Biological-Osteo-Archaeology

Latest research

1. New fossils reveal the hand of Paranthropus boisei

   • Carrie S. Mongle
   • Caley M. Orr
   • Louise N. Leakey

   in Nature

   Article Open access 15 October 2025

   

2. First known fossil hand of the hominin Paranthropus boisei

   • Tracy L. Kivell
   • Samar M. Syeda

   in Nature

   Article 15 October 2025

   

3. Ardipithecus ramidus ankle provides evidence for African ape-like vertical climbing in the earliest hominins

   • Thomas C. Prang
   • Matthew W. Tocheri
   • Caley M. Orr

   in Communications Biology

   Article Open access 15 October 2025

   

4. Daily briefing: Could microbe-friendly buildings help us be healthier?

   • Flora Graham

   in Nature

   Article 14 October 2025

   

5. Association between blood-derived biological aging and bone mineral density among US adults

   • Longyun Wu
   • Jing Wang
   • Xuefeng Yue

   in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

   Article Open access 13 October 2025

   

6. The First Find of Yellow-Necked Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis, Muridae, Rodentia) on the Western Slope of the Middle Urals (Starik Rock Shelter, Late Holocene)

   • E. P. Izvarin
   • A. I. Ulitko
   • N. G. Smirnov

   in Doklady Biological Sciences

   Article 13 October 2025

   

7. How Excavation Activity is both a Blessing and a Curse for the Palaeontological Heritage: The Case Study of the Fossils from the “Lastame” in the Verona Province (Northern Italy)

   • Pietro Calzoni
   • Manuel Amadori
   • Luca Giusberti

   in Geoheritage

   Article Open access 13 October 2025

   

8. The Pietra Ollare of the medieval archaeological site of Monte Giove (Fano, Marche Region, Central Italy) unveils further constraints for the Alpine Valchiavenna soapstone trade

   • Patrizia Santi
   • Alberto Renzulli
   • Erika Valli

   in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

   Article Open access 11 October 2025

   

9. Mark Norell obituary: palaeontologist who showed that dinosaurs still walk among us — as birds

   • Michael J. Novacek

   in Nature

   Article 09 October 2025

   

10. Response to “Unhealthy lifestyles accelerated aging and consequential musculoskeletal morbidity: a critical appraisal”

    • Hao-long Zhou
    • Jiao-jun Liang
    • Qi Wang

    in Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

    Article 07 October 2025

11. Correlation of Subsidence with Proximal Femoral Anatomy in Hydroxyapatite-Coated vs Non-hydroxyapatite-coated Collarless Femoral Stems: Radiological Results at a Mean Follow-Up of 4.5 Years

    • Prasham Shah
    • Rajeev Joshi
    • Sahil Sanghavi

    in Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

    Article 07 October 2025

    

12. Exploring osteomicrobiology: A narrative review of the gut-bone axis in osteoporosis

    • Hugo S. Pereira
    • Muaz Rashid
    • Joseph S. Butler

    in Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)

    Article 06 October 2025

    

13. A library of avian proteins improves palaeoproteomic taxonomic identification and reveals widespread intraspecies variability

    • Maria C. Codlin
    • Lisa Yeomans
    • Beatrice Demarchi

    in Nature Communications

    Article Open access 03 October 2025

    

14. Metric analysis of the postcranial skeleton: a comprehensive approach for biological sex estimation in an Italian population

    • Paolo Morandini
    • Lucie Biehler-Gomez
    • Cristina Cattaneo

    in International Journal of Legal Medicine

    Article Open access 03 October 2025

    

15. See space fireworks and lightning spaghetti — September’s best science images

    • Fred Schwaller
    • Katie Kavanagh

    in Nature

    Article 30 September 2025

    

16. The impact of nano zinc on broiler productivity, tibia bone characteristics, and gut microbiota

    • Ahmed Samy
    • Mamdouh O. Abd-Elsamee
    • Hany M. R. Elsherif

    in Scientific Reports

    Article Open access 30 September 2025

    

17. Sardina pilchardus scales: a potential alternative source for the development of marine apatitic calcium phosphates for biomedical applications

    • Soumia Belouafa
    • Anas Driouich
    • Mohammed Berrada

    in Discover Materials

    Article Open access 30 September 2025

    

18. Influence of calcination temperature on equine bone hydroxyapatite structure and lead adsorption efficiency

    • Douae Touareb
    • Souhayla Latifi
    • Sanaa Saoiabi

    in Scientific Reports

    Article Open access 30 September 2025

    

19. Shear strength measurement of a calcite bond between bio-cemented sand grains

    • Marilyn Sarkis
    • Antoine Naillon
    • Christian Geindreau

    in Granular Matter

    Article 29 September 2025

    

20. Reconstructing the body temperature of extinct marine reptiles

    • Takashi Sambuichi
    • Urumu Tsunogai
    • Fumiko Nakagawa

    in Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

    Article Open access 29 September 2025

    

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