Detailed information
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Higham
Winter term 2025
300445 PR Practical course in Radiocarbon Dating
Summer term 2025
300065 UE Scientific Writing
300076 VO Special Paleoanthropology - Origins and dispersal of Homo sapiens
Winter term 2024
300141 PR Practical course in Radiocarbon Dating
Brown, S., Wang, N., Oertle, A., Kozlikin, M. B., Shunkov, M., Derevianko, A. P., Comeskey, D., Jope-Street, B., Harvey, V. L., Chowdhury, M. P., Buckley, M., Higham, T., & Douka, A. (2021). Zooarchaeology through the lens of collagen fingerprinting at Denisova Cave. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 15457. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94731-2
Higham, T. F. G., & Douka, K. (2021). The reliability of late radiocarbon dates from the Paleolithic of southern China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(22), Article e2103798118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2103798118
Schulting, R. J., Snoeck, C., Pouncett, J., Brock, F., Ramsey, C. B., Higham, T., Devièse, T., Delancy, K., Pateman, M., Keegan, W., & Ostapkowicz, J. (2021). Six centuries of adaptation to a challenging island environment: AMS 14C dating and stable isotopic analysis of pre-Columbian human remains from the Bahamian archipelago reveal dietary trends. Quaternary Science Reviews, Article 106780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106780
Prüfer, K., Posth, C., Yu, H., Stoessel, A., Spyrou, M. A., Deviese, T., Mattonai, M., Ribechini, E., Higham, T., Velemínský, P., Brůžek, J., & Krause, J. (2021). A genome sequence from a modern human skull over 45,000 years old from Zlatý kůň in Czechia. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01443-x
Barber, I. G., & Higham, T. F. G. (2021). Archaeological science meetsMaori knowledge to model pre-Columbian sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) dispersal to Polynesia's southernmost habitable margins. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247643
Spindler, L., Comeskey, D., Chabai, V., Uthmeier, T., Buckley, M., Devièse, T., & Higham, T. (2021). Dating the last Middle Palaeolithic of the Crimean Peninsula: New hydroxyproline AMS dates from the site of Kabazi II. Journal of Human Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.102996
Devièse, T., Abrams, G., Hajdinjak, M., Pirson, S., De Groote, I., Di Modica, K., Toussaint, M., Fischer, V., Comeskey, D., Spindler, L., Meyer, M., Semal, P., & Higham, T. (2021). Direct radiocarbon dating and ancient genomic analysis reveal the true age of the Neanderthals at Spy Cave. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107116118
Heydari-Guran, S., Higham, T., Münzel, S. C., Deckers, K., Hourshid, S., Naderi, R., Asiabani, S., & Ghasidian, E. (2021). Early upper palaeolithic occupation at Gelimgoush cave, Kermanshah; West-Central Zagros mountains of Iran. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103050
Romandini, M., Oxilia, G., Bortolini, E., Peyrégne, S., Delpiano, D., Nava, A., Panetta, D., Di Domenico, G., Martini, P., Arrighi, S., Badino, F., Figus, C., Lugli, F., Marciani, G., Silvestrini, S., Menghi Sartorio, J. C., Terlato, G., Hublin, J.-J., Meyer, M., ... Benazzi, S. (2020). A late Neanderthal tooth from northeastern Italy. Journal of Human Evolution, 147, Article 102867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102867
Wang, C.-C., Reinhold, S., Kalmykov, A., Wissgott, A., Brandt, G., Jeong, C., Cheronet, O., Ferry, M., Harney, E., Keating, D., Mallick, S., Rohland, N., Stewardson, K., Kantorovich, A. R., Maslov, V. E., Petrenko, V. G., Erlikh, V. R., Atabiev, B. C., Magomedov, R. G., ... Haak, W. (2019). Ancient human genome-wide data from a 3000-year interval in the Caucasus corresponds with eco-geographic regions. Nature Communications, 10(1), Article 590. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08220-8
Wood, R., Bernaldo de Quirós, F., Maíllo-Fernández, J. M., Tejero, J. M., Neira, A., & Higham, T. (2018). El Castillo (Cantabria, northern Iberia) and the Transitional Aurignacian: Using radiocarbon dating to assess site taphonomy. Quaternary International, 474, 56-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.03.005
