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Human population dynamics in Upper Paleolithic Europe inferred from fossil dental phenotypes.
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- Bony labyrinth morphology reveals deep population history and isolation among Homo sapiens in prehistoric northeastern Africa (44-3 ka).Nature communications · 2026Article
- Far-reaching hunter-gatherer networks during the Last Glacial Maximum in Western Europe.Science advances · 2026Article
- Fifteen millennia of human mitogenome evolution in Sicily.Science advances · 2025Article
- Dental Morphology in Restorative Dentistry: A Pilot Study on Morphological Consistency and Variability in Human Upper First Molars.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
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Despite extensive archaeological research, our knowledge of the human population history of Upper Paleolithic Europe remains limited, primarily due to the scarce availability and poor molecular preservation of fossil remains. As teeth dominate the fossil record and preserve genetic signatures in their morphology, we compiled a large dataset of 450 dentitions dating between ~47 and 7 thousand years ago (ka), outnumbering existing skeletal and paleogenetic datasets. We tested a range of competing demographic scenarios using a coalescent-based machine learning Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) framework that we modified for use with phenotypic data. Mostly in agreement with but also challenging some of the hitherto available evidence, we identified a population turnover in western Europe at ~28 ka, isolates in western and eastern refugia between ~28 and 14.7 ka, and bottlenecks during the Last Glacial Maximum. Methodologically, this study marks the pioneering application of ABC to skeletal phenotypes, paving the way for exciting future research avenues.
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