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2021

Journal Article

People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years

Ellis, Erle C., Gauthier, Nicolas, Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Bird, Rebecca Bliege, Boivin, Nicole, Díaz, Sandra, Fuller, Dorian Q., Gill, Jacquelyn L., Kaplan, Jed O., Kingston, Naomi, Locke, Harvey, McMichael, Crystal N.H., Ranco, Darren, Rick, Torben C., Rebecca Shaw, M., Stephens, Lucas, Svenning, Jens-Christian and Watson, James E.M. (2021). People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (17) e2023483118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2023483118

People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years

2021

Journal Article

Reply to Shelach-Lavi et al.: Implications of the horse assemblages from Shirenzigou and Xigou

Li, Yue, Zhang, Chengrui, Taylor, William Timothy Treal, Chen, Liang, Flad, Rowan K., Boivin, Nicole, Liu, Huan, You, Yue, Wang, Jianxin, Ren, Meng, Xi, Tongyuan, Han, Yifu, Wen, Rui and Ma, Jian (2021). Reply to Shelach-Lavi et al.: Implications of the horse assemblages from Shirenzigou and Xigou. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (16) e2025947118, 16. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2025947118

Reply to Shelach-Lavi et al.: Implications of the horse assemblages from Shirenzigou and Xigou

2021

Journal Article

‘Emptying Forests?’ Conservation Implications of Past Human–Primate Interactions

Amano, Noel, Wang, Yiming V., Boivin, Nicole and Roberts, Patrick (2021). ‘Emptying Forests?’ Conservation Implications of Past Human–Primate Interactions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36 (4), 345-359. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.12.004

‘Emptying Forests?’ Conservation Implications of Past Human–Primate Interactions

2021

Journal Article

The Middle to Later Stone Age transition at Panga ya Saidi, in the tropical coastal forest of eastern Africa

Shipton, Ceri, Blinkhorn, James, Archer, Will, Kourampas, Nikolaos, Roberts, Patrick, Prendergast, Mary E., Curtis, Richard, Herries, Andy I.R., Ndiema, Emmanuel, Boivin, Nicole and Petraglia, Michael D. (2021). The Middle to Later Stone Age transition at Panga ya Saidi, in the tropical coastal forest of eastern Africa. Journal of Human Evolution, 153 102954, 102954. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.102954

The Middle to Later Stone Age transition at Panga ya Saidi, in the tropical coastal forest of eastern Africa

2021

Journal Article

Exaptation Traits for Megafaunal Mutualisms as a Factor in Plant Domestication

Spengler, Robert N., Petraglia, Michael, Roberts, Patrick, Ashastina, Kseniia, Kistler, Logan, Mueller, Natalie G. and Boivin, Nicole (2021). Exaptation Traits for Megafaunal Mutualisms as a Factor in Plant Domestication. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12 649394. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.649394

Exaptation Traits for Megafaunal Mutualisms as a Factor in Plant Domestication

2021

Journal Article

Reimagining the relationship between Gondwanan forests and Aboriginal land management in Australia's “Wet Tropics”

Roberts, Patrick, Buhrich, Alice, Caetano-Andrade, Victor, Cosgrove, Richard, Fairbairn, Andrew, Florin, S. Anna, Vanwezer, Nils, Boivin, Nicole, Hunter, Barry, Mosquito, Desley, Turpin, Gerry and Ferrier, Åsa (2021). Reimagining the relationship between Gondwanan forests and Aboriginal land management in Australia's “Wet Tropics”. iScience, 24 (3) 102190, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102190

Reimagining the relationship between Gondwanan forests and Aboriginal land management in Australia's “Wet Tropics”

2021

Journal Article

The transition to a barley-dominant cultivation system in Tibet: First millennium BC archaeobotanical evidence from Bangga

Lu, Hongliang, Tang, Li, Spengler, Robert N., Boivin, Nicole, Song, Jixiang, Wangdue, Shargan, Chen, Xinzhou, Liu, Xinyi and Zhang, Zhengwei (2021). The transition to a barley-dominant cultivation system in Tibet: First millennium BC archaeobotanical evidence from Bangga. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 61 101242, 101242. doi: 10.1016/j.jaa.2020.101242

The transition to a barley-dominant cultivation system in Tibet: First millennium BC archaeobotanical evidence from Bangga

2021

Journal Article

Re-evaluating Scythian lifeways: Isotopic analysis of diet and mobility in Iron Age Ukraine

Ventresca Miller, Alicia R., Johnson, James, Makhortykh, Sergey, Gerling, Claudia, Litvinova, Ludmilla, Andrukh, Svetlana, Toschev, Gennady, Zech, Jana, le Roux, Petrus, Makarewicz, Cheryl, Boivin, Nicole and Roberts, Patrick (2021). Re-evaluating Scythian lifeways: Isotopic analysis of diet and mobility in Iron Age Ukraine. PLoS One, 16 (3) e0245996, e0245996. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245996

