Autor: Maeve Nic Samhradáin

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Long shared haplotypes identify the southern Urals as a primary source for the 10th-century Hungarians.

Gyuris, B., Vyazov, L., Türk, A., Flegontov, P., Szeifert, B., Langó, P., Mende, B.G., Csáky, V., Chizhevskiy, A.A., Gazimzyanov, I.R., Khokhlov, A.A., Kolonskikh, A.G., Matveeva, N.P., Ruslanova, R.R., Rykun, M.P., Sitdikov, A., Volkova, E.V., Botalov, S.G., Bugrov, D.G., Grudochko, I.V., Komar, O., Krasnoperov, A.A., Poshekhonova, O.E., Chikunova, I., Sungatov, F., Stashenkov, D.A., Zubov, S., Zelenkov, A.S., Ringbauer, H., Cheronet, O., Pinhasi, R., Akbari, A., Rohland, N., Mallick, S., Reich, D., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., 2025. Long shared haplotypes identify the southern Urals as a primary source for the 10th-century Hungarians. Cell 188, 6064-6078.e6011. read more

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HEAS Members Travel to See the Lucy Skeleton – In Europe for the First Time

by Prof. Tom Higham, head of HEAS.   The visit of the world-famous Lucy skeleton to Prague in October 2025 led to the idea of a HEAS fieldtrip to the Czech Republic.   “Lucy” is the remarkably complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton discovered in 1974 at Hadar, Ethiopia, and dated to about 3.2 million years ago. Her partial skeleton, 25% preserved, provided clear evidence of habitual bipedalism—walking upright long before the evolution of large brains. She is a cornerstone discovery in understanding human evolution. In October, her remains were loaned to the National Museum in Prague; the first time she has been to Europe. In addition, the remains of the famous Dikika child “Selam” were also loaned. These are the remains of another A. afarensis hominin, this time a 3 year old child, slightly older than Lucy.   Twenty-one HEAS members made the trip. We divided into two groups; the first went for the day to see Lucy and the National Museum. The second group went for two days, to visit the scientific laboratories at the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (NPI), where the Czech Radiocarbon Lab is based, and then the National Museum the following day.   The science labs are located outside Prague on a very picturesque site along the river Vitava. It was a…

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HEAS Member Michael Doneus Receives Award For Contribution to Archaeology

HEAS member Michael Doneus received an award from the municipality of Mazara del Vallo in Sicily in recognition of his many years of archaeological research, which began in 2003. His former colleagues, Dr Erich Draganits (University of Vienna), Dr Christopher Severa (Newcastle University) and Cipriano Frazzetta (MA), were also honoured, as was Prof. Sebastiano Tusa, the former Sicilian Councillor for Cultural Heritage, posthumously. Links to some research results: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00934690.2020.1734898   https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-017-9348-9  

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HEAS Seminar Series Speakers Announced

The Team at HEAS are delighted to announce the speakers for the 2025-2026 Seminar Series. Covering Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic, Ancient Genomics, and Archaeological Science the series weclomes from speakers from all over Europe, the US and Canada, and South America. All talks are hybrid while some will be online only. Registration is now open here. To look back on previous seminars, have a look at our YouTube channel for recording from the talks and podcast interviews with the speakers.  

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Call for Papers: Calling all Palaeolithic and prehistoric researchers using GIS!

Calling all Palaeolithic and prehistoric researchers using GIS! The Call for Papers for Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) 2026 in Vienna is now open, with an October 26th deadline. We are running the second iteration of our Palaeo-GIS session (Session 39). The Palaeo-GIS session is intended to encourage contributions from authors applying GIS in Palaeolithic or later prehistoric contexts and research topics. We particularly encourage authors to submit papers that reflect on the unique characteristics and challenges of their prehistoric research context, and engage reflectively with those challenges. You can read the full session abstract here: https://2026.caaconference.org/conference-sessions/  

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Sediment talks, or: what interdisciplinary archaeological prospection of the Kreuttal microregion’s sediment archive can tell us about the landscape history

