Andrea Manica
Biographic Data
| ID | 1814366 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrea Manica |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrea |
| FAMILY NAME | Manica |
| SIGNATURE | MANICA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1895-450X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Author response of
A recommendation of: Marianna Fusco, Behailu Habte, Alice Leplongeon, Andrea Manica, Enza E. Spinapolice, Michela Leonardi The environmental context of the Middle-to-Late Stone Age Transition in eastern Africa: seasonality as a key factor https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.09.627606
A multi-model approach to the spatial and temporal characterization of the African Humid Period
Data availability] Original datasets are avaliable via the Neotoma Palaeoecological Database (www.neotoma.org). Code used in the analyses presented here are avaliable via: https://github.com/Squirrelmonkey93/Bachelor_project_M.Holewijn.git, and http://www.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29608400
Deep history of cultural and linguistic evolution among Central African hunter-gatherers
Human evolutionary history in Central Africa reflects a deep history of population connectivity. However, Central African hunter-gatherers (CAHGs) currently speak languages acquired from their neighbouring farmers. Hence it remains unclear which aspects of CAHG cultural diversity results from long-term evolution preceding agriculture and which reflect borrowing from farmers. On the basis of musical instruments, foraging tools, specialized vocabul…
Archaeological sites and palaeoenvironments of Pleistocene West Africa
African paleoanthropological studies typically focus on regions of the continent such as Eastern, Southern and Northern Africa, which hold the highest density of Pleistocene archaeological sites. Nevertheless, lesser known areas such as West Africa also feature a high number of sites. Here, we present a high-resolution map synthesising all well contextualised Pleistocene archaeological sites present in Sub-Saharan West Africa. A detailed elevatio…
Adaptive Trade-offs Towards the Last Glacial Maximum in North-Western Europe
The impact of deteriorating climatic conditions on variability in the archaeological record towards the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) remains uncertain. Partly as a result of poor-quality data, previous studies on Upper Palaeolithic (UP) societies of North-Western Europe prior to the LGM have focused on techno-typological traditions and diversification to outline the diachronic processes through which assemblage composition changed. This study addre…
Human origins in Southern African palaeo-wetlands? Strong claims from weak evidence
Climate shaped how Neolithic farmers and European hunter-gatherers interacted after a major slowdown from 6,100 bce to 4,500 bce
A global-level assessment of the effectiveness of protected areas at resisting anthropogenic pressures
One-sixth of the global terrestrial surface now falls within protected areas (PAs), making it essential to understand how far they mitigate the increasing pressures on nature which characterize the Anthropocene. In by far the largest analysis of this question to date and not restricted to forested PAs, we compiled data from 12,315 PAs across 152 countries to investigate their ability to reduce human pressure and how this varies with socioeconomic…
Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers
How early human groups were organized Sequencing ancient hominid remains has provided insights into the relatedness between individuals. However, it is not clear whether ancient humans bred among close relatives, as is common in some modern human cultures. Sikora et al. report genome sequences from four early humans buried close together in western Russia about 34,000 years ago (see the Perspective by Bergström and Tyler-Smith). The individuals c…
A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia
The population history of Aboriginal Australians remains largely uncharacterized. Here we generate high-coverage genomes for 83 Aboriginal Australians (speakers of Pama–Nyungan languages) and 25 Papuans from the New Guinea Highlands. We find that Papuan and Aboriginal Australian ancestors diversified 25–40 thousand years ago (kya), suggesting pre-Holocene population structure in the ancient continent of Sahul (Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania).…
Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans
Genetic history of Native Americans Several theories have been put forth as to the origin and timing of when Native American ancestors entered the Americas. To clarify this controversy, Raghavan et al. examined the genomic variation among ancient and modern individuals from Asia and the Americas. There is no evidence for multiple waves of entry or recurrent gene flow with Asians in northern populations. The earliest migrations occurred no earlier…
Walk on the Wild Side
How often do people visit the world's protected areas (PAs)? Despite PAs covering one-eighth of the land and being a major focus of nature-based recreation and tourism, we don't know. To address this, we compiled a globally-representative database of visits to PAs and built region-specific models predicting visit rates from PA size, local population size, remoteness, natural attractiveness, and national income. Applying these models to all but th…
The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana
The interaction of neutral evolutionary processes with climatically-driven adaptive changes in the 3D shape of the human os coxae
An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia
Whole-genome data indicate that early modern humans expanded into Australia 62,000 to 75,000 years ago.
