zapata, L.B. (2024). Long-acting reversible contraception use and unmet desire among patients after the Zika Contraception Access Network Program in Puerto Rico.
Provider awareness of contraceptive guidance and method availability can support client-centered care.
1369. van Dijk, M.R., Papatsonis, C., Ganzevoort, W., Moll, E., . . . Velzel, J. (2024). Contraindications in national guidelines for vaginal breech delivery at term: Comparison, consensus, and controversy.
There is a lack of consensus among national guidelines regarding contraindications for term vaginal breech delivery.
1370. Wang, Y., Chen, Q., Liu, Z., Shen, S., . . . Tong, J. (2024). Analgesia efficacy of lidocaine transfused by a novel disposable injectable cervical dilator during intrauterine device removal procedure: A randomized clinical trial.
Injecting lidocaine into the novel disposable injectable cervical dilator for cervix dilation can significantly reduce pain during an IUD removal.
1371. Wingo, E., & Dehlendorf, C. (2024). Lack of pregnancy intention or interest in pregnancy prevention now? How best to screen for desire for contraceptive care.
A pregnancy prevention-focused screening approach may be better suited to identify those in need of contraceptive services.
Genetics
1372. Britten-Jones, A.C., Mack, H.G., Vincent, A.L., Hill, L.J., . . . Ayton, L.N. (2024). Genetic testing and gene therapy in retinal diseases: Knowledge and perceptions of optometrists in Australia and New Zealand.
Ophthalmologists should initiate genetic testing for inherited retinal diseases.
1373. Brooks, D., Burke, E., Lee, S., Eble, T.N., . . . Burrage, L.C. (2024). Heterozygous MAP3K20 variants cause ectodermal dysplasia, craniosynostosis, sensorineural hearing loss, and limb anomalies.
We characterize a disorder that expands the phenotypic spectrum associated with MAP3K20 gene.
1374. Browning, S.R., & Browning, B.L. (2024). Biobank-scale inference of multi-individual identity by descent and gene conversion.
We present a method for using multi-individual identity by descent to detect alleles changed by gene conversion.
1375. Casey, C., Fullard, J.F., & Sleator, R.D. (2024). Unravelling the genetic basis of schizophrenia.
Factors in schizophrenia research include RNA-seq and the assay for transposase-accessible chromatin with high-throughput sequencing.
1376. Chen, C., Guo, Y., Fang, Y., Shi, J., . . . Zhu, B. (2024). The maternal phylogenetic insights of Yunnan Miao group revealed by complete mitogenomes.
Miao group might have certain direct or indirect gene exchanges with ancient Baiyue groups.
1377. Eskin-Schwartz, M., Dolgin, V., Didkovsky, E., Aminov, I., . . . Birk, O.S. (2024). CLDN1 Arg81His founder variant causes ichthyosis, leukocyte vacuoles, alopecia, and sclerosing cholangitis (ILVASC) syndrome in Moroccan Jews.
This variant represents a founder variant in Jews of Moroccan descent with an estimated carrier frequency of 1:220.
1378. Fana, H., Xuc, Y., Zhaod, Y., Lih, H., . . . Wena, S. (2024). Development and validation of YARN: A novel SE-400 MPS kit for East Asian paternal lineage analysis.
The YARN panel, which combines Y-STR and Y-SNP genetic markers, meets forensic DNA quality assurance guidelines and holds potential for East Asian geographical origin inference and paternal lineage analysis.
1379. Jali, S., Keskinen, T., Juutila, J., Maldonado, R.S., . . . Wartiovaara, K. (2024). Genetic and functional correction of argininosuccinate lyase deficiency using CRISPR adenine base editors.
We describe a highly efficient approach to editing the disease-causing argininosuccinate lyase variant and restoring the function of the urea cycle.
1380. Johnson, N.D., Cutler, D.J., & Conneely, K.N. (2024). Investigating the potential of single-cell DNA methylation data to detect allele-specific methylation and imprinting.
Single-cell bisulfite sequencing is a potentially powerful tool to investigate allele-specific methylation.
1381. Kong, L., & Jin, X. (2024). Dysregulation of deubiquitination in breast cancer.
We present the successful treatment of malignant cancer with deubiquitinase inhibitors.
1382. Kong, L., Li, S., Zhao, Z., Feng, J., . . . Sun, L. (2024). Exploring factors impacting haplotype-based noninvasive prenatal diagnosis for single-gene recessive disorders.
We studied recessive single-gene disorders including Duchenne muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, phenylketonuria, and methylmalonic acidemia.
1383. Kulhankova, L., Bindels, E., Kaysera, M., & Mulugetab, E. (2024). Deconvoluting multi-person biological mixtures and accurate characterization and identification of separated contributors using non-targeted single-cell DNA sequencing.
Our proof-of-principle study demonstrates the general feasibility of single-cell DNA sequencing in general, and Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin with sequencing in particular, for mixture deconvolution and individual identification.
