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Mark S. Aldenderfer

Professor Emeritus

University of California, Merced

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School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

Anthropology & Heritage Studies

Mark S. Aldenderfer is currently serving as an Anthropology & Heritage Studies Professor Emeritus at University of California, Merced.

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Mark S. Aldenderfer

University of California, Merced

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archaeology earth science anthropology archaeological science geography climate change quaternary science american archaeology archaeological practice geochronology paleoclimatology tibetan plateau archival research historical geography field archaeology paleoanthropology ecology palaeogeography paleolithic archaeology quaternary research latin american archaeology climatology land use human geography climatic change stratigraphy anthropological archaeology archaeological dating southern peru landscape archaeology historical archaeology anthropocene cultural anthropology latin american antiquity archaeological methods prehistory archaeological record foraging holocene population history arid environments titicaca basin early holocene permanent human occupation global history hydrometeorology asian studies social anthropology science advance human-environment interactions landscape ecology central tibetan plateau andean altiplano ochre artifacts intrinsic challenges rrna gene amplification ancient microbiome reconstruction anthropogenic geomorphology basin evolution global climate regional climate response climate system evolutionary genetics genetic diversity biological evolution population genomics social ecology high elevation primatology rodent ecology global context monsoon asia past millennium himalayan arc high valleys long-term genetic stability civilizations geoarchaeology central asia

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Ancient Plasmodium Genomes Shed Light on the History of Human Malaria. Nature (2024)

Megan MichelEirini SkourtaniotiFederica PieriniEvelyn K. GuevaraAngela MötschArthur KocherRodrigo BarqueraRaffaela A. BiancoSelina CarlhoffLorenza Coppola BoveSuzanne FreilichKaren GiffinTaylor HermesAlina HißFlorian KnolleElizabeth A. NelsonGunnar U. NeumannLuka PapacSandra PenskeAdam B. RohrlachNada SalemLena SemerauVanessa Villalba-MoucoIsabelle AbadieMark AldenderferJessica F. BeckettMatthew BrownFranco G. R. CampusTsang ChenghwaMaría Cruz BerrocalLadislav DamašekKellie Sara Duffett CarlsonRaphaël DurandMichal ErnéeCristinel FântăneanuHannah FrenzelGabriel García AtiénzarSonia GuillénEllen HsiehMaciej KarwowskiDavid KelvinNikki KelvinAlexander KhokhlovRebecca L. KinastonArkadii KorolevKim-Louise KrettekMario KüßnerLuca LaiCory LookKerttu MajanderKirsten MandlVittorio MazzarelloMichael McCormickPatxuka de Miguel IbáñezReg MurphyRita E. NémethKerkko NordqvistFriederike NovotnyMartin ObenausLauro Olmo-EncisoPäivi OnkamoJörg OrschiedtValerii PatrushevSanni PeltolaAlejandro RomeroSalvatore RubinoAntti SajantilaDomingo C. Salazar-GarcíaElena SerranoShapulat ShaydullaevEmanuela SiasMario ŠlausLadislav StančoTreena SwanstonMaria Teschler-NicolaFrederique ValentinKatrien Van de VijverTamara L. VarneyAlfonso Vigil-Escalera GuiradoChristopher K. WatersEstella Weiss-KrejciEduard WinterThiseas C. LamnidisKay PrüferKathrin NägeleMaria SpyrouStephan SchiffelsPhilipp W. StockhammerWolfgang HaakCosimo PosthChristina WarinnerKirsten I. BosAlexander HerbigJohannes Krause

historymalariahuman malariamedical historyancient plasmodium genomes

Paleogenomic Insights Into Cooperation in the Ancient Andes From Positive Selection on Oxytocin Pathway Genes. Genes Brain & Behavior (2024)

Sophie K. JosephElizabeth WagmanNabeel DiabNicholas RyuMinwoo LeeRandall HaasJames K. RillingMark S. AldenderferJohn Lindo

cooperationneurosciencepaleontologyancient andesoxytocin pathway genesevolutionary biologypositive selectiongenetics

Stable Isotope Chemistry Reveals Plant-Dominant Diet Among Early Foragers on the Andean Altiplano, 9.0–6.5 Cal. Ka. PLoS ONE (2024)

Jennifer C. ChenMark S. AldenderferJelmer W. EerkensBrieAnna S. LanglieCarlos Viviano LlaveJames T. WatsonRandall Haas

early foragersenvironmental scienceandean altiplanoplant-dominant dietevolutionary biologyecologybiogeographystable isotope chemistry

Did Archery Technology Precipitate Complexity in the Titicaca Basin? a Metric Analysis of Projectile Points, 11–1 Ka. Quaternary International (2023)

Luis Flores-BlancoLucero CuellarMark AldenderferCharles StanishRandall Haas

earth sciencetiticaca basingeochronologymetric analysisquaternary periodquaternary researchprojectile pointsquaternary science

Human Genetic History on the Tibetan Plateau in the Past 5100 Years. Science Advances (2023)

Hongru WangMelinda A. YangShargan WangdueHongliang LuHonghai ChenLinhui LiGuanghui DongTinley TsringHaibing YuanWei HeManyu DingXiaohong WuShuai LiNorbu TashiTsho YangFeng YangYan TongZujun ChenYuanhong HePeng CaoQingyan DaiFeng LiuXiaotian FengTianyi WangRuowei YangWanjing PingZhaoxia ZhangYang GaoMing ZhangXiaoji WangChao ZhangKai YuanAlbert Min-Shan KoMark AldenderferXing GaoShuhua XuQiaomei Fu

human evolutionhuman genetic historyscience advancehuman geneticstibetan plateaugenetics