Jetzinger, D., Gallistl, J., Kinnaird, T., Truntschnig, T., Kasemann, S., Schwaiger, A., Salisbury, R.B., Doneus, M., Kucera, M., Stahlschmidt, M., Fera, M., Neubauer, W., 2025. Sediment talks, or: what interdisciplinary archaeological prospection of the Kreuttal microregion’s sediment archive can tell us about the landscape history. ArcheoSciences n° 49-1, 359-362. read more

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HEAS Members Publish a Cambridge Elements booklet on Ceramic Analysis : Laboratory Methods

HEAS Team leaders Michaela Schauer and Irmgard Hein et al. have recently published a Cambridge Elements booklet on Ceramic Analysis: Laboratory Methods. Link to the publication is here. This Element, authored by a team of specialist researchers, provides an overview of the various analytical techniques employed in the laboratory for the examination of archaeological ceramic materials. Pottery represents one of the earliest technical materials used by humans and is arguably the most frequently encountered object in archaeological sites. The original plastic raw material, which is solidified by firing, exhibits a wide range of variations in terms of production methods, material, form, decoration, and function. This frequently presents significant challenges for archaeologists. In modern laboratories, a variety of archaeometric measurement methods are available for addressing a wide range of archaeological questions. Examples of these include determining the composition of archaeological materials, elucidating the processes involved in manufacturing and decoration, estimating the age of archaeological material, and much more. The sections present available methods for analysing pottery, along with an exploration of their potential application.

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Accessible, realistic genome simulation with selection using stdpopsim

Gower, G., Pope, N.S., Rodrigues, M.F., Tittes, S., Tran, L.N., Alam, O., Cavassim, M.I.A., Fields, P.D., Haller, B.C., Huang, X., Jeffrey, B., Korfmann, K., Kyriazis, C.C., Min, J., Rebollo, I., Rehmann, C.T., Small, S.T., Smith, C.C.R., Tsambos, G., Wong, Y., Zhang, Y., Huber, C.D., Gorjanc, G., Ragsdale, A.P., Gronau, I., Gutenkunst, R.N., Kelleher, J., Lohmueller, K.E., Schrider, D.R., Ralph, P.L., Kern, A.D., 2025. Accessible, realistic genome simulation with selection using stdpopsim. Molecular Biology and Evolution. read more

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HEAS Member awarded FWF grant for project “Residential Mobility in Upper Palaeolithic Europe”

HEAS Team Leader Philip R. Nigst has been awarded an FWF Principal Investigator grant for his project REMO (Residential Mobility in Upper Palaeolithic Europe) along with collaborators Marjolein D. Bosch, Andrea Manica, Andrew Kandel, Paloma de la Peña, Cristina Cordoş and Michael Brandl. They will investigate the degree of residential mobility and landscape use strategies in Upper Palaeolithic Europe through an analysis of lithic and faunal datasets. REMO's approach is routed in human behavioural ecology and quantifies variation in lithic and faunal datasets as indicators for mobility to compare with environmental and climatic proxies.   More information: https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-radar/10.55776/PAT4701725    

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What impact did extreme climate change have on life during the last Ice Age?

We warmly congratulate our colleague Marjolein D. Bosch on her newly acquired ERC Starting Grant. Her COPE project will investigate the influence of climatic changes on human behaviour during the last Ice Age. The onset of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) 30–25,000 years ago was marked by extreme climate fluctuations in Europe. Nevertheless, people lived near glaciers and adapted their behaviour to the harsh living conditions. As part of the ERC Starting Grant project entitled »The role of climate change on past human living conditions: Resource acquisition strategies and landscape use in eastern Central Europe from the Gravettian Golden Age to the Last Glacial Maximum« (COPE), Marjolein D. Bosch will now investigate the challenges faced by Ice Age hunter-gatherer groups. For example, which animals and plants humans used when resources became more and more scarce and what strategies they developed to survive in such an extreme climate. Material for the planned analyses comes from the Grub-Kranawetberg I and II sites in Lower Austria. These sites offer exceptionally well-preserved organic remains from the period leading up to the Last Glacial Maximum. Using the latest methods in the fields of sediment biomarkers, stable isotope analysis and palaeogenetics, COPE will reconstruct the local environmental conditions in terms of palaeotemperatures, plant vegetation and prey availability in the landscape. A new focus is on water…