1384. Li, J.L., Jain, N., Tamayo, L.I., Tong, L., . . . Pierce, B.L. (2024). The association of cigarette smoking with DNA methylation and gene expression in human tissue samples.
For lung tissue, 17 hallmark gene sets were enriched for smoking-associated CpGs, including xenobiotic- and cancer-related gene sets.
1385. Li, L., Cheng, H., Gong, L., Huang, Y., . . . Wang, J. (2024). Cuproptosis/OXPHOS tendency prediction of prognosis and immune microenvironment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: Bioinformatics analysis and experimental validation.
We revealed the relationship between OXPHOS and tendency of cuproptosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
1386. Mezzi, N., Zaouak, A., Mkaouar, R., Kacem, I., . . . Romdhane, L. (2024). Comorbidity of bathing suit ichthyosis and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2 A in a Tunisian patient revealed by whole exome sequencing.
WES data analysis led to the identification of a mutation in the CAPN3 gene underlying limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A.
1387. Mullegama, S.V., Kiernan, K.A., Torti, E., Pavlovsky, E., . . . Yang, J. (2024). De novo missense variants in exon 9 of SEPHS1 cause a neurodevelopmental condition with developmental delay, poor growth, hypotonia, and dysmorphic features.
Selenophosphate synthetase plays an essential role in selenium metabolism.
1388. O’Brien, C.L., Summers, K.M., Martin, N.M., Carter-Cusack, D., . . . Pavli, P. (2024). The relationship between extreme inter-individual variation in macrophage gene expression and genetic susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease.
Gene-specific dysregulation in macrophage adaptation to the intestinal milieu is associated with genetic susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease.
1389. Oxman, E., Li, H., Wang, H.Y., & Zohn, I.E. (2024). Identification and functional analysis of rare HECTD1 missense variants in human neural tube defects.
These are the first association of HECTD1 sequence variation with neural tube defects in humans.
1390. Quinn, L., Whitfield, J., Alpers, M.P., Campbell, T., . . . Mead, S. (2024). Population structure and migration in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, a region impacted by the kuru epidemic.
We observed a significant excess of females among migrants compared to among non-migrants in areas of high kuru exposure.
1391. Quinodoz, M., Kaminska, K., Cancellieri, F., Han, J.H., . . . Rivolta, C. (2024). Detection of elusive DNA copy-number variations in hereditary disease and cancer through the use of noncoding and off-target sequencing reads.
We developed OFF-PEAK, a user-friendly copy-number variant detection tool that builds on a denoising approach and the use of “off-target” DNA reads.
1392. Rogozik, J., Główczyńska, R., & Grabowski, M. (2024). Genetic backgrounds and diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia.
Familial hypercholesterolemia is a genetic disorder that causes extremely high levels of LDL cholesterol.
1393. Sanchez-Flores, M., Corral-Juan, M., Gasch-Navalón, E., Cirillo, D., . . . Matilla-Dueñas, A. (2024). Novel genotype–phenotype correlations, differential cerebellar allele-specific methylation, and a common origin of the (ATTTC)n insertion in spinocerebellar ataxia type 37.
We determined novel significant genotype–phenotype correlations in SCA37 and identify differential cerebellar allele-specific methylation signatures.
1394. Speed, D., & Evans, D.M. (2024). Estimating disease heritability from complex pedigrees allowing for ascertainment and covariates.
We propose TetraHer, a method for estimating the liability heritability of binary phenotypes.
1395. Tajeddin, N., Arabfard, M., Alizadeh, S., Salesi, M., . . . Ohadi, M. (2024). Novel islands of GGC and GCC repeats coincide with human evolution.
We report novel islands of GGC and GCC STRs of evolutionary relevance to human.
1396. Uroog, L., Zeya, B., Imtiyaz, K., Wani, R.A., & Rizvi, M.M.A. (2024). FBXW7 polymorphism asserts susceptibility to colorectal cancer.
The FBXW7 rs6842544 is associated with the risk of development of colorectal cancer and could serve as a molecular biological marker to screen high-risk groups.
1397. Wang, H., Guan, L., Wu, X., Guan, J., . . . Wang, Q. (2024). Clinical and genetic architecture of a large cohort with auditory neuropathy.
Gene distribution of auditory neuropathy, with the most common genes being
1398. Wang, M., & He, X. (2024). Mendelian randomization analysis reveals causal associations of inflammatory bowel disease with spondylarthritis.
We verify a causal effect of inflammatory bowel disease to ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, as well as reactive arthritis.
1399. Wasson, M-C.D., Venkatesh, J., Cahill, H.F., McLean, M.E., . . . Marcato, P. (2024). LncRNAs exhibit subtype-specific expression, survival associations, and cancer-promoting effects in breast cancer.
We found subtype-specific associations of lncRNAs with patient survival, tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, and other immune cells.
1400. Xiao, J., Dong, Y., Jin, J., Yuan, Z., . . . Guo, Y. (2024). A missense variant in MYOF is associated with ARVC and sudden cardiac death.