Ancient Genomes From the Himalayas Illuminate the Genetic History of Tibetans and Their Tibeto-Burman Speaking Neighbors. Nature Communications (2022)

Chi-Chun LiuDavid WitonskyAnna GoslingJu Hyeon LeeHarald RingbauerRichard HaganNisha PatelRaphaela StahlJohn NovembreMark AldenderferChristina WarinnerAnna Di RienzoChoongwon Jeong

genetic historyancient genomesgenomicsgenetics

Cultures of Fermentation: Living With Microbes. Current Anthropology (2021)

Jessica HendyMatthäus RestMark AldenderferChristina Warinner

anthropologyculturemicrobiologyyeastcultural anthropology

Diet, Mobility, Technology, and Lithics: Neolithization on the Andean Altiplano, 7.0–3.5 Ka. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory (2021)

Nathaniel KitchelMark S. AldenderferRandall Haas

archaeological sciencepalaeogeographyearth sciencelatin american archaeologyarchival researchplanetary sciencesarchaeological practiceandean altiplanoarchaeologygeoarchaeologyarchaeological methodspaleolithic archaeologygeomorphologyfield archaeology

Direct Dating of Lithic Surface Artifacts Using Luminescence. Science Advances (2021)

Luke Andrew GliganicMichael Christian MeyerJan-Hendrik MayMark Steven AldenderferPeter Tropper

climate changeluminescencesurface sciencedirect datingscience advancematerials sciencelithic surface artifacts

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Reconstructing Early Population History in the High Himalayas of Nepal. Bioarchaeology International (2021)

Jacqueline EngMark Aldenderfer

anthropologyearly population historyhigh himalayaspopulation historybioarchaeology

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Mark S. Aldenderfer

Professor Emeritus

University of California, Merced

Affiliations

School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

Anthropology & Heritage Studies

Mark S. Aldenderfer is currently serving as an Anthropology & Heritage Studies Professor Emeritus at University of California, Merced.

Honors

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Experiences

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Mark S. Aldenderfer

University of California, Merced

Professor Emeritus

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Ancient Plasmodium Genomes Shed Light on the History of Human Malaria. Nature (2024)

historymalariahuman malariamedical historyancient plasmodium genomes

Paleogenomic Insights Into Cooperation in the Ancient Andes From Positive Selection on Oxytocin Pathway Genes. Genes Brain & Behavior (2024)

Sophie K. JosephElizabeth WagmanNabeel DiabNicholas RyuMinwoo LeeRandall HaasJames K. RillingMark S. AldenderferJohn Lindo

cooperationneurosciencepaleontologyancient andesoxytocin pathway genesevolutionary biologypositive selectiongenetics

Stable Isotope Chemistry Reveals Plant-Dominant Diet Among Early Foragers on the Andean Altiplano, 9.0–6.5 Cal. Ka. PLoS ONE (2024)

Jennifer C. ChenMark S. AldenderferJelmer W. EerkensBrieAnna S. LanglieCarlos Viviano LlaveJames T. WatsonRandall Haas

early foragersenvironmental scienceandean altiplanoplant-dominant dietevolutionary biologyecologybiogeographystable isotope chemistry

Did Archery Technology Precipitate Complexity in the Titicaca Basin? a Metric Analysis of Projectile Points, 11–1 Ka. Quaternary International (2023)

Luis Flores-BlancoLucero CuellarMark AldenderferCharles StanishRandall Haas

earth sciencetiticaca basingeochronologymetric analysisquaternary periodquaternary researchprojectile pointsquaternary science

Human Genetic History on the Tibetan Plateau in the Past 5100 Years. Science Advances (2023)

human evolutionhuman genetic historyscience advancehuman geneticstibetan plateaugenetics

Ancient Genomes From the Himalayas Illuminate the Genetic History of Tibetans and Their Tibeto-Burman Speaking Neighbors. Nature Communications (2022)

Chi-Chun LiuDavid WitonskyAnna GoslingJu Hyeon LeeHarald RingbauerRichard HaganNisha PatelRaphaela StahlJohn NovembreMark AldenderferChristina WarinnerAnna Di RienzoChoongwon Jeong

genetic historyancient genomesgenomicsgenetics

Cultures of Fermentation: Living With Microbes. Current Anthropology (2021)

Jessica HendyMatthäus RestMark AldenderferChristina Warinner

anthropologyculturemicrobiologyyeastcultural anthropology

Diet, Mobility, Technology, and Lithics: Neolithization on the Andean Altiplano, 7.0–3.5 Ka. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory (2021)

Nathaniel KitchelMark S. AldenderferRandall Haas

Direct Dating of Lithic Surface Artifacts Using Luminescence. Science Advances (2021)

Luke Andrew GliganicMichael Christian MeyerJan-Hendrik MayMark Steven AldenderferPeter Tropper

climate changeluminescencesurface sciencedirect datingscience advancematerials sciencelithic surface artifacts

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Reconstructing Early Population History in the High Himalayas of Nepal. Bioarchaeology International (2021)

Jacqueline EngMark Aldenderfer

anthropologyearly population historyhigh himalayaspopulation historybioarchaeology

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