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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Higham
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Higham, T., Frouin, M., Douka, A., Ronchitelli, A., Boscato, P., Benazzi, S., Crezzini, J., Spagnolo, V., McCarty, M., Marciani, G., Falcucci, A., Rossini, M., Arrighi, S., Dominici, C., Deviese, T., Schwenninger, J.-L., Martini, I., Moroni, A., & Boschin, F. (2024). Chronometric data and stratigraphic evidence support discontinuity between Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in the Italian Peninsula. Nature Communications, 15(8016 ( 2024 )). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51546-9


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. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.83

Saltre, F., Chadœuf, J., Higham, T., Ochocki, M., Block, S., Bunney, E., Llamas, B., & Bradshaw, C. J. A. (2024). Environmental conditions associated with initial northern expansion of anatomically modern humans. Nature Communications.

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

Abrams, G., Devièse, T., Pirson, S., De Groote, I., Flas, D., Jungels, C., Jadin, I., Cattelain, P., Bonjean, D., Mathys, A., Semal, P., Higham, T., & Di Modica, K. (2024). Investigating the co-occurrence of Neanderthals and modern humans in Belgium through direct radiocarbon dating of bone implements. Journal of Human Evolution, 186, Article 103471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103471


Reade, H., Tripp, J. A., Frémondeau, D., Sayle, K. L., Higham, T. F. G., Street, M., & Stevens, R. E. (2023). Nitrogen palaeo-isoscapes: Changing spatial gradients of faunal δ15N in late Pleistocene and early Holocene Europe. PLoS ONE, 18(2 February), Article e0268607. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268607

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


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

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Prehistory in a New Light

Katharina Rebay-Salisbury (Speaker) & Thomas Higham (Speaker)

11 Jan 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Department of Evolutionary Anthropology

Deputy Head

Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 4.057

T: +43-1-4277-54740

thomas.higham@univie.ac.at