Re-evaluating Scythian lifeways: Isotopic analysis of diet and mobility in Iron Age Ukraine

2021

Journal Article

Ancient proteins provide evidence of dairy consumption in eastern Africa

Bleasdale, Madeleine, Richter, Kristine K., Janzen, Anneke, Brown, Samantha, Scott, Ashley, Zech, Jana, Wilkin, Shevan, Wang, Ke, Schiffels, Stephan, Desideri, Jocelyne, Besse, Marie, Reinold, Jacques, Saad, Mohamed, Babiker, Hiba, Power, Robert C., Ndiema, Emmanuel, Ogola, Christine, Manthi, Fredrick K., Zahir, Muhammad, Petraglia, Michael, Trachsel, Christian, Nanni, Paolo, Grossmann, Jonas, Hendy, Jessica, Crowther, Alison, Roberts, Patrick, Goldstein, Steven T. and Boivin, Nicole (2021). Ancient proteins provide evidence of dairy consumption in eastern Africa. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 632, 632. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20682-3

Ancient proteins provide evidence of dairy consumption in eastern Africa

2021

Journal Article

Mobilizing the past to shape a better Anthropocene

Boivin, Nicole and Crowther, Alison (2021). Mobilizing the past to shape a better Anthropocene. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5 (3), 273-284. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-01361-4

Mobilizing the past to shape a better Anthropocene

2021

Journal Article

Revisiting Kalundu Mound, Zambia: implications for the timing of social and subsistence transitions in Iron Age Southern Africa

Goldstein, S. T., Crowther, A., Henry, E. R., Janzen, A., Katongo, M., Brown, S., Farr, J., Le Moyne, C., Picin, A., Richter, K. K. and Boivin, N. (2021). Revisiting Kalundu Mound, Zambia: implications for the timing of social and subsistence transitions in Iron Age Southern Africa. African Archaeological Review, 38 (4), 625-655. doi: 10.1007/s10437-021-09440-y

Revisiting Kalundu Mound, Zambia: implications for the timing of social and subsistence transitions in Iron Age Southern Africa

2020

Journal Article

Isotopic and microbotanical insights into Iron Age agricultural reliance in the Central African rainforest

Bleasdale, Madeleine, Wotzka, Hans-Peter, Eichhorn, Barbara, Mercader, Julio, Styring, Amy, Zech, Jana, Soto, María, Inwood, Jamie, Clarke, Siobhán, Marzo, Sara, Fiedler, Bianca, Linseele, Veerle, Boivin, Nicole and Roberts, Patrick (2020). Isotopic and microbotanical insights into Iron Age agricultural reliance in the Central African rainforest. Communications Biology, 3 (1) 619, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01324-2

Isotopic and microbotanical insights into Iron Age agricultural reliance in the Central African rainforest

2020

Journal Article

Author Correction: Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia (Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 1, (1001), 10.1038/s41598-020-57735-y)

Taylor, William Timothy Treal, Clark, Julia, Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, Tuvshinjargal, Tumurbaatar, Jobe, Jessica Thompson, Fitzhugh, William, Kortum, Richard, Spengler, Robert N., Shnaider, Svetlana, Seersholm, Frederik Valeur, Hart, Isaac, Case, Nicholas, Wilkin, Shevan, Hendy, Jessica, Thuering, Ulrike, Miller, Bryan, Miller, Alicia R. Ventresca, Picin, Andrea, Vanwezer, Nils, Irmer, Franziska, Brown, Samantha, Abdykanova, Aida, Shultz, Daniel R., Pham, Victoria, Bunce, Michael, Douka, Katerina, Jones, Emily Lena and Boivin, Nicole (2020). Author Correction: Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia (Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 1, (1001), 10.1038/s41598-020-57735-y). Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 4536. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-60516-2

Author Correction: Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia (Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 1, (1001), 10.1038/s41598-020-57735-y)

2020

Journal Article

Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia

Taylor, William Timothy Treal, Clark, Julia, Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, Tuvshinjargal, Tumurbaatar, Jobe, Jessica Thompson, Fitzhugh, William, Kortum, Richard, Spengler, Robert N., Shnaider, Svetlana, Seersholm, Frederik Valeur, Hart, Isaac, Case, Nicholas, Wilkin, Shevan, Hendy, Jessica, Thuering, Ulrike, Miller, Bryan, Miller, Alicia R. Ventresca, Picin, Andrea, Vanwezer, Nils, Irmer, Franziska, Brown, Samantha, Abdykanova, Aida, Shultz, Daniel R., Pham, Victoria, Bunce, Michael, Douka, Katerina, Jones, Emily Lena and Boivin, Nicole (2020). Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 1001, 1. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-57735-y

Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia

2020

Journal Article

Early evidence for mounted horseback riding in northwest China

Li, Yue, Zhang, Chengrui, Taylor, William Timothy Treal, Chen, Liang, Flad, Rowan K., Boivin, Nicole, Liu, Huan, You, Yue, Wang, Jianxin, Ren, Meng, Xi, Tongyuan, Han, Yifu, Wen, Rui and Ma, Jian (2020). Early evidence for mounted horseback riding in northwest China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (47), 29569-29576. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2004360117

Early evidence for mounted horseback riding in northwest China

2020

Journal Article

A Dynamic 6,000-Year Genetic History of Eurasia's Eastern Steppe

Jeong, Choongwon, Wang, Ke, Wilkin, Shevan, Taylor, William Timothy Treal, Miller, Bryan K., Bemmann, Jan H., Stahl, Raphaela, Chiovelli, Chelsea, Knolle, Florian, Ulziibayar, Sodnom, Khatanbaatar, Dorjpurev, Erdenebaatar, Diimaajav, Erdenebat, Ulambayar, Ochir, Ayudai, Ankhsanaa, Ganbold, Vanchigdash, Chuluunkhuu, Ochir, Battuga, Munkhbayar, Chuluunbat, Tumen, Dashzeveg, Kovalev, Alexey, Kradin, Nikolay, Bazarov, Bilikto A., Miyagashev, Denis A., Konovalov, Prokopiy B., Zhambaltarova, Elena, Miller, Alicia Ventresca, Haak, Wolfgang, Schiffels, Stephan, Krause, Johannes ... Warinner, Christina (2020). A Dynamic 6,000-Year Genetic History of Eurasia's Eastern Steppe. Cell, 183 (4), 890-904.e29. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.10.015

A Dynamic 6,000-Year Genetic History of Eurasia's Eastern Steppe

2020

Journal Article

The southern Central Asian mountains as an ancient agricultural mixing zone: new archaeobotanical data from Barikot in the Swat valley of Pakistan

Spengler, Robert N., Tang, Li, Nayak, Ayushi, Boivin, Nicole and Olivieri, Luca Maria (2020). The southern Central Asian mountains as an ancient agricultural mixing zone: new archaeobotanical data from Barikot in the Swat valley of Pakistan. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 30 (4), 463-476. doi: 10.1007/s00334-020-00798-8

The southern Central Asian mountains as an ancient agricultural mixing zone: new archaeobotanical data from Barikot in the Swat valley of Pakistan

2020

Journal Article

Bows and arrows and complex symbolic displays 48,000 years ago in the South Asian tropics

Langley, Michelle C., Amano, Noel, Wedage, Oshan, Deraniyagala, Siran, Pathmalal, M. M., Perera, Nimal, Boivin, Nicole, Petraglia, Michael D. and Roberts, Patrick (2020). Bows and arrows and complex symbolic displays 48,000 years ago in the South Asian tropics. Science Advances, 6 (24) EABA3831, eaba3831. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aba3831

Bows and arrows and complex symbolic displays 48,000 years ago in the South Asian tropics

2020

Journal Article

Ecosystem Engineering Among Ancient Pastoralists in Northern Central Asia

Miller, Alicia R. Ventresca, Spengler, Robert, Haruda, Ashleigh, Miller, Bryan, Wilkin, Shevan, Robinson, Sarah, Roberts, Patrick and Boivin, Nicole (2020). Ecosystem Engineering Among Ancient Pastoralists in Northern Central Asia. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8 168. doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.00168

Ecosystem Engineering Among Ancient Pastoralists in Northern Central Asia

2020

Journal Article

Ancient genomes reveal complex patterns of population movement, interaction, and replacement in sub-Saharan Africa

Wang, Ke, Goldstein, Steven, Bleasdale, Madeleine, Clist, Bernard, Clist, Bernard, Bostoen, Koen, Bakwa-Lufu, Paul, Buck, Laura T., Buck, Laura T., Crowther, Alison, Crowther, Alison, Dème, Alioune, McIntosh, Roderick J., Mercader, Julio, Mercader, Julio, Ogola, Christine, Power, Robert C., Power, Robert C., Sawchuk, Elizabeth, Sawchuk, Elizabeth, Robertshaw, Peter, Wilmsen, Edwin N., Wilmsen, Edwin N., Petraglia, Michael, Petraglia, Michael, Petraglia, Michael, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Manthi, Fredrick K., Krause, Johannes ... Schiffels, Stephan (2020). Ancient genomes reveal complex patterns of population movement, interaction, and replacement in sub-Saharan Africa. Science Advances, 6 (24) EAAZ0183, eaaz0183. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz0183

Ancient genomes reveal complex patterns of population movement, interaction, and replacement in sub-Saharan Africa