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Analysis of 1,321 Eubacterium rectale genomes from metagenomes uncovers complex phylogeographic population structures and subspecies functional adaptations
(2020)Background: Eubacterium rectale is one of the most prevalent human gut bacteria, but its diversity and population genetics are not well understood because large-scale whole-genome investigations of this microbe have not ... -
Minimally-Invasive Bone Biopsies of Fully Wrapped Mummies Guided by Computed Tomography and Fibre-Optic Endoscopy: Suggested Methods and Guidelines
(2020)Recent advances in the recovery and analysis of ancient DNA (aDNA) and application of isotopic analysis of tissue obtained from mummified human remains has been accompanied by continued advances in non-invasive imaging ... -
Early medieval Italian Alps: reconstructing diet and mobility in the valleys
(2020)In Early Middle Ages (sixth–eleventh centuries AD), South Tyrol (Italian Alps) played a key role for geographical and military reasons. Historical sources document that allochthonous groups (germani) entered the territory, ... -
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(2020)Refers to: Francesco M. Galassi, Elena Varotto, Andreas G. Nerlich, Dong Hoon Shin, Raffaella Bianucci Re: Heindl et al.: The eyes of Oetzi: the Tyrolean iceman mummy (Ophthalmology. 2019;126:530) Ophthalmology, Volume ... -
Molecular Reconstruction of the Diet in Human Stool Samples
(2019)Understanding dietary effects on the gut microbial composition is one of the key questions in human microbiome research. It is highly important to have reliable dietary data on the stool samples to unambiguously link the ... -
Helicobacter pylori in ancient human remains
(2019)The bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infects the stomachs of approximately 50% of all humans. With its universal occurrence, high infectivity and virulence properties it is considered as one of the most severe ... -
A First Assessment of the Conservation of the Mummified Human Remains in the Museo Egizio in Turin in the Framework of the “Mummy Conservation Project”
(2019)The Museo Egizio in Turin holds a unique collection of 116 mummified or skeletal human bodies or body parts. This collection is currently under study by the “Mummy Conservation Project”, a collaborative venture of the ... -
The Eyes of Oetzi: The Tyrolean Iceman Mummy
(2019)The Tyrolean Iceman “Oetzi” is Europe’s oldest known human mummy. His body is well-preserved due to natural mummification in the glacier ice and allows a unique view on human beings during the Chalcolithic period (3400-3100 ... -
Perimortem sharp force trauma in an individual from the early medieval cemetery of Säben-Sabiona in South Tyrol, Italy
(2019)Objective To provide a detailed analysis and interpretation of cranial and postcranial lesions noted on an early medieval skeleton from the Italian Alps. Materials Individual (SK63) was buried within the early Christian ... -
The current situation of the Tyrolean Iceman
(2019)The Tyrolean Iceman, commonly known as Ötzi, is the world's oldest glacier mummy and one of the best investigated ancient human remains in the world. Since the discovery of the 5,300-year-old Copper Age individual in 1991, ... -
The Prevotella copri complex comprises four distinct clades that are underrepresented in Westernized populations
(2019)Prevotella copri is a common human gut microbe that has been both positively and negatively associated with host health. In a cross-continent meta-analysis exploiting >6,500 metagenomes, we obtained >1,000 genomes and ... -
Mitogenomic data indicate admixture components of Central-Inner Asian and Srubnaya origin in the conquering Hungarians
(2018)It has been widely accepted that the Finno-Ugric Hungarian language, originated from proto Uralic people, was brought into the Carpathian Basin by the conquering Hungarians. From the middle of the 19th century this view ... -
Human perception on symmetry, raw material and size of Palaeolithic handaxes
(2017)It has often been assumed that handaxes were crafted and used primarily by adult males (Hawkes et al. 1997; Kohn & Mithen 1999; Niekus et al. 2012). However, there is no clear scientific or ethnographic evidence to support ... -
Mitogenomic data indicate admixture components of Central-Inner Asian and Srubnaya origin in the conquering Hungarians
(2018)It has been widely accepted that the Finno-Ugric Hungarian language, originated from proto Uralic people, was brought into the Carpathian Basin by the conquering Hungarians. From the middle of the 19th century this view ... -
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Checklist and Scoring System for the Assessment of Soft Tissue Preservation in CT Examinations of Human Mummies: Application to the Tyrolean Iceman
(2017)Purpose Soft tissues make a skeleton into a mummy and they allow for a diagnosis beyond osteology. Following the approach of structured reporting in clinical radiology, a recently developed checklist was used to evaluate ... -
Mitochondrial, Y-chromosomal and autosomal variation in Mbenzele Pygmies from the Central African Republic
(2010)In this paper, we carry out a combined analysis of autosomal (ten microsatellites and an Alu insertion), mitochondrial (HVR-1 sequence, 360 nucleotides) and Y-chromosomal (seven microsatellites) variation in the Mbenzele ... -
The Sommersdorf mummies: An interdisciplinary investigation on human remains from a 17th-19th century aristocratic crypt in southern Germany
(2017)Sommersdorf Castle (Bavaria, Germany) is a medieval castle complex which has been inhabited by the aristocratic family von Crailsheim. The deceased were entombed in a crypt located in the parapets underneath the castle's ... -
Evaluating mtDNA patterns of genetic isolation using a re-sampling procedure: A case study on Italian populations
(2017)BACKGROUND: A number of studies which have investigated isolation patterns in human populations rely on the analysis of intra- and inter-population genetic statistics of mtDNA polymorphisms. However, this approach makes ... -
Genetic structure of the early Hungarian conquerors inferred from mtDNA haplotypes and Y-chromosome haplogroups in a small cemetery
(2017)We applied ancient DNA methods to shed light on the origin of ancient Hungarians and their relation to modern populations. Hungarians moved into the Carpathian Basin from the Eurasian Pontic steppes in the year 895 AD as ...
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