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Uluburun shipwreck stowaway house mouse: molar shape analysis and indirect clues about the vessel's last journey (2008)
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Cucchi, T. (2008). Uluburun shipwreck stowaway house mouse: molar shape analysis and indirect clues about the vessel's last journey. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35(11), 2953-2959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2008.06.016

Human translocation by stowaway transport is the widely accepted vector of the current worldwide distribution of commensal rodents but its historical process has never been directly evidenced. The anecdotal find of the small murine (mice and rats) ma... Read More about Uluburun shipwreck stowaway house mouse: molar shape analysis and indirect clues about the vessel's last journey.

The Pigs of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific: New Evidence for Taxonomic Status and Human-Mediated Dispersal (2008)
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Dobney, K., Cucchi, T., & Larson, G. (2008). The Pigs of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific: New Evidence for Taxonomic Status and Human-Mediated Dispersal. Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, 47(1), 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1353/asi.2008.0009

This paper undertakes a major survey of the genus Sus from Island Southeast Asia and specifically attempts to re-examine the taxonomic status of the pigs of Wallacea, in order to re-evaluate the complex evidence for human mediated dispersal. This was... Read More about The Pigs of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific: New Evidence for Taxonomic Status and Human-Mediated Dispersal.

Geometrics morphometrics and fragmented archaeological skeleton remains: Examples, limits and perspectives (2007)
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Vigne, J., Bignon, O., Callou, C., Cucchi, T., Mashkour, M., Auffray, J., & Baylac, M. (2007). Geometrics morphometrics and fragmented archaeological skeleton remains: Examples, limits and perspectives. Journal of Morphology, 268(12), 1145-1145. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10589

Though the use of geometrics morphometrics analysis is wide spread since at least 15 years in the scope of biological and anthropological sciences, the overwhelming majority of archaeologists still investigate the morphology of animal remains by the... Read More about Geometrics morphometrics and fragmented archaeological skeleton remains: Examples, limits and perspectives.

Evolution of an invasive rodent on an archipelago as revealed by molar shape analysis: the house mouse in the Canary Islands (2007)
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Michaux, J., Cucchi, T., Renaud, S., Garcia-Talavera, F., & Hutterer, R. (2007). Evolution of an invasive rodent on an archipelago as revealed by molar shape analysis: the house mouse in the Canary Islands. Journal of Biogeography, 34(8), 1412-1425. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01701.x

Aim The aim of this paper is to identify the patterns in the morphological differentiation in the Canary Islands mice, based on fossil and modern samples. In order to achieve this identification, the mouse species present on the archipelago must firs... Read More about Evolution of an invasive rodent on an archipelago as revealed by molar shape analysis: the house mouse in the Canary Islands.

Premières navigations au Proche-Orient: les informations indirectes de Chypre (2007)
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Vigne, J., & Cucchi, T. (2007). Premières navigations au Proche-Orient: les informations indirectes de Chypre. Paléorient (En ligne), 31(1), 195-204

L'implantation des premiers établissements humains sur l'île de Chypre, et surtout l'introduction concomitante de cinq espèces d'ongulés et de trois carnivores avant la fin du IXe millénaire sont analysées à la lumière des connaissances de la paléont... Read More about Premières navigations au Proche-Orient: les informations indirectes de Chypre.

Phylogeny and Ancient DNA of Sus Provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania (2007)
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Larson, G., Cucchi, T., Fujita, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., Robins, J., Anderson, A., …Dobney, K. (2007). Phylogeny and Ancient DNA of Sus Provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(12), 4834-4839. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0607753104

Human settlement of Oceania marked the culmination of a global colonization process that began when humans first left Africa at least 90,000 years ago. The precise origins and dispersal routes of the Austronesian peoples and the associated Lapita cul... Read More about Phylogeny and Ancient DNA of Sus Provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Origin and diffusion of the house mouse in the Mediterranean (2007)
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Cucchi, T., & Vigne, J. (2007). Origin and diffusion of the house mouse in the Mediterranean. Human Evolution, 21(2), 95-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11598-006-9011-z

The house mouse (Mus musculus), after humans, is the most widespread mammal on earth and one of the worst invasive species for both biological diversity and human health. This ubiquity is the consequence of its strong ecological relationship with hum... Read More about Origin and diffusion of the house mouse in the Mediterranean.

Découverte d'une nouvelle espèce de souris sur l'île de Chypre (2007)
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Bonhomme, F., Orth, A., Cucchi, T., Hadjisterkotis, E., J.-d., V., & J.-c., A. (2007). Découverte d'une nouvelle espèce de souris sur l'île de Chypre. Comptes rendus. Biologies, 327(5), 501-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2004.03.001

Une analyse de divergence mitochondriale et nucléaire nous a permis de préciser la position taxinomique des deux espèces de souris qui coexistent à Chypre. L'une est la souris domestique M. m. domesticus, l'autre s'est avérée être un nouveau taxon à... Read More about Découverte d'une nouvelle espèce de souris sur l'île de Chypre.

A New Endemic Species of Subgenus Mus (Rodentia, Mammalia) on the Island of Cyprus (2006)
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Cucchi, T., Orth, A., Auffray, J., Renaud, S., Fabre, L., Catalan, J., …Vigne, J. (2006). A New Endemic Species of Subgenus Mus (Rodentia, Mammalia) on the Island of Cyprus. Zootaxa, 1241, 1-36

The house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) and the short-tailed mouse of the eastern Mediterranean area (M. macedonicus) were thought to live sympatrically on Cyprus Island. Recently, a phylogenetic survey has shown that the non-commensal mouse of Cyp... Read More about A New Endemic Species of Subgenus Mus (Rodentia, Mammalia) on the Island of Cyprus.