The relative role of drift and selection in shaping the human skull
Human populations across the world vary greatly in cranial morphology. It is highly debated to what extent this variability has accumulated through neutral processes (genetic drift) or through natural selection driven by climate. By taking advantage of recent work showing that geographic distance along landmasses is an excellent proxy for neutral genetic differentiation, we quantify the relative role of drift versus selection in an exceptionally …
The effect of ancient population bottlenecks on human phenotypic variation
A Geographically Explicit Genetic Model of Worldwide Human-Settlement History
Geography predicts neutral genetic diversity of human populations
The relative role of drift and selection in shaping the human skull
Human populations across the world vary greatly in cranial morphology. It is highly debated to what extent this variability has accumulated through neutral processes (genetic drift) or through natural selection driven by climate. By taking advantage of recent work showing that geographic distance along landmasses is an excellent proxy for neutral genetic differentiation, we quantify the relative role of drift versus selection in an exceptionally …
The interaction of neutral evolutionary processes with climatically-driven adaptive changes in the 3D shape of the human os coxae
Archaeological sites and palaeoenvironments of Pleistocene West Africa
African paleoanthropological studies typically focus on regions of the continent such as Eastern, Southern and Northern Africa, which hold the highest density of Pleistocene archaeological sites. Nevertheless, lesser known areas such as West Africa also feature a high number of sites. Here, we present a high-resolution map synthesising all well contextualised Pleistocene archaeological sites present in Sub-Saharan West Africa. A detailed elevatio…
Human origins in Southern African palaeo-wetlands? Strong claims from weak evidence
Adaptive Trade-offs Towards the Last Glacial Maximum in North-Western Europe
The impact of deteriorating climatic conditions on variability in the archaeological record towards the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) remains uncertain. Partly as a result of poor-quality data, previous studies on Upper Palaeolithic (UP) societies of North-Western Europe prior to the LGM have focused on techno-typological traditions and diversification to outline the diachronic processes through which assemblage composition changed. This study addre…
Climate shaped how Neolithic farmers and European hunter-gatherers interacted after a major slowdown from 6,100 bce to 4,500 bce
A multi-model approach to the spatial and temporal characterization of the African Humid Period
Data availability] Original datasets are avaliable via the Neotoma Palaeoecological Database (www.neotoma.org). Code used in the analyses presented here are avaliable via: https://github.com/Squirrelmonkey93/Bachelor_project_M.Holewijn.git, and http://www.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29608400
Deep history of cultural and linguistic evolution among Central African hunter-gatherers
Human evolutionary history in Central Africa reflects a deep history of population connectivity. However, Central African hunter-gatherers (CAHGs) currently speak languages acquired from their neighbouring farmers. Hence it remains unclear which aspects of CAHG cultural diversity results from long-term evolution preceding agriculture and which reflect borrowing from farmers. On the basis of musical instruments, foraging tools, specialized vocabul…
Geography predicts neutral genetic diversity of human populations
A Geographically Explicit Genetic Model of Worldwide Human-Settlement History
The effect of ancient population bottlenecks on human phenotypic variation
The relative role of drift and selection in shaping the human skull
Human populations across the world vary greatly in cranial morphology. It is highly debated to what extent this variability has accumulated through neutral processes (genetic drift) or through natural selection driven by climate. By taking advantage of recent work showing that geographic distance along landmasses is an excellent proxy for neutral genetic differentiation, we quantify the relative role of drift versus selection in an exceptionally …
An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia
Whole-genome data indicate that early modern humans expanded into Australia 62,000 to 75,000 years ago.
