Paleoproteomics, the study of ancient proteins, is a rapidly growing field at the intersection of
molecular biology, paleontology, archaeology, paleoecology, and history. Paleoproteomics …

The analysis of ancient proteins from paleontological, archeological, and historic materials is
revealing insights into past subsistence practices, patterns of health and disease, evolution …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

Palaeoproteomics is an emerging neologism used to describe the application of mass
spectrometry-based approaches to the study of ancient proteomes. As with palaeogenomics …

The analysis of lipids (fats, oils and waxes) absorbed within archaeological pottery has
revolutionized the study of past diets and culinary practices. However, this technique can …

Consuming the milk of other species is a unique adaptation of Homo sapiens, with
implications for health, birth spacing and evolution. Key questions nonetheless remain …

Archaeological dental calculus has emerged as a rich source of ancient biomolecules,
including proteins. Previous analyses of proteins extracted from ancient dental calculus …

There has long been debate over the origins of dairy consumption within European
populations. Whilst it was previously assumed that lactase persistence (LP) was under …

The composition of ancient oral microbiomes has recently become accessible owing to
advanced biomolecular methods such as metagenomics and metaproteomics, but the utility …

Background Dental calculus (mineralised dental plaque) preserves many types of
microfossils and biomolecules, including microbial and host DNA, and ancient calculus are …