We report the first variant of MYOF in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, which implies a vital role of MYOF in cardiomyopathy.
Calcified tissue
1401. Advani, D., Farid, N., Tariq, M.H., & Kohli, N. (2025). A systematic review of mesenchymal stem cell secretome: Functional annotations, gene clusters and proteomics analyses for bone formation.
The commonly secreted proteins within a single source interact with multiple drugable targets of bone diseases and regulate various KEGG pathways.
1402. Burgan, J., Rahmati, M., Lee, M., & Saiz, A.M. (2025). Innate immune response to bone fracture healing.
There may be distinct physiologic and inflammatory pathways altered in polytrauma resulting in nonunion.
1403. Carvalho, A.R.T.B., Freire, D.H.D., Sobrinho, A.B., & Amato, A.A. (2025). Predictors of lumbar spine trabecular bone score in women with postsurgical hypoparathyroidism.
Vertebral fractures are not common among women with postsurgical hypoparathyroidism aged under 65 years.
1404. DeWitte, S.N. (2024). Assessing the existence of the male–female health-survival paradox in the past: Dental caries in medieval London.
The decreased prevalence of dental caries after the Black Death may reflect dietary improvements.
1405. Ferreira, A., dos Reis, L.M., Manteigas, D., Carvalho, A.B., & Jorgetti, V. (2025). Histomorphometric parameters of iliac bone in healthy individuals: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
We provide mean estimates for normal values of histomorphometric parameters that clinicians may use when evaluating bone biopsies.
1406. George, W.T., Debopadhaya, S., Stephen, S.J., Botti, B.A., . . . Vashishth, D. (2025). Stress fracture of bone under physiological multiaxial cyclic loading: Activity-based predictive models.
We demonstrate how age-related changes in bone significantly increase the propensity for fatigue-induced fractures.
1407. Ghaseminejad-Raeini, A., Hoveidaei, A.H., Hamrahian, A.H., Bahrami, A., . . . Conway, J.D. (2025). Mechanical complications and revision following total joint arthroplasty in acromegalic patients: A nationwide US-based study.
We found no significant increase in risk of revisions or mechanical complications in patients with acromegaly.
1408. Gómez-Vaquero, C., Picazo, M.L., Humbert, L., Hernández-Montoliu, L., . . . Vilarrasa, N. (2025). Bone loss after bariatric surgery is observed mainly in the hip trabecular compartment and after hypoabsorptive techniques.
The primary determinants of bone density and impairment of microarchitecture were the extent of weight loss and the type of surgical procedure.
1409. Hajduga, N., Subramanian, M.P., Brown, H., McNally, R., . . . Rand, V. (2025). Exposure to fluoride and risk of primary bone cancer: A systematic review.
Fluoride has long been considered essential in the prevention of dental caries, however, its relationship with bone cancer remains unclear.
1410. Hayman, D.J., de Sousa Brito, F.M.J., Lin, H., Prior, A., . . . Young, D.A. (2025). MicroRNA-324 mediates bone homeostasis and the regulation of osteoblast and osteoclast differentiation and activity.
In vitro Runx2 overexpression recapitulated the increased osteogenesis and decreased adipogenesis phenotype observed in vivo by the loss of miR-324.
1411. Jaber, M., Schmidt, J., Kalkhof, S., Gerstenfeld, L., . . . Checa, S. (2025). OMIBONE: Omics-driven computer model of bone regeneration for personalized treatment.
The model may predict an individual’s bone formation potential and hold promise to enable personalized bone healing predictions for a chosen fracture fixation.
1412. Marić, M., Dumančić, J., Vodanović, M., Borzić, I., . . . Hrvoje, B. (2024). Dental profiling in the archaeological sample of the Illyrian population in Southern Dalmatia, Croatia.
They consumed only cereals, vegetables, and meat from domesticated animals.
1413. Welsh, H., & Brickley, M.B. (2024). Investigating femoral growth disruption in subadults from the 10th–13th century St. Étienne cemetery of Toulouse, France.
The older children and adolescents buried at St. Étienne experienced an amelioration in growth deficits.
Growth and development
1414. Baxter, S.L.K., Zare, H., & Thorpe, R.J. (2024). Race disparities in hypertension prevalence among older men.
Non-Hispanic Black men had a higher prevalence of hypertension compared to non-Hispanic White men.
1415. Bizjak, Ž., & Robič, T. (2024). DentAge: Deep learning for automated age prediction using panoramic dental X-ray images.
Factors contributing to prediction errors include prosthetic restorations, tooth loss, and bone resorption.
1416. Castro, Á., & Correa, A.B. (2023). Psychological and psychosexual adjustment in university students as a function of sexual activity and relationship type.
Some of these differences were explained by having a partner and others by having sexual relations.
1417. Cengizel, Ç.Ö., Cengizel, E., & Öz, E. (2024). Somatotype and body composition profiles of children and adolescent male basketball players.
