Detailed information
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Higham
Winter term 2024
300141 PR Practical course in Radiocarbon Dating
Summer term 2024
300076 VO Special Paleoanthropology - Origins and dispersal of Homo sapiens
Winter term 2023
Gaffney, D., Tanudirjo, D., Djami, E. N. I., Mas’ud, Z., Macap, A. R., Russell, T., Dailom, M., Ray, Y., Higham, T., & Oertle, A. (2024). Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55 000–50 000 years ago. Antiquity, 98(400), 885-904. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.83
Lazaridis, I., Patterson, N., Anthony, D., Vyazov, L., Fournier, R., Ringbauer, H., Olalde, I., Khokhlov, A. A., Kitov, E. P., Shishlina, N. I., Ailincăi, S. C., Agapov, D. S., Agapov, S. A., Batieva, E., Bauyrzhan, B., Bereczki, Z., Buzhilova, A., Changmai, P., Chizhevsky, A. A., ... Reich, D. (2024). The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.17.589597
Rybin, E. P., Belousova, N. E., Derevianko, A. P., Douka, K., & Higham, T. (2023). The Initial Upper Paleolithic of the Altai: New radiocarbon determinations for the Kara-Bom site. Journal of Human Evolution, 185, Article 103453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103453
Davis, L. G., Madsen, D. B., Sisson, D. A., Becerra-Valdivia, L., Higham, T., Stueber, D., Bean, D. W., Nyers, A. J., Carroll, A., Ryder, C., Sponheimer, M., Izuho, M., Iizuka, F., Li, G., Epps, C. W., & Halford, F. K. (2022). Dating of a large tool assemblage at the Cooper's Ferry site (Idaho, USA) to ~15,785 cal yr B.P. extends the age of stemmed points in the Americas. Science Advances, 8(51), Article eade1248. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade1248
Charlton, S., Brace, S., Hajdinjak, M., Kearney, R., Booth, T., Reade, H., Tripp, J. A., Sayle, K. L., Grimm, S. B., Bello, S. M., Walker, E. A., Gilardet, A., East, P., Glocke, I., Larson, G., Higham, T., Stringer, C., Skoglund, P., Barnes, I., & Stevens, R. E. (2022). Dual ancestries and ecologies of the Late Glacial Palaeolithic in Britain. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(11), 1658-1668. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01883-z
Perez-Ramallo, P., Grandal-d'Anglade, A., Organista, E., Santos, E., Chivall, D., Rodriguez-Varela, R., Gotherstrom, A., Etxeberria, F., Ilgner, J., Fernandes, R., Arsuaga, J. L., Le Roux, P., Higham, T., Beaumont, J., Koon, H., & Roberts, P. (2022). Multi-isotopic study of the earliest mediaeval inhabitants of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 14(11), Article 214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01678-0
Frouin, M., Douka, K., Dave, A. K., Schwenninger, J.-L., Mercier, N., Murray, A. S., Santaniello, F., Boschian, G., Grimaldi, S., & Higham, T. (2022). A refined chronology for the Middle and early Upper Paleolithic sequence of Riparo Mochi (Liguria, Italy). Journal of Human Evolution, 169, Article 103211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103211
Best, J., Doherty, S., Armit, I., Boev, Z., Buster, L., Cunliffe, B., Foster, A., Frimet, B., Hamilton-Dyer, S., Higham, T., Lebrasseur, O., Miller, H., Peters, J., Seigle, M., Skelton, C., Symmons, R., Thomas, R., Trentacoste, A., Maltby, M., ... Sykes, N. (2022). Redefining the timing and circumstances of the chicken's introduction to Europe and north-west Africa. Antiquity, 96(388), 868-882. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.90
Oliveira, S., Naegele, K., Carlhoff, S., Pugach, I., Koesbardiati, T., Hübner, A., Meyer, M., Oktaviana, A. A., Takenaka, M., Katagiri, C., Murti, D. B., Putri, R. S., Mahirta, Petchey, F., Higham, T., Higham, C. F. W., O'Connor, S., Hawkins, S., Kinaston, R., ... Stoneking, M. (2022). Ancient genomes from the last three millennia support multiple human dispersals into Wallacea. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), 1024-1034. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01775-2
Bonneau, A., Pearce, D. G., Mitchell, P. J., Didier, L., Eoin, L. N., Higham, T. F. G., Lamothe, M., & Arthur, C. (2022). Characterization and dating of San rock art in the Metolong catchment, Lesotho: A preliminary investigation of technological and stylistic changes. Quaternary International, 611-612, 177-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.03.014
