Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Mesolithic

  1. Mesolithic ornamentation shows changing visual complexity over time
    Computational analysis of Mesolithic portable art reveals non-linear changes in visual complexity and information content, suggesting shifts in ornamental functions tied to environmental changes.
  2. Ancient dog genomes show wide Palaeolithic distribution in western Eurasia
    Genetic analysis of ancient dog remains reveals widespread distribution of homogeneous dog populations across Europe and Anatolia during the Late Upper Palaeolithic, suggesting dogs were exchanged.
  3. Early European dogs shared ancestry with later dogs worldwide
    Genome-wide analysis of 216 ancient canid remains reveals the genomic history of early European dogs, with the oldest dog genome dating back 14,200 years from Switzerland.
  4. Beyond human kinship
    Animistic ontology reframing of Mesolithic-Neolithic Baltic Sea imagery challenges Western interpretive frameworks through immanentist iconography and siberian ethnographic comparison.