As age increases, body fat, body mass index, and fat mass increase.
1418. Chandra, R., Paul, P., & Srivastava, S. (2024). Prevalence and predictors of risky sexual behavior among young men in India: Evidence From National Family Health Survey.
Age, marital status, educational attainment, occupation, alcohol consumption, internet use, and media exposure were predictors of risky sexual behavior.
1419. Fernández-Navarro, V., Garate, D., & Martínez, D.G. (2024). Ontogeny and sexual dimorphism in the human hands through a 2D geometric morphometrics approach.
We discuss sexual dimorphism in human hands, stressing the importance of considering both size and shape across different ontogenetic stages.
1420. Fischer, N. (2023). Singles not sexually satisfied? Prevalence and predictors of sexual satisfaction in single versus partnered adults.
Higher contentment with sexual activity, sexual intercourse frequency, and satisfaction with singlehood, predicted higher sexual satisfaction, across relationship status and sex.
1421. Fowler, J.A., Mendis, M., Crook, A., Chavez-Baldini, U., . . . Dean, J.A. (2024). Exploring aromanticism through an online qualitative investigation with the aromantic community: “Freeing, alienating, and utterly fantastic.”
Connecting with an aromantic identity allows for a greater understanding of the self and a connection to a community.
1422. Hand, M.D., & Ihara, E.S. (2024). Ageism, racism, sexism, and work with older healthcare clients: Why an intersectional approach is needed in practice, policy, education, and research.
Women are subject to health disparities across the life course, owing to multiple factors, including sexism, ageism, and other forms of structural discrimination.
1423. Hash, K.M., Schreurs, B.G., Tolley, S.M., & Fiske, A. (2024). Health disparities in Appalachian and other rural communities.
We explore the disparities faced by persons that reside in rural communities across the lifespan.
1424. Huang, R., Pang, Q., Zheng, L., Duan, R., . . . Wang, T. (2024). Acute aconitine poisoning resulting from the ingestion of medicinal liquor.
An autopsy revealed cyanosis of the lips and nail beds, conjunctival hemorrhage in both eyes, pulmonary edema, tissue hemorrhage, and congestion in multiple organs.
1425. Ives, G., Johns, S.E., & Deter, C. (2024). Sexual dimorphism of pelvic scarring: A new method of adult biological sex estimation.
The preauricular sulcus and newly defined inferior interosseous cavity present the strongest relationships.
1426. Jandova, S. (2024). Flat feet occurrence among young school-age children and its association with body mass index values.
Higher body mass index values indicate an increased risk for the prevalence of flat feet.
1427. Juber, N.F., Ciptanurani, C., Hariawan, H., Ahmad, A., . . . Ma, E. (2024). Association between food consumption patterns and handgrip strength among adults aged ≥55 years in Indonesia: A cross-sectional analysis from the IFLS-5.
More targeted nutritional interventions to promote good food consumption patterns may help improve handgrip strength.
1428. Kılıç, D., Armstrong, H.L., & Graham, C.A. (2023). The role of mutual masturbation within relationships: Associations with sexual satisfaction and sexual self-esteem.
Men reported significantly higher positive feelings about mutual masturbation than women.
1429. Küçükaydın, M.A., & Sayıcı, E. (2023). Predictors of belief in sexual myths: An examination in terms of gender, demographic characteristics, religiosity, and childhood trauma.
Gender and religiosity were significant predictors of sexual myths.
1430. Lampe, N.M., Barbee, H., Tran, N.M., Bastow, S., & McKay, T. (2024). Health disparities among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer older adults: A structural competency approach.
Macro-level systems, institutions, and structures drive health disparities among aging LGBTQ+ communities.
1431. Lazar, A., Gewirtz-Meydan, A., & Rosenbaum, T.Y. (2024). War-time stress and sexual well-being in Israel.
We investigated how direct exposure, media exposure, and acute stress symptoms during the war affected sexual well-being.
1432. Murphy, M., Harvey, M., van Oorschot, R.A.H., & Durdle, A. (2024). The effect of insect excretions/secretions and decomposition fluid on DNA quantity and quality in human bloodstains.
Bloodstain evidence recovered from maggot-infested and/or decomposing bodies may generate forensically useful DNA evidence.
1433. Nie, M., Zhang, T., Wang, X., Zhao, X., . . . Zou, X. (2024). High-performance liquid chromatography coupled to Orbitrap mass spectrometry for screening of common new psychoactive substances and other drugs in biological samples.
With the emergence of new psychoactive substances and the nonmedical use of prescription drugs, laboratories have had to adopt new drug screening methods.
1434. Oliveira, P.M., Reis, C.S., & Vieira-Coelho, M.A. (2023). Getting inside the mind of gay and bisexual men who have sex with men with sexualized drug use-A systematic review.
Therapeutic support if needed should provide multidisciplinary, pleasure-centered, harm-reducing care interventions.