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HEAS Member Marjolein Bosch Announces New ERC Funded Project: COPE

The project is called COPE. Full title: "The role of climate change on past human living conditions: Resource acquisition strategies and landscape use in eastern Central Europe from the Gravettian Golden Age to the Last Glacial Maximum”. COPE investigates the influence of climatic changes on human behaviour at the onset of the Last Glacial Maximum (30.000-25.000 years ago). This period was marked by extreme climate fluctuations in Europe. Nevertheless, people lived near glaciers and adapted their behaviour to the harsh living conditions. COPE explores the challenges faced by Ice Age hunter-gatherer groups. For example, which animals and plants humans used when resources became more and more scarce and what strategies they developed to survive in such an extreme climate. Artwork credits: COPE project, artist: Tansy Branscombe Picture credits: Philip Nigst ; Marjolein Bosch https://www.heas.at/press/what-impact-did-extreme-climate-change-have-on-life-during-the-last-ice-age/  

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You, Robot: Experiencing Robotics First-Hand at General Laser

By: Dominik Hagmann As part of the University of Vienna's course “AI and Interdisciplinary Research” held at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology in the summer term of 2025, students from diverse academic fields participated in a hands-on robotics workshop and explored cutting-edge robotics at General Laser in Vienna. From humanoid robotic agents to agile robot dogs, the hands-on workshop illustrated vividly how artificial intelligence (AI) and automation shape both tomorrow’s industry and future research. Setting the Scene: From Myth to Machine Long before AI emerged as a formal scientific discipline, the idea of creating artificial beings fascinated the human imagination. For instance, Greek mythology introduced automata—self-moving devices—already during the first half of the 1st millennium BCE. According to some myths, the smithing god Hephaistos, for example, provided King Alcinoos with “robotic watchdogs” crafted from gold and silver. Furthermore, the deity created Talos, a humanoid “lethal autonomous weapon system” made from bronze, for King Midas to guard the island of Crete. Aside from several further examples, these two cases already comprehensively illustrate how deeply rooted complex visions of intelligent, artificial beings are in human thought. The term robot itself originates from the Czech word robota ("forced labor"), first coined in Karel Čapek’s 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), foreseeing a world where artificial workers ultimately rise against their human creators. Today,…

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Apéro Musette at the Musette Shop with Katharina Rebay-Salisbury

As part of the current focus on "Pioneers from the Neolithic," a conversation with Professor of Prehistory at the University of Vienna and researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and Deputy head of HEAS will take place on Friday the 12th September at 18:00. KATHARINA REBAY-SALISBURY The prehistoric archaeologist discusses her research findings on the social coexistence of humans in prehistory and dispels some prejudices about gender equality, family policy, and migration in prehistoric times. Registration is here https://www.musetteshop.com/events/apero-musette-mit-katharinarebaysalisbury Please note this event will take place in German. More information here https://musetteshop.substack.com/p/einladung-zum-apero-musette-nr-36?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=5k6nq5&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email  

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7,500 years old – Neolithic finds rewrite Hallstatt’s history Archaeologists of the NHM Vienna discover earlier traces of settlements of early farming communities and present them to the public for the first time on 12 August 2025

