Ancient DNA challenges prevailing interpretations of the Pompeii plaster casts

Authors: Pilli, Elena, Vai, Stefania, Moses, Victoria C., Morelli, Stefania, Lari, Martina, Modi, Alessandra, Diroma, Maria Angela, Amoretti, Valeria, Zuchtriegel, Gabriel, Osanna, Massimo, Kennett, Douglas J., George, Richard J., Krigbaum, John, Rohland, Nadin, Mallick, Swapan, Caramelli, David, Reich, David, Mittnik, Alissa

Source: In Current Biology 18 November 2024 34(22):5307-5318

The diverse genetic origins of a Classical period Greek army

Authors: Reitsema, Laurie J., Mittnik, Alissa, Kyle, Britney, Catalano, Giulio, Fabbri, Pier Francesco, Kazmi, Adam C. S., Reinberger, Katherine L., Sineo, Luca, Vassallo, Stefano, Bernardos, Rebecca, Broomandkhoshbacht, Nasreen, Callan, Kim, Candilio, Francesca, Cheronet, Olivia, Curtis, Elizabeth, Fernandes, Daniel, Lari, Martina, Lawson, Ann Marie, Mah, Matthew, Mallick, Swapan, Mandl, Kirsten, Micco, Adam, Modi, Alessandra, Oppenheimer, Jonas, Özdogan, Kadir Toykan, Rohland, Nadin, Stewardson, Kristin, Vai, Stefania, Vergata, Chiara, Workman, J. Noah, Zalzala, Fatma, Zaro, Valentina, Achilli, Alessandro, Anagnostopoulos, Achilles, Capelli, Cristian, Constantinou, Varnavas, Lancioni, Hovirag, Olivieri, Anna, Papadopoulou, Anastasia, Psatha, Nikoleta, Semino, Ornella, Stamatoyannopoulos, John, Valliannou, Ioanna, Yannaki, Evangelia, Lazaridis, Iosif, Patterson, Nick, Ringbauer, Harald, Caramelli, David, Pinhasi, Ron, Reich, David

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022 Oct 01. 119(41), 1-11.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27208794

Combined metagenomic and archaeobotanical analyses on human dental calculus: A cross-section of lifestyle conditions in a Copper Age population of central Italy

Authors: Modi, Alessandra, Attolini, Davide, Zaro, Valentina, Pisaneschi, Lisa, Innocenti, Gabriel, Vai, Stefania, Caramelli, David, Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo, Quagliariello, Andrea, Mariotti Lippi, Marta, Lari, Martina

Source: In Quaternary International 20 April 2023 653-654:69-81

Evaluation of Diammonium hydrogen phosphate and Ca(OH)2 nanoparticles for consolidation of ancient bones

Authors: Salvatore, Annalisa, Vai, Stefania, Caporali, Stefano, Caramelli, David, Lari, Martina, Carretti, Emiliano

Source: In Journal of Cultural Heritage January-February 2020 41:1-12

Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage

Authors: Salem, Nada, van de Loosdrecht, Marieke S., Sümer, Arev Pelin, Vai, Stefania, Hübner, Alexander, Peter, Benjamin, Bianco, Raffaela A., Lari, Martina, Modi, Alessandra, Al-Faloos, Mohamed Faraj Mohamed, Turjman, Mustafa, Bouzouggar, Abdeljalil, Tafuri, Mary Anne, Manzi, Giorgio, Rotunno, Rocco, Prüfer, Kay, Ringbauer, Harald, Caramelli, David, di Lernia, Savino, Krause, Johannes

