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Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Xiaowei Mao
Beijing Jiaotong University
2
Dorothea Mylopotamitaki
University of Copenhagen
3
Balázs Gyuris
Eötvös Loránd University
4
Divyaratan Popli
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
5
Emmanuelle Casanova
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
6
Luka Papac
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
7
Erkin Alaçamlı
Uppsala University
8
Lucia Snyderman
Middlebury College
9
Mustafa Doğan
Süleyman Demirel University
10
David Max Findley
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

Papers

1
Publication in Nature (2024) [71 citations, W4391383719]
Nature|2024
71 cit.
2
Dispersal, Adoption, Rejection: The Columbian Exchange and the West Pacific
International Journal of Historical Archaeology|2024
41 cit.
3
Radiocarbon dating of lipids preserved in pottery vessels: guidelines for best-practice in compound-specific <sup>14</sup> C analyses
Radiocarbon|2024
3 cit.
4
Unravelling the function of funerary pottery vessels of the 2nd-1st millennia BC in the Dailaman Province (Iran) through typology, petrography, and organic residue analyses
PLoS ONE|2024
1 cit.
5
Colonial policy, ecological transformations, and agricultural “improvement”: comparing agricultural yields and expansion in the Spanish and U.S. Philippines, 1870–1925 CE
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications|2024
0 cit.
6
Publication in International Journal of Historical Archaeology (2024) [W4401709243]
International Journal of Historical Archaeology|2024
0 cit.
7
Unveiling the function of long-spouted ceramics at Sialk, Iran: Insights from organic residue analysis
Archaeological Research in Asia|2024
0 cit.
8
Publication in Nature Human Behaviour (2026) [W7128432073]
Nature Human Behaviour|2026
0 cit.
9
Publication in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) (2025) [W7131333291]
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Sharen Lee
University of Oxford
2
Hannes Svardal
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
3
Lasse Vinner
University of Copenhagen
4
Fernando Racimo
Integra (United States)
5
Qiaomei Fu
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
6
Michael Buckley
University of Manchester
7
Anna Szécsényi‐Nagy
ELTE Research Centre for the Humanities
8
Daniel Wegmann
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
9
Anders Götherström
Stockholm University
10
Rui Martiniano
Liverpool John Moores University

Papers

1
Bronze and Iron Age population movements underlie Xinjiang population history
Science|2022
107 cit.
2
Human genetic history on the Tibetan Plateau in the past 5100 years
Science Advances|2023
96 cit.
3
Placing Ancient DNA Sequences into Reference Phylogenies
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2022
77 cit.
4
Evolving ancient DNA techniques and the future of human history
Cell|2022
53 cit.
5
Comparison of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor and Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor on the Risks of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation, Stroke and Mortality in Diabetic Patients: A Propensity Score-Matched Study in Hong Kong
Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy|2022
51 cit.
6
Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the &gt;146,000-year-old Harbin cranium
Cell|2025
40 cit.
7
The biospheric emergency calls for scientists to change tactics
eLife|2022
37 cit.
8
Bronze Age cheese reveals human-Lactobacillus interactions over evolutionary history
Cell|2024
31 cit.
9
Prehistoric genomes from Yunnan reveal ancestry related to Tibetans and Austroasiatic speakers
Science|2025
29 cit.
10
The spatial distribution and temporal trends of livestock damages caused by wolves in Europe
Biological Conservation|2023
26 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
David Reich
Broad Institute
2
Paula Reimer
Queen's University Belfast
3
Sahra Talamo
University of Bologna
4
Richard P. Evershed
University of Bristol
5
Svante Pääbo
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
6
Michael P. Richards
Simon Fraser University
7
Brian Fry
Griffith University
8
Eudald Carbonell
Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social
9
Fahu Chen
State Administration of Cultural Heritage
10
Eske Willerslev
University of Copenhagen

Papers

1
Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies
Nature Genetics|2006
10.7k cit.
2
Extended <sup>14</sup>C Data Base and Revised CALIB 3.0 <sup>14</sup>C Age Calibration Program
Radiocarbon|1993
7.8k cit.
3
The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55 cal kBP)
Radiocarbon|2020
7.6k cit.
4
Population Structure and Eigenanalysis
PLoS Genetics|2006
5.7k cit.
5
STABLE ISOTOPES IN ECOSYSTEM STUDIES
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics|1987
5.4k cit.
6
A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome
Science|2010
4.6k cit.
7
IntCal09 and Marine09 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves, 0–50,000 Years cal BP
Radiocarbon|2009
4.3k cit.
8
Intcal04 Terrestrial Radiocarbon Age Calibration, 0–26 Cal Kyr BP
Radiocarbon|2004
3.7k cit.
9
Ancient Admixture in Human History
Genetics|2012
3.2k cit.
10
The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains
Nature|2013
2.4k cit.

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