During excavation work in Hallstatt (on the property of the Kocsar-Riezinger family in the Seestraße), archaeological layers of scientific importance were uncovered: Medieval terracing walls, a burnt layer with coins, bricks and fragments of vessels of the Roman period, as well as up to one meter thick layers from the Latène period (Late Iron Age, c 450-15 BC). Around 1,000 artefacts from different epochs have recently been recovered. The archaeologists of the NHM Vienna also identified spectacular finds pointing to older epochs: Neolithic fragments of stone tools for wood working, flint blades, animal bones and ceramics emerged under a prehistoric rock fall – about 7,500 years old. These are the oldest known traces in Hallstatt and its surrounding areas to date, which prove that the place was inhabited much earlier than previously thought. The earliest farming communities with settled lifestyles, praciting agriculture and animal domestication first appeared in Central Europe from 5,600 BC onwards. This is the first time that we have evidence that those communities, coming across rivers such as the Danube and Traun, also reached areas deep into the region of Salzkammergut and even to the Apls. The reason for this was presumably the salt deposits. On Tuesday, 12 August 2025, the NHM Vienna, together with the Museum Hallstatt, the municipality Hallstatt and the UNESCO World Heritage Management…

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NHM Vienna Archaeologists Discover Earlier Traces of Settlements of Early Farming Communities in Hallstatt

During excavation work in Hallstatt (on the property of the Kocsar-Riezinger family in the Seestraße), archaeological layers of scientific importance were uncovered: Medieval terracing walls, a burnt layer with coins, bricks and fragments of vessels of the Roman period, as well as up to one meter thick layers from the Latène period (Late Iron Age, c 450-15 BC). Around 1,000 artefacts from different epochs have recently been recovered. The results will be presented to the public on the 12th August 2025 at the NHM Wien. More information in the press release here. Press Release   [gallery ids="4676,4677,4678,4675"]    

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Self-Compassion Around the World: Measurement Invariance of the Short Form of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS-SF) Across 65 Nations, 40 Languages, Gender Identities, and Age Groups.

Swami, V., Tran, U.S., Voracek, M., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H.A., Adebayo, S.O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Al Halbusi, H., Alexias, G., Ali, K.F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A.B., Álvarez-Solas, S., Amaral, A.C.S., Andrianto, S., Aspden, T., Argyrides, M., Aruta, J.J.B.R., Atkin, S., Ayandele, O., Baceviciene, M., Bahbouh, R., Ballesio, A., Barron, D., Bellard, A., Bender, S.S., Beydaǧ, K.D., Birovljević, G., Blackburn, M.-È., Borja-Alvarez, T., Borowiec, J., Bozogáňová, M., Bratland-Sanda, S., Browning, M.H.E.M., Brytek-Matera, A., Burakova, M., Çakır-Koçak, Y., Camacho, P., Camilleri, V.E., Cazzato, V., Cerea, S., Chaiwutikornwanich, A., Chaleeraktrakoon, T., Chambers, T., Chen, Q.-W., Chen, X., Chien, C.-L., Chobthamkit, P., Choompunuch, B., Compte, E.J., Corrigan, J., Cosmas, G., Cowden, R.G., Czepczor-Bernat, K., Czub, M., da Silva, W.R., Dadfar, M., Dalley, S.E., Dany, L., Datu, J.A.D., de Carvalho, P.H.B., de Holanda Coelho, G.L., De Jesus, A.O.S., Debbabi, S.H., Dhakal, S., Di Bernardo, F., Dimitrova, D.D., Dion, J., Dixson, B., Donofrio, S.M., Drysch, M., Du, H., Dzhambov, A.M., El-Jor, C., Enea, V., Eskin, M., Farbod, F., Farrugia, L., Fian, L., Fisher, M.L., Folwarczny, M., Frederick, D.A., Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M., Furnham, A., García, A.A., Geller, S., Ghisi, M., Ghorbani, A., Martinez, M.A.G., Gradidge, S., Graf, S., Grano, C., Gyene, G., Hallit, S., Hamdan, M., Handelzalts, J.E., Hanel, P.H.P., Hawks, S.R., Hekmati, I., Helmy, M., Hill, T., Hina, F., Holenweger, G., Hřebíčková,…

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HEAS Member Discusses Tischoferhöhle on Austrian National Television