Source: Nature; 20250101, Issue: Preprints p1-7, 7p

Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors

Authors: Ringbauer, Harald, Salman-Minkov, Ayelet, Regev, Dalit, Olalde, Iñigo, Peled, Tomer, Sineo, Luca, Falsone, Gioacchino, van Dommelen, Peter, Mittnik, Alissa, Lazaridis, Iosif, Pettener, Davide, Bofill, Maria, Mezquida, Ana, Costa, Benjamí, Jiménez, Helena, Smith, Patricia, Vai, Stefania, Modi, Alessandra, Shaus, Arie, Callan, Kim, Curtis, Elizabeth, Kearns, Aisling, Lawson, Ann Marie, Mah, Matthew, Micco, Adam, Oppenheimer, Jonas, Qiu, Lijun, Stewardson, Kristin, Workman, J. Noah, Márquez-Grant, Nicholas, Sáez Romero, Antonio M., Lavado Florido, María Luisa, Jiménez-Arenas, Juan Manuel, Toro Moyano, Isidro Jorge, Viguera, Enrique, Padilla, José Suárez, Chamizo, Sonia López, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Lizano, Esther, Riaza, Alicia Rodero, Olivieri, Francesca, Toti, Pamela, Giuliana, Valentina, Barash, Alon, Carmel, Liran, Boaretto, Elisabetta, Faerman, Marina, Lucci, Michaela, La Pastina, Francesco, Nava, Alessia, Genchi, Francesco, Del Vais, Carla, Lauria, Gabriele, Meli, Francesca, Sconzo, Paola, Catalano, Giulio, Cilli, Elisabetta, Fariselli, Anna Chiara, Fontani, Francesco, Luiselli, Donata, Culleton, Brendan J., Mallick, Swapan, Rohland, Nadin, Nigro, Lorenzo, Coppa, Alfredo, Caramelli, David, Pinhasi, Ron, Lalueza-Fox, Carles, Gronau, Ilan, Reich, David

Source: Nature; 20250101, Issue: Preprints p1-9, 9p

Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Palaeolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy.

Authors: Higgins, Owen Alexander, Modi, Alessandra, Cannariato, Costanza, Diroma, Maria Angela, Lugli, Federico, Ricci, Stefano, Zaro, Valentina, Vai, Stefania, Vazzana, Antonino, Romandini, Matteo, Yu, He, Boschin, Francesco, Magnone, Luigi, Rossini, Matteo, Di Domenico, Giovanni, Baruffaldi, Fabio, Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Dellù, Elena, Moroni, Adriana

Source: Nature Communications; 9/23/2024, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-16, 16p

Subject Terms: LAST Glacial Maximum, ANALYTICAL geochemistry, RADIOCARBON dating, ANTHROPOMETRY, MOTHERS

The role of emerging elites in the formation and development of communities after the fall of the Roman Empire.

Authors: Yijie Tian¹, Koncz, István², Defant, Sarah^3,4,5, Giostra, Caterina⁶, Vyas, Deven N.¹, Sołtysiak, Arkadiusz⁷, Baricco, Luisella Pejrani⁸, Fetner, Rafał⁷, Posth, Cosimo⁹, Brandt, Guido¹⁰, Bedini, Elena⁶, Modi, Alessandra¹¹, Lari, Martina¹¹, Vai, Stefania¹¹, Francalacci, Paolo¹², Fernandes, Ricardo^4,7,13,14, Steinhof, Axel¹⁵, Pohl, Walter¹⁶, Caramelli, David¹¹, Krause, Johannes¹⁰

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 9/3/2024, Vol. 121 Issue 36, p1-12, 74p

Genome diversity in the Neolithic Globular Amphorae culture and the spread of Indo-European languages

Authors: Tassi, Francesca, Vai, Stefania, Ghirotto, Silvia, Lari, Martina, Modi, Alessandra, Pilli, Elena, Brunelli, Andrea, Susca, Roberta Rosa, Budnik, Alicja, Labuda, Damian, Alberti, Federica, Lalueza-Fox, Carles, Reich, David, Caramelli, David, Barbujani, Guido

Source: Proceedings: Biological Sciences, 2017 Nov . 284(1867), 1-9.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/44684035

The Neanderthal in the karst: First dating, morphometric, and paleogenetic data on the fossil skeleton from Altamura (Italy)

Authors: Lari, Martina, Di Vincenzo, Fabio, Borsato, Andrea, Ghirotto, Silvia, Micheli, Mario, Balsamo, Carlotta, Collina, Carmine, De Bellis, Gianluca, Frisia, Silvia, Giacobini, Giacomo, Gigli, Elena, Hellstrom, John C., Lannino, Antonella, Modi, Alessandra, Pietrelli, Alessandro, Pilli, Elena, Profico, Antonio, Ramirez, Oscar, Rizzi, Ermanno, Vai, Stefania, Venturo, Donata, Piperno, Marcello, Lalueza-Fox, Carles, Barbujani, Guido, Caramelli, David, Manzi, Giorgio

Source: In Journal of Human Evolution May 2015 82:88-94

More data on ancient human mitogenome variability in Italy: new mitochondrial genome sequences from three Upper Palaeolithic burials.

