Frido Welker

Frido Welker

Associate Professor

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    1. Published

      Increasing sustainability in palaeoproteomics by optimizing digestion times for large-scale archaeological bone analyses

      Le Meillour, Louise, Sinet-Mathiot, V., Ásmundsdóttir, Ragnheiður Diljá, Hansen, Jakob, Mylopotamitaki, Dorothea, Troché, Gaudry Bruno, Xia, H., Herrera Bethencourt, J., Ruebens, K., Smith, G. M., Fagernäs, Zandra Selina & Welker, Frido, 2024, In: iScience. 27, 4, 17 p., 109432.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    2. Published

      Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria

      Hublin, J. J., Sirakov, N., Aldeias, V., Bailey, S., Bard, E., Delvigne, V., Endarova, E., Fagault, Y., Fewlass, H., Hajdinjak, M., Kromer, B., Krumov, I., Marreiros, J., Martisius, N. L., Paskulin, L., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Meyer, M., Pääbo, S., Popov, V., Rezek, Z. & 12 others, Sirakova, S., Skinner, M. M., Smith, G. M., Spasov, R., Talamo, S., Tuna, T., Wacker, L., Welker, Frido, Wilcke, A., Zahariev, N., McPherron, S. P. & Tsanova, T., 2020, In: Nature. 581, p. 299-302

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    3. Published

      Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry

      Hajdinjak, M., Mafessoni, F., Skov, L., Vernot, B., Hübner, A., Fu, Q., Essel, E., Nagel, S., Nickel, B., Richter, J., Moldovan, O. T., Constantin, S., Endarova, E., Zahariev, N., Spasov, R., Welker, F., Smith, G. M., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Paskulin, L., Fewlass, H. & 12 others, Talamo, S., Rezek, Z., Sirakova, S., Sirakov, N., McPherron, S. P., Tsanova, T., Hublin, J., Peter, B. M., Meyer, M., Skoglund, P., Kelso, J. & Pääbo, S., 2021, In: Nature. 592, 7853, p. 253-257 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    4. Published

      Initial Upper Paleolithic bone technology and personal ornaments at Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria)

      Martisius, N. L., Spasov, R., Smith, G. M., Endarova, E., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Welker, Frido, Aldeias, V., Horta, P., Marreiros, J., Rezek, Z., McPherron, S. P., Sirakov, N., Sirakova, S., Tsanova, T. & Hublin, J., 2022, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 167, 34 p., 103198.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    5. Published

      Methodological advances in Neanderthal identification, phylogeny, chronology, mobility, climate, and diet

      Bocherens, H., Jaouen, K., Rivals, F., Slon, V., Talamo, S. & Welker, Frido, 2022, Updating Neanderthals: Understanding Behavioural Complexity in the Late Middle Palaeolithic. Romagnoli, F., Rivals, F. & Benazzi, S. (eds.). Academic Press, p. 303-320 18 p.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

    6. Published

      Micro Methods for Megafauna: Novel Approaches to Late Quaternary Extinctions and Their Contributions to Faunal Conservation in the Anthropocene

      Swift, J. A., Bunce, M., Dortch, J., Douglass, K., Faith, J. T., Fellows Yates, J. A., Field, J., Haberle, S. G., Jacob, E., Johnson, C. N., Lindsey, E., Lorenzen, E. D., Louys, J., Miller, G., Mychajliw, A. M., Slon, V., Villavicencio, N. A., Waters, M. R., Welker, F., Wood, R. & 3 others, Petraglia, M., Boivin, N. & Roberts, P., 1 Nov 2019, In: BioScience. 69, 11, p. 877-887 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    7. Middle Pleistocene protein sequences from the rhinoceros genus Stephanorhinus and the phylogeny of extant and extinct Middle/Late Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae

      Welker, Frido, Smith, G. M., Hutson, J. M., Kindler, L., Garcia-Moreno, A., Villaluenga, A., Turner, E. & Gaudzinski-Windheuser, S., 2017, In: PeerJ. 5, 17 p., e3033.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    8. Published