Mareike Stahlschmidt, Susanna Sawyer and Omaima Zaki from the working group microarchaeology visited the Tischoferhöhle to sample for ancient sedaDNA analysis. SedaDNA could shed new light on homo sapiens and Neanderthal occupations of the cave. Recent excavation revealed lithics typically associated with homo sapiens, but also Neanderthals while no human fossil remains were discovered so far. A news sections by the ORF reports on these sensational new finds, including an interview with Sawyer on the potential of sedaDNA for identifying the makers of the lithic industries.   Interview (in German) https://on.orf.at/video/14285067/15919671/tischofer-hoehle-sensationsf  

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HEAS Seed Grants June 2025 Round

We are delighted to announce the results of the June 2025 Seed Grants:   They are: Time is of the essence Establishing combined (p)OSL profiling and dating of archaeological features with unclear chronological contexts in Austria Doris Jetzinger and Martin Fera Dental calculus as a palaeodietary tool: application to the Early Neolithic of Greece Anastasia Papadogianni, Katerina Douka and Barbara Horejs Tracing Lead Provenance in Inland Basilicata: First Isotope Analysis of Lucanian Lead Objects from the Agri Valley Alexandra Rodler-Rørbo, Mathias Mehofer  and Matthias Hoernes  A Flexible Open-Access In-Solution Capture Design for Paleogenomics Pere Gelabert, Viola Schmid and Susanna Sawyer You can learn more about the HEAS Seed Grants here: https://www.heas.at/research/seed-grants/      

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New insights from the application of ZooMS to Late Pleistocene fauna from Grotta di Castelcivita, southern Italy

Oertle, A., Crezzini, J., Moroni, A., Ronchitelli, A., Benazzi, S., Falcucci, A., Marciani, G., Rossini, M., Martini, I., Arrighi, S., Higham, T., Boschin, F., Douka, K., 2025. New insights from the application of ZooMS to Late Pleistocene fauna from Grotta di Castelcivita, southern Italy. Scientific Reports 15, 25906. read more

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Exploring Ancient Foodways – An archaeological journey into Roman dietary habits at Kinderuni Wien 2025

By: Dominik Hagmann and Nisa Kirchengast  On Monday, July 7th, we had the delightful opportunity to dive into the fascinating world of Roman cuisine with a group of 50 young explorers at Kinderuni Wien. The session, titled „Römisches Essen: Alles bio und vegan? Mit der Archäologie der antiken Ernährung auf der Spur“ (Roman Food: All Organic and Vegan? Tracing Ancient Diet with Archaeology), brought together curious minds aged 7 to 12 eager to learn about what the Romans ate and how we uncover their culinary secrets. We ventured into the depths of Roman gastronomy, not only discussing the food the Romans ate but also uncovering how archaeology helps us reveal their meals, even after nearly two millennia. From archaeological finds to ancient cookbooks, we explored the rich flavors of the past and discussed how these dishes could be recreated today with a modern twist. Our research areas, especially zooarchaeology and experimental archaeology, were crucial in revealing the diet of the Romans. For instance, through zooarchaeological analysis, we explored animal bones to uncover the types of meat consumed by the Romans, and through experimental archaeology, we demonstrated how ancient food production techniques, like cooking the Roman puls, contributed to the Roman diet. The children’s enthusiasm was truly inspiring. They asked insightful questions, eager to learn everything from the Romans’ favorite foods…

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International Mountain Conference (IMC) taking place in Innsbruck in September 2025

The program for the International Mountain Conference (IMC), taking place in Innsbruck from September 14–18, 2025, is now available online. We would like to highlight the following (geo)archaeological focus sessions (4 in total), workshops (1), and keynote lectures (1) that may be of particular interest. In addition to these, the conference features over 150 sessions covering a wide range of topics related to mountain research across the world’s high-altitude regions. We encourage you to explore the program and discover the diverse opportunities for engagement and collaboration. Focus Sessions on Mountain Archaeology https://imc2025.info/imc25/sessions-n-workshops/focus-sessions/?filter_thematic-focus=archaeology Synthesis workshop: People and Mountains: Stories from an Archaeological Perspective: https://imc2025.info/imc25/sessions-n-workshops/synthesis-workshop/sw-3-103-people-and-mountains-stories-from-an-archaeological-perspective/ Key Note: AI, Extra Credit, and the Andes: Discovering World’s Highest Communal Hunting Traps https://imc2025.info/imc25/keynotes/ai-extra-credit-and-the-andes-discovering-worlds-highest-communal-hunting-traps/ Michael Meyer (Univ. Innsbruck, Austria) Bonnie Pitblado (U. Oklahoma, USA)  