Hopkins, R. J. A., Hajdinjak, M., Sefcakova, A., Comeskey, D., Deviese, T., & Higham, T. F. G. (2022). SINGLE AMINO ACID RADIOCARBON DATING OF TWO NEANDERTHALS FOUND AT ŠAL’A (SLOVAKIA). Radiocarbon, 64(1), 87-100. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2021.113
Slimak, L., Zanolli, C., Higham, T., Frouin, M., Schwenninger, J.-L., Arnold, L. J., Demuro, M., Douka, K., Mercier, N., Guerin, G., Valladas, H., Yvorra, P., Giraud, Y., Seguin-Orlando, A., Orlando, L., Lewis, J. E., Muth, X., Camus, H., Vandevelde, S., ... Metz, L. (2022). Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France. Science Advances, 8(6). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj9496
Schulting, R. J., Mannermaa, K., Tarasov, P. E., Higham, T., Ramsey, C. B., Khartanovich, V., Moiseyev, V., Gerasimov, D., O'Shea, J., & Weber, A. (2022). Radiocarbon dating from Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov cemetery reveals complex human responses to socio-ecological stress during the 8.2 ka cooling event. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(2), 155-162. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01628-4
Becerra-Valdivia, L., & Higham, T. (2022). Response to "Current Understanding of the Earliest Human Occupations in the Americas: Evaluation of Becerra-Valdivia and Higham (2020)". PaleoAmerica : a journal of early human migration and dispersal, 8(1), 77-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/20555563.2021.1988229
Skov, L., Peyrégne, S., Popli, D., Iasi, L. N. M., Devièse, T., Slon, V., Zavala, E. I., Hajdinjak, M., Sümer, A. P., Grote, S., Bossoms Mesa, A., López Herráez, D., Nickel, B., Nagel, S., Richter, J., Essel, E., Gansauge, M., Schmidt, A., Korlević, P., ... Peter, B. M. (2022). Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals. Nature, 610(7932), 519-525. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05283-y
Brown, S., Massilani, D., Kozlikin, M. B., Shunkov, M. V., Derevianko, A. P., Stoessel, A., Jope-Street, B., Meyer, M., Kelso, J., Pääbo, S., Higham, T., & Douka, A. (2021). The earliest Denisovans and their cultural adaptation. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(1), 28-35. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01581-2
Brown, S., Kozlikin, M., Shunkov, M., Derevianko, A., Higham, T., Douka, K., & Richter, K. K. (2021). Examining collagen preservation through glutamine deamidation at Denisova Cave. Journal of Archaeological Science, 133, Article 105454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105454
Brown, S., Wang, N., Oertle, A., Kozlikin, M. B., Shunkov, M., Derevianko, A. P., Comeskey, D., Jope-Street, B., Harvey, V. L., Chowdhury, M. P., Buckley, M., Higham, T., & Douka, A. (2021). Zooarchaeology through the lens of collagen fingerprinting at Denisova Cave. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 15457. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94731-2
Wang, C.-C., Reinhold, S., Kalmykov, A., Wissgott, A., Brandt, G., Jeong, C., Cheronet, O., Ferry, M., Harney, E., Keating, D., Mallick, S., Rohland, N., Stewardson, K., Kantorovich, A. R., Maslov, V. E., Petrenko, V. G., Erlikh, V. R., Atabiev, B. C., Magomedov, R. G., ... Haak, W. (2019). Ancient human genome-wide data from a 3000-year interval in the Caucasus corresponds with eco-geographic regions. Nature Communications, 10(1), Article 590. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08220-8
Wood, R., Bernaldo de Quirós, F., Maíllo-Fernández, J. M., Tejero, J. M., Neira, A., & Higham, T. (2018). El Castillo (Cantabria, northern Iberia) and the Transitional Aurignacian: Using radiocarbon dating to assess site taphonomy. Quaternary International, 474, 56-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.03.005
Prehistory in a New Light
Katharina Rebay-Salisbury (Speaker) & Thomas Higham (Speaker)
11 Jan 2024
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
Deputy Head
Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 4.057
T: +43-1-4277-54740