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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.

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.

Climate change and evolving human diversity in Europe during the Last Glacial (2004)
Journal Article
Gamble, C., Davies, S., Pettitt, P., & Richards, M. (2004). Climate change and evolving human diversity in Europe during the Last Glacial. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 359, 243-54. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2003.1396

A direct AMS radiocarbon date on the Barma Grande 6 Upper Palaolithic skeleton (2004)
Journal Article
Formicola, V., Pettitt, P., & del Luccese, A. (2004). A direct AMS radiocarbon date on the Barma Grande 6 Upper Palaolithic skeleton. Current Anthropology, 45, 114-8. https://doi.org/10.1086/381008

Palaeolithic radiocarbon chronology: quantifying our confidence beyond two half-lives (2003)
Journal Article
Pettitt, P., Davies, S., Gamble, C., & Richards, M. (2003). Palaeolithic radiocarbon chronology: quantifying our confidence beyond two half-lives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 30, 1685-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0305-4403%2803%2900070-0

Discovery of Palaeolithic cave art in Britain (2003)
Journal Article
Bahn, P., Pettitt, P., & Ripoll, S. (2003). Discovery of Palaeolithic cave art in Britain. Antiquity, 77, 227-31. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0009222x

Current problems in dating Palaeolithic cave art: Candamo and Chauvet (2003)
Journal Article
Pettitt, P., & Bahn, P. (2003). Current problems in dating Palaeolithic cave art: Candamo and Chauvet. Antiquity, 77, Article 134-41

The Gravettian burial known as the Prince (‘Il Principe’): new evidence for his age and diet (2003)
Journal Article
Pettitt, P., Richards, M., Maggi, R., & Formicola, V. (2003). The Gravettian burial known as the Prince (‘Il Principe’): new evidence for his age and diet. Antiquity, 77(295), 15-19. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00061305

The famous upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) burial with shell ornaments known as "Il Principe" was discovered in Italy sixty years ago. Here the authors present recent scientific research on his skeleton, leading to new assessments of the date of the... Read More about The Gravettian burial known as the Prince (‘Il Principe’): new evidence for his age and diet.