      Moving away from "the Muddle in the Middle" toward solving the Chibanian puzzle

      Bae, C. J., Aiello, L. C., Hawks, J., Kaifu, Y., Lindal, J., Martinón-Torres, M., Ni, X., Posth, C., Radović, P., Reed, D., Schroeder, L., Schwartz, J. H., Silcox, M. T., Welker, Frido, Wu, X., Zanolli, C. & Roksandic, M., 2024, In: Evolutionary Anthropology. 33, 1, 7 p., e22011.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    9. Published

      Multi-protease analysis of Pleistocene bone proteomes

      Lanigan, Liam Thomas, Mackie, Meaghan, Feine, S., Hublin, J., Schmitz, R. W., Wilcke, A., Collins, Matthew James, Cappellini, Enrico, Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, Taurozzi, Alberto John & Welker, Frido, 30 Sep 2020, In: Journal of Proteomics. 228, 11 p., 103889.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    10. Published

      Neanderthal subsistence, taphonomy and chronology at Salzgitter-Lebenstedt (Germany): a multifaceted analysis of morphologically unidentifiable bone

      Ruebens, K., Smith, G. M., Fewlass, H., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Hublin, J. & Welker, Frido, 2023, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 38, 4, p. 471-487 17 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    11. Published

      Non-destructive ZooMS identification reveals strategic bone tool raw material selection by Neandertals

      Martisius, N. L., Welker, Frido, Dogandžić, T., Grote, M. N., Rendu, W., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Wilcke, A., McPherron, S. J. P., Soressi, M. A. & Steele, T. E., 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 12 p., 7746.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    12. Published

      Palaeoproteomic analysis of Early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus blacki

      Welker, Frido, Ramos Madrigal, Jazmin, Wang, W., Kuhlwilm, M., Montero, M. D. M., Demeter, Fabrice, Lalueza-Fox, C., Marques-Bonet, T., Olsen, Jesper Velgaard & Cappellini, Enrico, Mar 2019, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 168, suppl. 68, p. 265-266

      Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

    13. Published

      Palaeoproteomic evidence identifies archaic hominins associated with the Châtelperronian at the Grotte du Renne

      Welker, Frido, Hajdinjak, M., Talamo, S., Jaouen, K., Dannemann, M., David, F., Julien, M., Meyer, M., Kelso, J., Barnes, I., Brace, S., Kamminga, P., Fischer, R., Kessler, B. M., Stewart, J. R., Pääbo, S., Collins, Matthew James & Hublin, J., 2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113, 40, p. 11162-11167 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    14. Published

      Palaeoproteomics for human evolution studies

      Welker, Frido, 2018, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 190, p. 137-147 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    15. Published

      Pluridisciplinary evidence for burial for the La Ferrassie 8 Neandertal child

      Balzeau, A., Turq, A., Talamo, S., Daujeard, C., Guérin, G., Welker, Frido, Crevecoeur, I., Fewlass, H., Hublin, J., Lahaye, C., Maureille, B., Meyer, M., Schwab, C. & Gómez-Olivencia, A., 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 10 p., 21230.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    16. Published

      Protein Tales of the Human Past: 45th Kroonvoordracht

      Welker, Frido, 2023, Huizen. 47 p. (Kroon-voordrachten).

      Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

    17. Published

      SPIN enables high throughput species identification of archaeological bone by proteomics

      Rüther, P. L., Husic, I. M., Bangsgaard, Pernille, Gregersen, K. M., Pantmann, P., Carvalho, M., Godinho, R. M., Friedl, L., Cascalheira, J., Taurozzi, Alberto John, Jørkov, M L S, Benedetti, M. M., Haws, J., Bicho, N., Welker, Frido, Cappellini, Enrico & Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 14 p., 2458.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    18. Published

      Stable isotopes show Homo sapiens dispersed into cold steppes ~45,000 years ago at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany

      Pederzani, S., Britton, K., Trost, M., Fewlass, H., Bourgon, N., McCormack, J., Jaouen, K., Dietl, H., Döhle, H-J., Kirchner, A., Lauer, T., Le Corre, M., McPherron, S. P., Meller, H., Mylopotamitaki, D., Orschiedt, J., Rougier, H., Ruebens, K., Schüler, T., Sinet-Mathiot, V. & 7 others, Smith, G. M., Talamo, S., Tütken, T., Welker, Frido, Zavala, E. I., Weiss, M. & Hublin, J., 2024, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8, 3, p. 578-588