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New Publication by HEAS Member Offers New Insights into Ancient Roman Settlement Patterns in Austria

Dominik Hagmann's latest research, "Home is Where my Villa Is: A Machine Learning-based Predictive Suitability Map for Roman Features in Northern Noricum (ca. 50–500 CE/Lower Austria/AUT)," was recently published in the Journal of Maps. The study applies the Maxent machine learning (ML) algorithm to identify suitable locations for Roman archaeological features in Lower Austria. It offers new insights into ancient Roman settlement patterns and provides valuable support for heritage management and archaeological research.   https://www.heas.at/research/publications/home-is-where-my-villa-is-a-machine-learning-based-predictive-suitability-map-for-roman-features-in-northern-noricum-ca-50-500-ce-lower-austria-aut/

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HEAS Keynote with Necmi Karul Takes Place in Vienna

The HEAS Keynote with Necmi Karul took place on the 26th June 2025 at the ÖAW Theatersaal in the first district of Vienna. The talk, titled 'The Land of Great Transformation. Karahantepe and The Last Hunter-Gatherers of The Şanliurfa Plateau' was delivered to a hybrid audience and was followed by the HEAS Summer Party.   Press Coverage (in German) https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000275682/oesterreichische-archaeologieteams-werden-an-monumentaler-grabungsstaette-goebekli-tepe-mitarbeiten

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HEAS Members Publish Nature Communications Article with HEAS Speaker

In the article recently published in Nature Communications, the team looked at the dynamics of Late Neolithic and Copper Age (4,800-3,900 BCE) Carpathian populations. The study revealed that, despite contemporaneity and geographical proximity, individual communities can display very different patterns. The site of Tiszapolgár-Basatanya (present-day Hungary) was represented by numerous, close familial relationships with high levels of consanguinity, whereas the cemetery of Urziceni-Vamă (present-day Romania), located only about 100 km away, was represented by a genetically diverse population, with indications of a matrilocal society.   https://www.heas.at/research/publications/ancient-dna-reveals-diverse-community-organizations-in-the-5th-millennium-bce-carpathian-basin/     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl0eefznpyw&t=4s

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Ancient DNA reveals diverse community organizations in the 5th millennium BCE Carpathian Basin

Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Virag, C., Jakab, K., Rohland, N., Ringbauer, H., Anders, A., Raczky, P., Hajdu, T., Kiss, K., Szeniczey, T., Évinger, S., Keszi, T., M. Virág, Z., Cheronet, O., Mallick, S., Akbari, A., Pinhasi, R., Reich, D., Siklósi, Z., 2025. Ancient DNA reveals diverse community organizations in the 5th millennium BCE Carpathian Basin. Nature Communications 16, 5318. read more

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HEAS Member Awarded GO.INVESTIGATIO Fellowship by the Austrian Academy of Sciences

HEAS Member Doris Jetzinger has recently been awarded a grant by the Austrian Academy of Sciences. I have been awarded a GO.INVESTIGATIO fellowship by the Austrian Academy of Sciences for a 6 months research stay at CERSA luminescence, the luminescence laboratories within the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, for my research project “How old are these sediments? Promoting the use of pOSL profiling for archaeological features with unclear chronological contexts in Austria”. My aim is to study chronostratigraphic contexts, construction histories and (post-) depositional and formation processes of Austrian archaeological sites and features via portable optically stimulated luminescence profiling (pOSL profiling) and OSL dating of sediment samples. pOSL profiling generates relative chronostratigraphic data through stratigraphies as well as proxy data to interpret geomorphic contexts, formation processes, and variations in mineralogy. My project acts as a case study that will lay the groundwork for a larger research project and helps underline the potential of pOSL profiling and the benefits of further establishing this approach for archaeological applications in Austria.

