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The Initial Upper Paleolithic of the Altai: New radiocarbon determinations for the Kara-Bom site.

J Hum Evol

December 2023

Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Djerassiplatz 1, University of Vienna, Vienna 1030, Austria; Human Evolution and Archaeological Sciences (HEAS), University of Vienna 1030 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address:

Article Synopsis
  • The Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) marks a crucial phase in human evolution, characterized by advanced blade technology and symbolism, replacing Middle Paleolithic cultures.
  • The earliest evidence of IUP technology appears in western Eurasia around 50,000 years ago, with significant findings in the Balkans and Central Europe shortly after.
  • Recent studies indicate that the IUP has distinct phases, with the latest known between 43,000 and 35,000 years ago, showing a west-east spread through mountainous regions of Central Asia and South Siberia.
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Measuring and quantifying thermodynamic parameters that determine both the stability of and interactions between biological macromolecules are an essential and necessary complement to structural studies. Although basic thermodynamic parameters for an observed process can be readily obtained, the data interpretation is often slow and analysis quality can be extremely variable. We have started to develop a web application that will help users to perform thermodynamic characterizations of oligonucleotide unfolding.

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Premise: (Boraginaceae) is an important medicinal herb with its main distribution across the Mediterranean region. To reveal its genetic variation and population structure, microsatellite markers were developed and validated in four Greek populations.

Methods And Results: RNA-Seq data of the related species and were assembled and mined to identify conserved ortholog sets containing simple sequence repeat motifs.

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Premise Of The Study: Fungal diversity (richness) trends at large scales are in urgent need of investigation, especially through novel situations that combine long-term observational with environmental and remotely sensed open-source data.

Methods: We modeled fungal richness, with collections-based records of saprotrophic (decaying) and ectomycorrhizal (plant mutualistic) fungi, using an array of environmental variables across geographical gradients from northern to central Europe. Temporal differences in covariables granted insight into the impacts of the shorter- versus longer-term environment on fungal richness.

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