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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Higham
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Moreno-Mayar, V., Sousa de Mota, B., Higham, T., Klemm, SI., Gorman Edmunds, M., Stenderup, J., Iraeta-Orbegozo, M., Laborde, V., Heyer, E., Hochstetter, F., Friess, M., Allentoft, M., Scroeder, H., Olivier , D., & Malaspinas, A.-S. (2024). Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal resilience and pre-European contact with the Americas. Nature, 389. Article 633.


Gaffney, D., Tanudirjo, D., Djami, E. N. I., Mas’ud, Z., Macap, A. R., Russell, T., Dailom, M., Ray, Y., Higham, T., & Oertle, A. (2024). Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55 000–50 000 years ago. Antiquity, 98(400), 885-904. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.83



Lazaridis, I., Patterson, N., Anthony, D., Vyazov, L., Fournier, R., Ringbauer, H., Olalde, I., Khokhlov, A. A., Kitov, E. P., Shishlina, N. I., Ailincăi, S. C., Agapov, D. S., Agapov, S. A., Batieva, E., Bauyrzhan, B., Bereczki, Z., Buzhilova, A., Changmai, P., Chizhevsky, A. A., ... Reich, D. (2024). The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.17.589597


Davis, L. G., Madsen, D. B., Sisson, D. A., Becerra-Valdivia, L., Higham, T., Stueber, D., Bean, D. W., Nyers, A. J., Carroll, A., Ryder, C., Sponheimer, M., Izuho, M., Iizuka, F., Li, G., Epps, C. W., & Halford, F. K. (2022). Dating of a large tool assemblage at the Cooper's Ferry site (Idaho, USA) to ~15,785 cal yr B.P. extends the age of stemmed points in the Americas. Science Advances, 8(51), Article eade1248. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade1248

Charlton, S., Brace, S., Hajdinjak, M., Kearney, R., Booth, T., Reade, H., Tripp, J. A., Sayle, K. L., Grimm, S. B., Bello, S. M., Walker, E. A., Gilardet, A., East, P., Glocke, I., Larson, G., Higham, T., Stringer, C., Skoglund, P., Barnes, I., & Stevens, R. E. (2022). Dual ancestries and ecologies of the Late Glacial Palaeolithic in Britain. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(11), 1658-1668. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01883-z

Perez-Ramallo, P., Grandal-d'Anglade, A., Organista, E., Santos, E., Chivall, D., Rodriguez-Varela, R., Gotherstrom, A., Etxeberria, F., Ilgner, J., Fernandes, R., Arsuaga, J. L., Le Roux, P., Higham, T., Beaumont, J., Koon, H., & Roberts, P. (2022). Multi-isotopic study of the earliest mediaeval inhabitants of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 14(11), Article 214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01678-0

Frouin, M., Douka, K., Dave, A. K., Schwenninger, J.-L., Mercier, N., Murray, A. S., Santaniello, F., Boschian, G., Grimaldi, S., & Higham, T. (2022). A refined chronology for the Middle and early Upper Paleolithic sequence of Riparo Mochi (Liguria, Italy). Journal of Human Evolution, 169, Article 103211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103211

Best, J., Doherty, S., Armit, I., Boev, Z., Buster, L., Cunliffe, B., Foster, A., Frimet, B., Hamilton-Dyer, S., Higham, T., Lebrasseur, O., Miller, H., Peters, J., Seigle, M., Skelton, C., Symmons, R., Thomas, R., Trentacoste, A., Maltby, M., ... Sykes, N. (2022). Redefining the timing and circumstances of the chicken's introduction to Europe and north-west Africa. Antiquity, 96(388), 868-882. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.90

Oliveira, S., Naegele, K., Carlhoff, S., Pugach, I., Koesbardiati, T., Hübner, A., Meyer, M., Oktaviana, A. A., Takenaka, M., Katagiri, C., Murti, D. B., Putri, R. S., Mahirta, Petchey, F., Higham, T., Higham, C. F. W., O'Connor, S., Hawkins, S., Kinaston, R., ... Stoneking, M. (2022). Ancient genomes from the last three millennia support multiple human dispersals into Wallacea. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(7), 1024-1034. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01775-2


Hopkins, R. J. A., Hajdinjak, M., Sefcakova, A., Comeskey, D., Deviese, T., & Higham, T. F. G. (2022). SINGLE AMINO ACID RADIOCARBON DATING OF TWO NEANDERTHALS FOUND AT ŠAL’A (SLOVAKIA). Radiocarbon, 64(1), 87-100. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2021.113

Slimak, L., Zanolli, C., Higham, T., Frouin, M., Schwenninger, J.-L., Arnold, L. J., Demuro, M., Douka, K., Mercier, N., Guerin, G., Valladas, H., Yvorra, P., Giraud, Y., Seguin-Orlando, A., Orlando, L., Lewis, J. E., Muth, X., Camus, H., Vandevelde, S., ... Metz, L. (2022). Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France. Science Advances, 8(6). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj9496

Schulting, R. J., Mannermaa, K., Tarasov, P. E., Higham, T., Ramsey, C. B., Khartanovich, V., Moiseyev, V., Gerasimov, D., O'Shea, J., & Weber, A. (2022). Radiocarbon dating from Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov cemetery reveals complex human responses to socio-ecological stress during the 8.2 ka cooling event. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(2), 155-162. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01628-4

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Prehistory in a New Light

Katharina Rebay-Salisbury (Speaker) & Thomas Higham (Speaker)

11 Jan 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Department of Evolutionary Anthropology

Deputy Head

Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 4.057

T: +43-1-4277-54740

thomas.higham@univie.ac.at