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Late Paleolithic whale bone tools reveal human and whale ecology in the Bay of Biscay.

McGrath, K., van der Sluis, L.G., Lefebvre, A., Charpentier, A., Rodrigues, A.S.L., Álvarez-Fernández, E., Baleux, F., Berganza, E., Chauvière, F.-X., Dachary, M., Duarte Matías, E., Houmard, C., Marín-Arroyo, A.B., de la Rasilla Vives, M., Tapia, J., Thil, F., Tombret, O., Torres-Iglesias, L., Speller, C., Zazzo, A., Pétillon, J.-M., 2025. Late Paleolithic whale bone tools reveal human and whale ecology in the Bay of Biscay. Nature Communications 16, 4646. read more

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Urbanization and genetic homogenization in the medieval Low Countries revealed through a ten-century paleogenomic study of the city of Sint-Truiden

Beneker, O., Molinaro, L., Guellil, M., Sasso, S., Kabral, H., Bonucci, B., Gaens, N., D’Atanasio, E., Mezzavilla, M., Delbrassine, H., Braet, L., Lambert, B., Deckers, P., Biagini, S.A., Hui, R., Becelaere, S., Geypen, J., Hoebreckx, M., Berk, B., Driesen, P., Pijpelink, A., van Damme, P., Vanhoutte, S., De Winter, N., Saag, L., Pagani, L., Tambets, K., Scheib, C.L., Larmuseau, M.H.D., Kivisild, T., 2025. Urbanization and genetic homogenization in the medieval Low Countries revealed through a ten-century paleogenomic study of the city of Sint-Truiden. Genome Biology 26, 127.   read more

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Life satisfaction around the world: Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) across 65 Nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups.

Swami, V., Stieger, S., Voracek, M., Aavik, T., Abdollahpour Ranjbar, H., Adebayo, S.O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Al Halbusi, H., Alexias, G., Ali, K.F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A.B., Álvarez-Solas, S., Amaral, A.C.S., Andrianto, S., Aspden, T., Argyrides, M., Aruta, J.J.B.R., Atkin, S., Ayandele, O., Baceviciene, M., Bahbouh, R., Ballesio, A., Barron, D., Bellard, A., Bender, S.S., Beydaǧ, K.D., Birovljević, G., Blackburn, M.-È., Borja-Alvarez, T., Borowiec, J., Bozogáňová, M., Bratland-Sanda, S., Browning, M.H.E.M., Brytek-Matera, A., Burakova, M., Çakır-Koçak, Y., Camacho, P., Camilleri, V.E., Cazzato, V., Cerea, S., Chaiwutikornwanich, A., Chaleeraktrakoon, T., Chambers, T., Chen, Q.-W., Chen, X., Chien, C.-L., Chobthamkit, P., Choompunuch, B., Compte, E.J., Corrigan, J., Cosmas, G., Cowden, R.G., Czepczor-Bernat, K., Czub, M., da Silva, W.R., Dadfar, M., Dalley, S.E., Dany, L., Datu, J.A.D., de Carvalho, P.H.B., Coelho, G.L.d.H., De Jesus, A.O.S., Debbabi, S.H., Dhakal, S., Di Bernardo, F., Dimitrova, D.D., Dion, J., Dixson, B., Donofrio, S.M., Drysch, M., Du, H., Dzhambov, A.M., El-Jor, C., Enea, V., Eskin, M., Farbod, F., Farrugia, L., Fian, L., Fisher, M.L., Folwarczny, M., Frederick, D.A., Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M., Furnham, A., García, A.A., Geller, S., Ghisi, M., Ghorbani, A., Gomez Martinez, M.A., Gradidge, S., Graf, S., Grano, C., Gyene, G., Hallit, S., Hamdan, M., Handelzalts, J.E., Hanel, P.H.P., Hawks, S.R., Hekmati, I., Helmy, M., Hill, T., Hina, F., Holenweger, G., Hřebíčková,…

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