1435. Palmer, L., Hayes, M., Gasdaska, A., Murray, M., . . . Bercaw, L. (2024). What drove program participants to initially attend congregate meals? Socialization, health, and other reasons.
Those attending for socialization were less likely to be lower income and have food insecurity.
1436. Shawon, S.R., Huda, N.N., Rouf, R.R., Hossain, F.B., & Al Kibria, G.M. (2024). Associations of parents-adolescent relationship with adolescent sexual risk behaviors: A global analysis based on 156,649 school-going adolescents from 50 countries.
We found that adolescents with parents who understood their problems and monitored academic and leisure-time activities were less likely to be engaged in sexual activities and risk behaviors.
1437. Shipeolu, B.A., Marie Ahlin, K., & Fuller-Thomson, E. (2024). Black–white racial disparities in disabilities among older Americans between 2008 and 2017: Improvements in cognitive disabilities but no progress in activities of daily living or functional limitations.
Half of the racial disparities was attenuated when adjustments were made for education and income.
1438. Šunjić, K., Banovac, A., Kafadar, T., Džin, N., . . . Bašić, Ž. (2024). The “t” time: Investigating handedness through strokes and slopes.
Right-handers predominantly exhibited left-to-right strokes, while left-handers showed greater variability.
1439. Tello-Navarro, F., Gómez-Urrutia, V., & Hidalgo-Ortiz, J.P. (2024). Sex, gender and class: An analysis of Chilean young people’s intimate life.
Young people’s sexual practices are increasingly being oriented toward self-exploration and personal satisfaction,
1440. Vaudin, A., Dean, W., & Sahyoun, N. (2024). Quality of life and the role of food and eating as described by community-dwelling older adults.
Food access and choice, food preparation, health and vitality, and food enjoyment impact quality of life.
1441. Wellman, C.D., Ferguson, A., McIntosh, T., Korkmaz, A., . . . Franks, A.M. (2024). Nutrition and isolation in a rural US population over 80 years old: A descriptive analysis of a vulnerable population.
Self-habitation increases vulnerability to obesity and malnutrition.
Body composition and adaptation
1442. Abrahms-Kavunenko, S. (2023). Toward an anthropology of plastics.
Plastics can create unseen violence, both in their geographically unequal toxic distributions and in the vastness of their temporal effects.
1443. Balasubramani, K., Bharti, P.K., Amarthaluri, C., Chellappan, S., . . . Nina, P.B. (2024). Spatiotemporal epidemiology of malaria in India from 2007 to 2022.
Malaria decline could be attributed to the effective vector and parasite control strategies implemented across the country.
1444. Chakrabarti, R., Gillespie, K., Walke, J.T., Fernandes, M., . . . Duraisingh, M.T. (2024). Descriptive, hospital-based, 10-year study of malaria transmission in Goa, a southwest Indian State in the malaria elimination phase.
Our environmental model of malaria transmission projects almost negligible transmission at the beginning of 2025.
1445. Ciszewski, J., Taniuchi, M., Lee, B., Colgate, E.R., . . . McQuade, E.T.R. (2024). Differences in rotavirus shedding and duration by infant oral rotavirus vaccination status in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011-2014.
Rotarix vaccination reduces shedding burden among breakthrough cases of rotavirus gastroenteritis.
1446. Clark, R.A., Sumner, T., Weerasuriya, C.K., Bakker, R., . . . White, R.G. (2024). Estimating the potential public health value of BCG revaccination.
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin revaccination may have a positive health impact and be cost-effective.
1447. Coppola Bove, L., Kirkpatrick, C.L., Vigil-Escalera Guirado, A., Botella López, M.C., & Bos, K.I. (2024). A morphological and molecular approach to investigating infectious disease in early medieval Iberia: The necropolis of La Olmeda (Palencia, Spain).
Genetic evidence challenges the hypothesis that malaria was absent from early medieval Iberia and demonstrates the value of combining osteological and archaeogenetic methods.
1448. Curico, G., Bardales, P.F.G., Vasquez, T.N.P., Lopez, W.V.S., . . . Kosek, M.N. (2024). Efficacy of single-dose albendazole and albendazole plus ivermectin for soil-transmitted helminth infection in children in the Peruvian Amazon.
Albendazole administration alone for the control of soil-transmitted helminth was associated with high rates of treatment failure, especially for Trichuris.
1449. Daude, M.M., Manuli, E.R., Pereira, G.M., Cavalcante Junior, A.R.A., . . . Barreto, H.G. (2024). Simultaneous detection of arboviruses by a multiplex RT-qPCR assay in Tocantins, a northern state of Brazil.
In Brazil, dengue, zika, and chikungunya viruses constitute a major threat to the public health system.
1450. Di Valerio, E., Justice, J.M., & Gushiken, A.C. (2024). Management of
A diagnosis of Acanthamoeba rhinosinusitis was established through broad-range polymerase chain reaction testing on sinus tissue.