Olalde, I., Brace, S., Allentoft, M. E., Armit, I., Kristiansen, K., Booth, T., Rohland, N., Mallick, S., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Mittnik, A., Altena, E., Lipson, M., Lazaridis, I., Harper, T. K., Patterson, N., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Diekmann, Y., Faltyskova, Z., Fernandes, D., ... Reich, D. (2018). Erratum: The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe. Nature, 555(7697), 543. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature26164
Olalde, I., Brace, S., Allentoft, M. E., Armit, I., Kristiansen, K., Booth, T., Rohland, N., Mallick, S., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Mittnik, A., Altena, E., Lipson, M., Lazaridis, I., Harper, T. K., Patterson, N., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Diekmann, Y., Faltyskova, Z., Fernandes, D., ... Reich, D. (2018). The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe. Nature, 555(7695), 190–196. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25738
Mathieson, I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Posth, C., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Rohland, N., Mallick, S., Olalde, I., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Candilio, F., Cheronet, O., Fernandes, D., Ferry, M., Gamarra, B., Fortes, G. G., Haak, W., Harney, E., Jones, E., Keating, D., Krause-Kyora, B., ... Reich, D. (2018). The genomic history of southeastern Europe. Nature, 555(7695), 197–203. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25778
Sikora, M., Seguin-Orlando, A., Sousa, V. C., Albrechtsen, A., Korneliussen, T., Ko, A., Rasmussen, S., Dupanloup, I., Nigst, P. R., Bosch, M. D., Renaud, G., Allentoft, M. E., Margaryan, A., Vasilyev, S. V., Veselovskaya, E. V., Borutskaya, S. B., Deviese, T., Comeskey, D., Higham, T., ... Willerslev, E. (2017). Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers. Science, 358(6363), 659-662. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao1807
Pleurdeau, D., Moncel, M.-H., Pinhasi, R., Higham, T., Agapishvili, T., Bokeria, M., Muskhelishvili, A., Le Bourdonnec, F.-X., Nomade, S., Poupeau, G., Bocherens, H., Frouin, M., Genty, D., Pierre, M., Pons-Branchu, E., Lordkipanidze, D., & Tushabramishvili, N. (2016). Bondi Cave and the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic Transition in western Georgia (South Caucasus). Quaternary Science Reviews, 146, 77-98. Article 146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.06.003
Jones, E. R., Gonzalez-Fortes, G., Connell, S., Siska, V., Eriksson, A., Martiniano, R., McLaughlin, R. L., Gallego-Llorente, M., Cassidy, L. M., Gamba, C., Meshveliani, T., Bar-Yosef, O., Müller, W., Belfer-Cohen, A., Matskevich, Z., Jakeli, N., Higham, T. F. G., Currat, M., Lordkipanidze, D., ... Bradley, D. G. (2015). Upper Palaeolithic genomes reveal deep roots of modern Eurasians. Nature Communications, 6, 8912. Article 8912. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9912
Gallego-Llorente, M., Jones, E. R., Eriksson, A., Siska, V., Arthur, K. W., Curtis, M. C., Stock, J. T., Coltorti, M., Pieruccini, P., Stretton, S., Brock, F., Higham, T., Park, Y., Hofreitert, M., Bradley, D. G., Bhak, J., Pinhasi, R., & Manica, A. (2015). Ancient Ethiopian genome reveals extensive Eurasian admixture in Eastern Africa. Science, 350(6262), 820-822. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad2879
Moncel, M.-H., Pleurdeau, D., Pinhasi, R., Yeshurun, R., Agapishvili, T., Chevalier, T., Le Bourdonnec, F.-X., Poupeau, G., Nomade, S., Jennings, R., Higham, T., Tushubramishvili, N., & Lordkipanidze, D. (2015). The Middle Palaeolithic record of Georgia: a synthesis of the technological, economic and paleoanthropological aspects. Anthropologie: International Journal of Human Diversity and Evolution, 53(1-2), 93-125. http://puvodni.mzm.cz/Anthropologie/article.php?ID=1829
Manning, S. W., Hoeflmayer, F., Moeller, N., Dee, M. W., Ramsey, C. B., Fleitmann, D., Higham, T., Kutschera, W., & Wild, E. M. (2014). Dating the Thera (Santorini) eruption: archaeological and scientific evidence supporting a high chronology. Antiquity, 88(342), 1164-1179. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00115388
Prehistory in a New Light
Rebay-Salisbury, K. (Speaker) & Higham, T. (Speaker)
11 Jan 2024
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
Deputy Head
Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 4.057
T: +43-1-4277-54740
