Marco Capocasa

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ID100909
NOMBREMarco Capocasa
NOMBRESMarco
APELLIDOCapocasa
FIRMACAPOCASA M
AFILIACIONESIstituto Italiano di Antropologia, Rome, Italy
ORCID0000-0001-9393-3130
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS7
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR7
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2013
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Southern Tunisian Populations

    Marco Capocasa, Cinzia Battaggia et al.ARTICLEHuman Biology2024

    Due to its complex history of migrations and colonization of African, European, and Asian people, the Tunisian territory is an ideal area to study the effects of cultural change on the genetic structure of human populations. This study investigated genetic variation in the mitochondrial DNA of Tunisian populations to detect the possible impact of recent historical events on their gene pool. Two Arab and three Berber communities were analyzed usin…

  • Food, culture and health

    Open AccessMarco Capocasa, Davide VenierARTICLEAnthropology Today2024Referencias: 35

    This article explores the complex interplay among food, culture, and health. It examines how dietary habits have evolved, from hunter-gatherer societies to the globalization of Western diets, and their profound effects on cultural traditions and human health. While global markets reshape local diets, anthropological evidence suggests nutrition programmes work best when they build on cultural food knowledge rather than replace it. Our findings poi…

  • The ethics of investigating cultural and genetic diversity of minority groups

    Open AccessMarco Capocasa, Laura VolpiARTICLEHOMO2019

    The use of genetic information for anthropological purposes requires an effort by the researcher to deal with the ethical issues that may arise. In some cases, these can lead to rather complex relationships between anthropologists and communities. The transparency of the research protocol is a fundamental requirement in order to establish a relationship based on trust and to conduct investigations in the most ethically sustainable way. In additio…

  • Evaluating mtDNA patterns of genetic isolation using a re-sampling procedure

    Open AccessPaolo Anagnostou, Marco Capocasa et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2016

    The analysis revealed that the use of population genetic statistics combined with re-sampling procedure can help detect signatures of genetic isolation in human populations, even using a single, although highly informative, locus like mtDNA

  • Determinants of marital behaviour in five Apennine communities of Central Italy inferred by surname analysis, repeated pairs and kinship estimates

    Open AccessMarco Capocasa, Luca Taglioli et al.ARTICLEHOMO2014

  • Reevaluating a Model of Gender-Biased Gene Flow among Sub-Saharan Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers

    Paolo Anagnostou, Cinzia Battaggia et al.ARTICLEHuman Biology2013

    In a previous study, we proposed a model for genetic admixture between African hunter-gatherers and food producers, in which we integrated demographic and genetic aspects together with ethnographic knowledge (Destro-Bisol et al. 2004b). In that study it was possible to test the model only using genetic information from widely dispersed and genetically heterogeneous populations. Here we reevaluate the congruence between the model and patterns of g…

  • Reevaluating a Model of Gender-Biased Gene Flow among Sub-Saharan Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers

    Paolo Anagnostou, Paolo Anagnostou Paolo Anagnostou et al.ARTICLEHuman Biology2013

    In a previous study, we proposed a model for genetic admixture between African hunter-gatherers and food producers, in which we integrated demographic and genetic aspects together with ethnographic knowledge (). In that study it was possible to test the model only using genetic information from widely dispersed and genetically heterogeneous populations. Here we reevaluate the congruence between the model and patterns of genetic variation using an…