1451. Ferriss, E., Mharakurwa, S., Munyati, S., Gwanzura, L., . . . Moss, W.J. (2024). Malaria transmission at the Zimbabwe–Mozambique border: An observational study of parasitemia by travel history and household location.
Transmission in eastern Zimbabwe is driven by increasingly conducive social or environmental conditions approaching the border.
1452. Ghosh, S., Antunes, A., Rinta-Kokko, H., Chaparova, E., . . . Andersson, F.L. (2023).
Sepsis was the most common complication, followed by colectomy and ulcerative colitis.
1453. Gupta, N., Boodman, C., Jouego, C.G., & Van Den Broucke, S. (2024). Duration of fever in patients with dengue: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Longer duration of fever was seen in those with a higher grade of fever, with higher disease severity, and with concurrent bacterial infections.
1454. Han, L., Zhang, Y., Jin, X., Ren, H., . . . Qin, T. (2023). Changing epidemiologic patterns of typhus group rickettsiosis and scrub typhus in China, 1950-2022.
The seasonality of typhus group rickettsiosis and scrub typhus were similar in the South, but distinct in the North.
1455. Hofstetter, T, Fauvel, A., Grabherr, S., & Moghaddam, N. (2024). Breathing time: A longue-durée multidisciplinary study of respiratory illnesses and airborne diseases in Switzerland (16th–21st century CE).
There has been a considerable impact of industrialization on respiratory health.
1456. Horn, E.K., Herrera-Restrepo, O., Acosta, A.M., Simon, A., . . . Lucas, E. (2024). The burden of hepatitis A outbreaks in the United States: Health outcomes, economic costs, and management strategies.
Targeted prevention strategies and increased public awareness and vaccination coverage are needed to reduce HepA burden.
1457. Huang, Y-C., Yang, C.J., Sun, H.Y., Lee, C.H., . . . Hung, C.-C. (2023). Comparable clinical outcomes with same-day versus rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy in Taiwan.
Same-day antiretroviral therapy and rapid antiretroviral therapy initiation resulted in comparable clinical outcomes and viral suppression rates.
1458. Li, Y.-f., Yang, Y., Kong, X.-l., Song, W.-m., . . . Liu, Y. (2023). Transmission dynamics and phylogeography of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China based on whole-genome phylogenetic analysis.
We showed evidence for frequent cross-regional spread and large cluster formation of L2.2.1 strains.
1459. Lowin, J., Sotak, M., Haas, L., & Wastlund, D. (2024). Cost-consequence analysis of a combined COVID-19/influenza rapid diagnostic test in the Brazilian private healthcare setting.
Use of a combination rapid diagnostic test could positively impact influenza antiviral prescriptions and lower healthcare resource use.
1460. Mamani, R.F., Siciliano, R.F., Fortes, C.Q., Damasco, P.V., & da Cruz Lamas, C. (2024). Pneumococcal infective endocarditis in Brazil: A multicenter study on a severe condition.
Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia may result in infective endocarditis.
1461. Martínez-Campreciós, J., Moreno, M., Salvador, F., Del Barrio-Tofiño, E., . . . Molina, I. (2023). Impact of traditional cutaneous scarification on anthrax lesions: A series of cases from Cubal, Angola.
Traditional cutaneous scarification was significantly associated with cutaneous superinfection, respiratory, systemic involvement, and death.
1462. Martins, S.C., Tararam, C.A., Levy, L.O., Arai, T., . . . Trabasso, P. (2024). Comparison of galactomannan lateral flow assay and enzyme immunoassay to identify
The lateral flow assay demonstrated good results when compared with the enzyme immunoassay.
1463. Opoku, K.B., Tompkins, K., Waltmann, A., Ciccone, E.J., . . . Juliano, J.J. (2024). Impact of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine as intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy on stool antimicrobial resistance gene abundance.
Antimicrobial resistance gene abundance tended to increase from baseline in sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine recipients compared with a downward trend in the dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine group.
1464. Paternina-Caicedo, A., Alger, J., Cafferata, M.L., Carlier, Y., . . . Buekens, P. (2024).
Newborns of pregnancies with T. cruzi have an increased risk of reduced fetal growth.
1465. Salmon, D., Slama, D., Linard, F., Dumesges, N., . . . Marshall, E. (2023). Patients with long COVID continue to experience significant symptoms at 12 months and factors associated with improvement: A prospective cohort study in France (PERSICOR).
Most symptoms remained prevalent: asthenia, neurocognitive/neurological, cardiothoracic, and nusculoskeletal ones.
1466. Soriano, V., & de Mendoza, C. (2023). Screening for HTLV-1 infection should be expanded in Europe.
To minimize organ wastage, however, the specificity of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 screening tests must be improved.
1467. Sundar, S., Chakravarty, J., Singh, J., Verma, D., . . . Dinkar, A. (2024). Amphotericin B deoxycholate treatment of post–kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in India.
Post–kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis is widely prevalent in India, but its treatment remains unsatisfactory.