The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana
The interaction of neutral evolutionary processes with climatically-driven adaptive changes in the 3D shape of the human os coxae
Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans
Genetic history of Native Americans Several theories have been put forth as to the origin and timing of when Native American ancestors entered the Americas. To clarify this controversy, Raghavan et al. examined the genomic variation among ancient and modern individuals from Asia and the Americas. There is no evidence for multiple waves of entry or recurrent gene flow with Asians in northern populations. The earliest migrations occurred no earlier…
Walk on the Wild Side
How often do people visit the world's protected areas (PAs)? Despite PAs covering one-eighth of the land and being a major focus of nature-based recreation and tourism, we don't know. To address this, we compiled a globally-representative database of visits to PAs and built region-specific models predicting visit rates from PA size, local population size, remoteness, natural attractiveness, and national income. Applying these models to all but th…
A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia
The population history of Aboriginal Australians remains largely uncharacterized. Here we generate high-coverage genomes for 83 Aboriginal Australians (speakers of Pama–Nyungan languages) and 25 Papuans from the New Guinea Highlands. We find that Papuan and Aboriginal Australian ancestors diversified 25–40 thousand years ago (kya), suggesting pre-Holocene population structure in the ancient continent of Sahul (Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania).…
Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers
How early human groups were organized Sequencing ancient hominid remains has provided insights into the relatedness between individuals. However, it is not clear whether ancient humans bred among close relatives, as is common in some modern human cultures. Sikora et al. report genome sequences from four early humans buried close together in western Russia about 34,000 years ago (see the Perspective by Bergström and Tyler-Smith). The individuals c…
A global-level assessment of the effectiveness of protected areas at resisting anthropogenic pressures
One-sixth of the global terrestrial surface now falls within protected areas (PAs), making it essential to understand how far they mitigate the increasing pressures on nature which characterize the Anthropocene. In by far the largest analysis of this question to date and not restricted to forested PAs, we compiled data from 12,315 PAs across 152 countries to investigate their ability to reduce human pressure and how this varies with socioeconomic…
Climate shaped how Neolithic farmers and European hunter-gatherers interacted after a major slowdown from 6,100 bce to 4,500 bce
Adaptive Trade-offs Towards the Last Glacial Maximum in North-Western Europe
The impact of deteriorating climatic conditions on variability in the archaeological record towards the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) remains uncertain. Partly as a result of poor-quality data, previous studies on Upper Palaeolithic (UP) societies of North-Western Europe prior to the LGM have focused on techno-typological traditions and diversification to outline the diachronic processes through which assemblage composition changed. This study addre…
Human origins in Southern African palaeo-wetlands? Strong claims from weak evidence
Archaeological sites and palaeoenvironments of Pleistocene West Africa
African paleoanthropological studies typically focus on regions of the continent such as Eastern, Southern and Northern Africa, which hold the highest density of Pleistocene archaeological sites. Nevertheless, lesser known areas such as West Africa also feature a high number of sites. Here, we present a high-resolution map synthesising all well contextualised Pleistocene archaeological sites present in Sub-Saharan West Africa. A detailed elevatio…
Deep history of cultural and linguistic evolution among Central African hunter-gatherers
Human evolutionary history in Central Africa reflects a deep history of population connectivity. However, Central African hunter-gatherers (CAHGs) currently speak languages acquired from their neighbouring farmers. Hence it remains unclear which aspects of CAHG cultural diversity results from long-term evolution preceding agriculture and which reflect borrowing from farmers. On the basis of musical instruments, foraging tools, specialized vocabul…
A multi-model approach to the spatial and temporal characterization of the African Humid Period
Data availability] Original datasets are avaliable via the Neotoma Palaeoecological Database (www.neotoma.org). Code used in the analyses presented here are avaliable via: https://github.com/Squirrelmonkey93/Bachelor_project_M.Holewijn.git, and http://www.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29608400
Author response of
A recommendation of: Marianna Fusco, Behailu Habte, Alice Leplongeon, Andrea Manica, Enza E. Spinapolice, Michela Leonardi The environmental context of the Middle-to-Late Stone Age Transition in eastern Africa: seasonality as a key factor https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.09.627606
Geography (14 works) · Biology (12 works) · Forensic and Genetic Research (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Evolutionary biology (9 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (9 works) · Population (9 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 works) · Race, Genetics, and Society (5 works)