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Isotope evidence for the intensive use of marine foods by Late Upper Palaeolithic humans (2005)
Journal Article
Richards, M., Jacobi, R., Cook, J., Pettitt, P., & Stringer, C. (2005). Isotope evidence for the intensive use of marine foods by Late Upper Palaeolithic humans. Journal of Human Evolution, 49(3), 390-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.05.002

We report here on direct evidence for the intensive consumption of marine foods by anatomically modern humans at approximately 12,000 years ago. We undertook isotopic analysis of bone collagen from three humans, dating to the late Palaeolithic, from... Read More about Isotope evidence for the intensive use of marine foods by Late Upper Palaeolithic humans.

A Mid-Upper Palaeolithic human humerus from Eel Point, South Wales, UK (2005)
Journal Article
Schulting, R., Trinkaus, E., Higham, T., Hedges, R., Richards, M., & Cardy, B. (2005). A Mid-Upper Palaeolithic human humerus from Eel Point, South Wales, UK. Journal of Human Evolution, 48(5), 493-505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.02.001

We report here on a human humerus directly dated to 24,470 ± 110 BP, placing it within the Gravettian, or Mid-Upper Palaeolithic. The partial humerus is an isolated find and can be attributed (with some caution) to the Pleistocene ‘bone cave’ of Eel... Read More about A Mid-Upper Palaeolithic human humerus from Eel Point, South Wales, UK.

Isotopic palaeodiet studies of Ancient Egyptian fauna and humans (2005)
Journal Article
Thompson, A., Richards, M., Shortland, A., & Zakrzewski, S. (2005). Isotopic palaeodiet studies of Ancient Egyptian fauna and humans. Journal of Archaeological Science, 32(3), 451-463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2004.11.004

We report here stable carbon and nitrogen isotope results from human and faunal bone collagen from samples taken from sites in the Egyptian Nile Valley and surrounding region, dating from the Predynastic (c. 5500 BC) through to the Dynastic (c. 343 B... Read More about Isotopic palaeodiet studies of Ancient Egyptian fauna and humans.

Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates (2005)
Journal Article
Nielsen-Marsh, C., Richards, M., Hauschka, P., Thomas-Oates, J., Trinkaus, E., Pettitt, P., …Collins, M. (2005). Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(12), 4409-4413. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0500450102

We report here protein sequences of fossil hominids, from two Neanderthals dating to ≈75,000 years old from Shanidar Cave in Iraq. These sequences, the oldest reported fossil primate protein sequences, are of bone osteocalcin, which was extracted and... Read More about Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates.

Fast or feast: reconstructing diet in later medieval England by stable isotope analysis (2005)
Journal Article
Müldner, G., & Richards, M. (2005). Fast or feast: reconstructing diet in later medieval England by stable isotope analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science, 32(1), 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2004.05.007

In this pilot-study, which was designed to assess the range of isotopic variation in English medieval populations, we present the results of stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen of human and animal bone collagen from three later medieval si... Read More about Fast or feast: reconstructing diet in later medieval England by stable isotope analysis.

Spatial relationships, dating and taphonomy of the human bone from the Mesolithic site of Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, Argyll, Scotland (2005)
Journal Article
Mieklejohn, C., Merrett, D., Nolan, R., Richards, M., & Mellars, P. (2005). Spatial relationships, dating and taphonomy of the human bone from the Mesolithic site of Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, Argyll, Scotland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 71, 85-105

This paper examines the spatial distribution of the human bone sample excavated from the Mesolithic shell midden site of Cnoc Coig on Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Although no burials were recovered the information from the apparently isol... Read More about Spatial relationships, dating and taphonomy of the human bone from the Mesolithic site of Cnoc Coig, Oronsay, Argyll, Scotland.