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Physical anthropology

Innate immunogenetic synergy between KIR and Neanderthal-derived OAS variants predicts COVID-19 outcomes

Hasan Yalim Akin, Timur Tuncali, Emine Begum Gencer, Guldane Cengiz Seval, Elif Mukime Saricaoglu, Ezgi Gulten, Irem Akdemir Kalkan, Gule Cinar, Osman Memikoglu, Ridvan Goksel Anliacik, Ezgi Anliacik, Ergun Karaagaoglu, Klara Dalva, Meral Beksac

published 27 May 2026

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Earliest evidence for invasive mitigation of dental caries by Neanderthals

Alisa V. Zubova, Lydia V. Zotkina, John W. Olsen, Alexander M. Kulkov, Vyacheslav G. Moiseyev, Anna A. Malyutina, Roman V. Davydov, Sergey V. Markin, Eugene A. Maksimovskiy, Pavel V. Chistyakov, Andrey I. Krivoshapkin, Ksenia A. Kolobova

published 13 May 2026

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The application of large language models in meteorology graduate research: current status, impact, and prospects

Siguang Zhu, Honghui Li

published 24 Apr 2026

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Unveiling bast fiber production in Upper Paleolithic North China: Microfibers and usewear traces on stone tools from Shizitan

Li Liu, Yahui He, David Cohen, Xingcan Chen, Jinming Shi, Yanhua Song

published 13 Apr 2026

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Carved in stone: Experimental criteria for identifying Paleolithic bas-relief production techniques and sculptors’ expertise

Émilie Brochard, Luc Doyon, Lloyd A. Courtenay, Gilles Tosello, Lila Geis, Francesco d’Errico

published 01 Apr 2026

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Unpacking lithic assemblage variability in the Early Upper Palaeolithic: A multivariate approach to the structure of the Iberian Aurignacian

Timothy Canessa, Paloma de la Peña

published 27 Mar 2026

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Aterian shell beads from the coastal site of El Mnasra Cave (Rabat-Témara, Morocco): Specificities of the north African MSA personal ornaments

Emilie Campmas, Matthieu Lebon, Catherine Dupont, Manon Bondetti, Eslem Ben Arous, Arnaud Lenoble, Driss Chahid, Pierre Lozouet, Ludovic Bellot-Gurlet, Mohamed Abdeljalil El Hajraoui, Roland Nespoulet

published 25 Mar 2026

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Antibacterial properties of experimentally produced birch tar and its medicinal affordances in the Pleistocene

Tjaark Siemssen, Aderonke Oludare, Marcel Schemmel, Janos Puschmann, Matthias Bierenstiel

published 18 Mar 2026

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Reassessing Rujm el-Hiri: Aerial imagery and stone circles in the proto-historic Southern Levant

Michal Birkenfeld, Olga Khabarova, Lev V. Eppelbaum, Uri Berger

published 18 Mar 2026

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Ethnographic meta-analysis shows that thermoregulation activities predict needle and awl use in North America

McKenna Lynn Litynski, Sean Field, Randall Haas

published 05 Mar 2026

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Resistivity method-based rock core orientation experimental protocol

Jiahuan He, Zhijuan Tang, Qiang Kang, Jiaqi Wang, Li Wang, Hongyu Yao, Qingxiu Zhang, Xingwang Tian, Hongbin Chen, Linling Zhang

published 02 Mar 2026

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Ancient use and long-distance transport of the Four Corners Potato (Solanum jamesii) across the Colorado Plateau: Implications for early stages of domestication

Lisbeth A. Louderback, Cynthia Wilson, Stefania L. Wilks, Kaley Joyce, Sara Rickett, John Bamberg, Alfonso del Rio, Bruce M. Pavlik

published 21 Jan 2026

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Improving micromorphological analysis with CNN-based segmentation of flint/obsidian, bone and charcoal

Rafael Arnay, Pedro García-Villa, Javier Hernández-Aceituno, Sara Rueda-Saiz, Carolina Mallol

published 20 Jan 2026

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