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    19. Published

      The Late Middle Palaeolithic Occupation of Abri du Maras (Layer 1, Neronian, Southeast France): Integrating Lithic Analyses, ZooMS and Radiocarbon Dating to Reconstruct Neanderthal Hunting Behaviour

      Ruebens, K., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Talamo, S., Smith, G. M., Welker, Frido, Hublin, J. & McPherron, S. P., 2022, In: Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 5, 1, 39 p., 4.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    20. Published

      The Northern Route for Human dispersal in Central and Northeast Asia: New evidence from the site of Tolbor-16, Mongolia

      Zwyns, N., Paine, C. H., Tsedendorj, B., Talamo, S., Fitzsimmons, K. E., Gantumur, A., Guunii, L., Davakhuu, O., Flas, D., Dogandžić, T., Doerschner, N., Welker, F., Gillam, J. C., Noyer, J. B., Bakhtiary, R. S., Allshouse, A. F., Smith, K. N., Khatsenovich, A. M., Rybin, E. P., Byambaa, G. & 1 others, Hublin, J., 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 10 p., 11759.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    21. Published

      The dental proteome of Homo antecessor: {with Author Correction]

      Welker, F., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Gutenbrunner, P., Mackie, M., Tiwary, S., Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen, R., Chiva, C., Dickinson, M. R., Kuhlwilm, M., de Manuel, M., Gelabert, P., Martinón-Torres, M., Margvelashvili, A., Arsuaga, J. L., Carbonell, E., Marques-Bonet, T., Penkman, K., Sabidó, E., Cox, J., Olsen, J. V. & 6 others, Lordkipanidze, D., Racimo, Fernando, Lalueza-Fox, C., Bermúdez de Castro, J. M., Willerslev, Eske & Cappellini, Enrico, Apr 2020, In: Nature. 580, 7802, p. 235-238 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    22. Published

      The ecology, subsistence and diet of ~45,000-year-old Homo sapiens at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany

      Smith, G. M., Ruebens, K., Zavala, E. I., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Fewlass, H., Pederzani, S., Jaouen, K., Mylopotamitaki, D., Britton, K., Rougier, H., Stahlschmidt, M., Meyer, M., Meller, H., Dietl, H., Orschiedt, J., Krause, J., Schüler, T., McPherron, S. P., Weiss, M., Hublin, J-J. & 1 others, Welker, Frido, 2024, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8, 3, p. 564-577

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    23. Published

      The effect of eraser sampling for proteomic analysis on Palaeolithic bone surface microtopography

      Sinet-Mathiot, V., Martisius, N. L., Schulz-Kornas, E., van Casteren, A., Tsanova, T. R., Sirakov, N., Spasov, R., Welker, Frido, Smith, G. M. & Hublin, J., 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 13 p., 23611.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    24. Published

      The feasibility of palaeoproteomics for studying ancient hominins from South Africa

      Madupe, Palesa Petunia, Hlazo, N., Ruther, P. L., Mackie, Meaghan, Welker, Frido, Ramos Madrigal, Jazmin, Patramanis, Ioannis, Racimo, Fernando, Schroeder, L., Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, Ackermann, R. R. & Cappellini, Enrico, 2022, In: American journal of biological anthropology. 177, S73, p. 112 1 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

    25. Published

      The name of the game: palaeoproteomics and radiocarbon dates further refine the presence and dispersal of caprines in eastern and southern Africa

      Le Meillour, L., Zazzo, A., Zirah, S., Tombret, O., Barriel, V., Arthur, K. W., Arthur, J. W., Cauliez, J., Chaix, L., Curtis, M. C., Gifford-Gonzalez, D., Gunn, I., Gutherz, X., Hildebrand, E., Khalidi, L., Millet, M., Mitchell, P., Studer, J., Vila, E., Welker, F. & 2 others, Pleurdeau, D. & Lesur, J., 2023, In: Royal Society Open Science. 10, 11, 19 p., 231002.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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