1468. Terstappen, J., Delemarre, E.M., Versnel, A., White, J.T., . . . Mazur, N.I. (2024). RSV neutralizing antibodies in dried blood.
Functional antibodies in dried blood were highly correlated with serum.
1469. Thi, T.V.L., Pham, E.C., & Dang-Nguyen, D.-T. (2024). Evaluation of children’s antibiotics use for outpatient pneumonia treatment in Vietnam.
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid is the most frequently prescribed medicine and the most inappropriate due to non-compliance with dose guidelines.
1470. Tuta-Quintero, E., Torres-Arevalo, D., Bastidas-Goyes, A.R., Aponte-Murcia, H.C., . . . Giraldo-Cadavid, L.F. (2024). Survival at 3, 6 and 12 months in patients diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia in Colombia: A retrospective cohort study.
Survival in patients with community-acquired pneumonia is lower in patients older than 65 years, men, high comorbidity, and in subjects with severe presentation of the disease.
1471. Vitiritti, B., Lima, F.R., de Castilho, N.T., Somensi, L.B., . . . Ogoshi, R.C.S. (2024). Hidden leprosy in a low-endemic area in southern Brazil: Changes in endemicity following an active search.
Uncovering hidden cases of leprosy and enhancing disease management in low-endemic areas is important.
1472. Vytlačil, Z., Durand, R., Kacki, S., Holleville, M., . . . Velemínský, P. (2024). Well supplied in life, set aside in death: A multi-isotope study of Justinian plague victims from Saint-Doulchard (France, 7th–8th centuries AD).
Dietary analysis results showed significantly different dietary behavior in individuals from the ditch burials, with better access to higher quality foods richer in animal protein.
1473. Wan, Y., Myall, A.C., Boonyasiri, A., Bolt, F., . . . Davies, F. (2024). Integrated analysis of patient networks and plasmid genomes to investigate a regional, multispecies outbreak of carbapenemase-producing enterobacterales carrying both blaIMP and mcr-9 genes.
Our patient network and plasmid analyses demonstrate an interspecies, plasmid-mediated outbreak of blaIMPCPE, which remained unidentified during standard investigations.
1474. Wang, S., Forsman, L.D., Xu, C., Zhang, H., . . . Hu, Y. (2023). Second-line antituberculosis drug exposure thresholds predictive of adverse events in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment.
We demonstrated the drug exposure thresholds predictive of adverse events for key drugs against MDR-TB treatment.
1475. Xiridou, M., Miura, F., Adam, P., Op de Coul, E., . . . Wallinga, J. (2024). The fading of the mpox outbreak among men who have sex with men: A mathematical modelling study.
Immunity among those most sexually active is essential to impede mpox resurgence.
1476. Zhou, F., Li, H., Wang, F., Liu, L., . . . Yu, Z. (2023). Efficacy and safety of rifampicin-based triple therapy for non-puerperal mastitis: A single-arm, open-label, prospective clinical trial.
Common adverse events were liver dysfunction, gastrointestinal reactions, fatigue, erythema, and menstrual disorders.
Living non-human primates
Behavior and field studies
1477. Almeida-Warren, K., Camara, H.D., Cherif, P., Doré, J., . . . Fitzgerald, M. (2024). Revisiting the second largest forest of Guinea a decade later: Conservation status, chimpanzee presence, and threats in Diécké, Korohouan area.
We found scarce evidence of chimpanzee presence in the area with no recent traces of nut-cracking.
1478. Alvarez-Velazquez, M.F., Espinosa-Gómez, F.C., Aristizabal, J.F., Garber, P.A., & Serio-Silva, J.C. (2024). A simple assay for measuring tannin-protein precipitation capacity offers insights into the diet and food choice of black howler monkeys (
The mature fruit of Inga edulis was the most consumed food plant, despite having a high tannin protein precipitation capacity.
1479. Basabose, A.K., Mihingano, E.M., Myakabeji, M.B., Bibentyo, M.K., . . . Mambo, M.B. (2024). Confirmed presence of a small, isolated population of
The primates are perceived as crop predators and are opportunistically hunted for bushmeat.
1480. Cheyne, S.M., Thompson, C., Martin, A., Aulia, A.A.K, . . . Sugardjito, J. (2024). The power of gibbon songs: Going beyond the research to inform conservation actions.
Gibbons are the smallest of the apes, known for their arboreal behavior and stereotyped songs.
1481. Giannetti-Domínguez, A.D., Rangel-Negrín, A., Coyohua-Fuentes, A., & Dias, P.A.D. (2024). Leadership and the finder’s advantage in mantled howler monkeys.
Gestating females had higher food intake rate, bite rate, and feeding time when arriving early.
1482. Kraus, J.B., Huang, Z.-P., Li, Y.-P., Cui, L.-W., . . . Xiao, W. (2024). Variation in monthly and seasonal elevation use impacts behavioral and dietary flexibility in
Individuals spent less time feeding when ranging across higher elevations.