Authors: Modi, Alessandra¹ (AUTHOR), Vai, Stefania¹ (AUTHOR), Posth, Cosimo² (AUTHOR), Vergata, Chiara¹ (AUTHOR), Zaro, Valentina¹ (AUTHOR), Diroma, Maria Angela¹ (AUTHOR), Boschin, Francesco³ (AUTHOR), Capecchi, Giulia³ (AUTHOR), Ricci, Stefano³ (AUTHOR), Ronchitelli, Annamaria³ (AUTHOR), Catalano, Giulio⁴ (AUTHOR), Lauria, Gabriele^4,5 (AUTHOR), D'Amore, Giuseppe⁶ (AUTHOR), Sineo, Luca⁴ (AUTHOR), Caramelli, David¹ (AUTHOR), Lari, Martina¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Annals of Human Biology. May2021, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p213-222. 10p.

Subject Terms: *PLEISTOCENE-Holocene boundary, *PALEOLITHIC Period, *HAPLOTYPES, *MITOCHONDRIA, *ANTHROPOMETRY, *GENOMES

Geographic Terms: ITALY, SICILY (Italy)

Analisi di resti scheletrici umani da siti risalenti al tardo Neolitico e all'età del Rame della provincia di Bergamo. (Italian)

Authors: BONFANTI, LAURA, VETRO, DOMENICO LO, KELLER, RAFFAELLA POGGIANI, VANNI, MARGHERITA, VAI, STEFANIA, CARAMELLI, DAVID, CECCHI, JACOPO MOGGI

Source: Archivio per l'Antropologia e la Etnologia; 2024, Vol. 154, p19-34, 16p

Subject Terms: CAVES, FUNERALS, COPPER Age, NEOLITHIC Period, INCISORS

Geographic Terms: NORTHERN Italy

Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers.

Authors: Posth, Cosimo, Yu, He, Ghalichi, Ayshin, Rougier, Hélène, Crevecoeur, Isabelle, Huang, Yilei, Ringbauer, Harald, Rohrlach, Adam B., Nägele, Kathrin, Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa, Radzeviciute, Rita, Ferraz, Tiago, Stoessel, Alexander, Tukhbatova, Rezeda, Drucker, Dorothée G., Lari, Martina, Modi, Alessandra, Vai, Stefania, Saupe, Tina, Scheib, Christiana L.

Source: Nature; Mar2023, Vol. 615 Issue 7950, p117-126, 10p

Genetic structure and differentiation from early bronze age in the mediterranean island of sicily: Insights from ancient mitochondrial genomes.

Authors: Modi, Alessandra, Vizzari, Maria Teresa, Catalano, Giulio, Agostini, Rajiv Boscolo, Vai, Stefania, Lari, Martina, Vergata, Chiara, Zaro, Valentina, Liccioli, Lucia, Fedi, Mariaelena, Barone, Serena, Nigro, Lorenzo, Lancioni, Hovirag, Achilli, Alessandro, Sineo, Luca, Caramelli, David, Ghirotto, Silvia

Source: Frontiers in Genetics; 9/9/2022, Vol. 13, p1-15, 15p

Subject Terms: BRONZE Age, MITOCHONDRIA, IRON Age, ISLANDS, GENETIC variation, GENOMES

Geographic Terms: SICILY (Italy), SPAIN

Performance of innovative nanomaterials for bone remains consolidation and effect on ¹⁴C dating and on palaeogenetic analysis.