1483. Nautiyal, H., Romano, V., Tanaka, H., & Huffman, M.A. (2024). Female social dynamics as viewed from grooming networks in the Central Himalayan Langur (
Our study sheds light on how behavioral strategies shape female Central Himalayan Langur grooming networks.
1484. Neuenschwander, P. (2024). Establishing a colony of endemic, critically endangered red-bellied guenons (
The red-bellied guenon has become the flagship species for Benin nature protection, giving rise to modest ecotourism.
1485. Ngabikwiye, M., Eckardt, W., van der Hoek, Y., Nyiramana, A., & Tuyisingize, D. (2024). Diet and travel distances of golden monkey (
The differences in travel patterns are potentially due to the more scattered availability of native food resources.
1486. Proffitt, T., Pacome, S.S., Reeves, J.S., Wittig, R.M., & Luncz, L.V. (2024). The archaeological visibility of chimpanzee (
The variability in material signatures from nut-cracking on different anvils suggests that stone anvils leave a clear archaeological record.
1487. Shimwa, A.K., Murray, C.M., Nelson, R.S., Nockerts, R.S., . . . O’Malley, R.C. (2024). Sodium content in plant and insect food resources consumed by chimpanzees (
Plant foods available to Gombe chimpanzees are generally poor sources of sodium while insects are important ones.
1488. Xie, P.-Z., Fan, Y.-X., Chapman, C., Ma, C., . . . Fan, P.-F. (2024). Determinants of macaques’ space use: A test for the ecological constraints model using GPS collars.
Macaques shifted their space use patterns to adapt to the seasonal differences in food resources.
Morphology, physiology, pathology
1489. Cole, S.A., Lyke, M.M., Christensen, C., Newman, D., . . . Cheeseman, I.H. (2024). Genetic characterization of a captive marmoset (
We show the combination of low-resolution (sparse) genotyping using hair follicle DNA.
1490. Debortoli, G.Z.T., Gomes-Batista, V.L.,Ribeiro, C.S., Ramos, D.G.d.S., . . . Santos-Doni, T.R. (2024).
Black-and-gold howler monkeys may serve as viable reservoirs for B. mucronata.
1491. Diaz, E.A., Sáenz, C., Cabrera, F., Rodríguez, J., . . . Barragán, V. (2024). COVID-19 in a common woolly monkey (
A further understanding of the potential threat of COVID-19 to their health should be a conservation priority.
1492. Dietz, J.M., Mickelberg, J., Traylor-Holzer, K., Martins, A.F., . . . Hankerson, S.J. (2024). Golden lion tamarin metapopulation dynamics five years after heavy losses to yellow fever.
Strengthening forest connectivity will facilitate metapopulation resilience in the face of mortality factors such as yellow fever.
1493. Jaffe, J.E., Metzger, S., Mätz-Rensing, K., Ribas, A., . . . Leendertz, F.H. (2024).
Nodular lesions (granulomas) containing Oesophagostomum are commonly seen in the abdomen of infected chimpanzees post-mortem.
1494. Matsumoto, T., Iwata, I., Sakamoto, T., & Hirata, S. (2024). First noncontact millimeter-wave radar measurement of heart rate in great apes: Validation in chimpanzees (
The method using millimeter-wave radar has the advantage that it is less susceptible than contact-types to weather and lighting conditions.
1495. Mohd-Ridwan, A.R., Md-Zain, B.M., Najmuddin, M.F., Othman, N., . . . Abdul-Latiff, M.A.B. (2024). Unveiling the gut microbiome of Malaysia’s colobine monkeys: Insights into health and evolution.
Malaysia’s langurs may harbor pathogenic bacteria, potentially posing a risk of transmission to humans.
1496. Pampush, J.D., Morse, P.E., & Kay, R.F. (2024). Dental sculpting and compensatory shearing crests demonstrated in a WEAR series of
P. rubicunda has thicker enamel and a more stereotyped wear pattern than Alouatta palliata.
1497. Rocha, F.C., Pereira, A.H.B., Leal, D.S., Moreira, S.B., . . . Ubiali, D.G. (2024). Disseminated
Acute apathy, vomiting, fever, and polydipsia were associated with pneumonia, enteritis, and gastritis.
1498. Ruiz-Lozano, S.J., González-Montenegro, G.E., & Montilla, S.O. (2024). Reports of corneal opacity in wild Andean night monkeys (
We found cases of corneal opacity probably associated with infectious and contagious processes or injuries resulting from attacks.
1499. Schuurman, T., & Bruner, E. (2024). A comparative anatomical network analysis of the human and chimpanzee brains.
A whole-brain network model of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) is presented, based on macroanatomical divisions.
1500. Tomizawa, Y., Nakatsukasa, M., de León, P.M.S., Zollikofer, C.P.E., & Morimoto, N. (2024). Shaft structure of the first metatarsal contains a strong phylogenetic signal in apes and humans.
The evolutionary diversification of hominoid locomotor behaviors, including human bipedality, is only partly reflected in form-function relationships of key skeletal elements.