Authors: Porpora, Francesca, Zaro, Valentina, Liccioli, Lucia, Modi, Alessandra, Meoli, Arianna, Marradi, Giulia, Barone, Serena, Vai, Stefania, Dei, Luigi, Caramelli, David, Fedi, Mariaelena, Lari, Martina, Carretti, Emiliano

Source: Scientific Reports; 4/28/2022, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p1-12, 12p

Subject Terms: FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy, RADIOCARBON dating, BONE density, NANOSTRUCTURED materials, SCANNING electron microscopy

Author Correction: Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Palaeolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy.

Authors: Higgins, Owen Alexander, Modi, Alessandra, Cannariato, Costanza, Diroma, Maria Angela, Lugli, Federico, Ricci, Stefano, Zaro, Valentina, Vai, Stefania, Vazzana, Antonino, Romandini, Matteo, Yu, He, Boschin, Francesco, Magnone, Luigi, Rossini, Matteo, Di Domenico, Giovanni, Baruffaldi, Fabio, Oxilia, Gregorio, Bortolini, Eugenio, Dellù, Elena, Moroni, Adriana

Source: Nature Communications; 11/19/2024, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-1, 1p

Subject Terms: HUMAN evolution, INTERNET publishing, PALEOLITHIC Period, INFANTS, GENEALOGY

Genealogical Relationships between Early Medieval and Modern Inhabitants of Piedmont.

Authors: Vai, Stefania¹, Ghirotto, Silvia², Pilli, Elena¹, Tassi, Francesca², Lari, Martina¹, Rizzi, Ermanno³, Matas-Lalueza, Laura⁴, Ramirez, Oscar⁴, Lalueza-Fox, Carles⁴, Achilli, Alessandro⁵, Olivieri, Anna⁶, Torroni, Antonio⁶, Lancioni, Hovirag⁵, Giostra, Caterina⁷, Bedini, Elena⁸, Baricco, Luisella Pejrani⁹, Matullo, Giuseppe¹⁰, Di Gaetano, Cornelia¹⁰, Piazza, Alberto¹⁰, Veeramah, Krishna¹¹

Source: PLoS ONE. Jan2015, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p1-19. 19p.

Subject Terms: *GENEALOGY, *EMIGRATION & immigration, *PRESERVATION of historic records, *DEMOGRAPHIC surveys, *PILOT projects, GERMANIC Invasions of Rome, 3rd-6th centuries

Successful extraction of insect DNA from recent copal inclusions: limits and perspectives.

Authors: Modi, Alessandra, Vergata, Chiara, Zilli, Cristina, Vischioni, Chiara, Vai, Stefania, Tagliazucchi, Guidantonio Malagoli, Lari, Martina, Caramelli, David, Taccioli, Cristian

Source: Scientific Reports; 3/25/2021, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p1-8, 8p

Subject Terms: INSECT DNA, NUCLEIC acid isolation methods, COPAL, BIOMOLECULES, SAMPLING methods

New Insights Into Mitochondrial DNA Reconstruction and Variant Detection in Ancient Samples.

Authors: Diroma, Maria Angela, Modi, Alessandra, Lari, Martina, Sineo, Luca, Caramelli, David, Vai, Stefania

Source: Frontiers in Genetics; 2/18/2021, Vol. 11, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 14p

Subject Terms: MITOCHONDRIAL DNA, FOSSIL DNA, SOFTWARE sequencers, DNA analysis, DNA damage, IRON Age

Ancient genomes reveal early Andean farmers selected common beans while preserving diversity.

Authors: Trucchi, Emiliano, Benazzo, Andrea, Lari, Martina, Iob, Alice, Vai, Stefania, Nanni, Laura, Bellucci, Elisa, Bitocchi, Elena, Raffini, Francesca, Xu, Chunming, Jackson, Scott A., Lema, Verónica, Babot, Pilar, Oliszewski, Nurit, Gil, Adolfo, Neme, Gustavo, Michieli, Catalina Teresa, De Lorenzi, Monica, Calcagnile, Lucio, Caramelli, David

Source: Nature Plants; Feb2021, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p123-128, 6p