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Dorothée G. Drucker

Dorothée G. Drucker

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Environmental Sciences

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Overview

Dorothée G. Drucker is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their research spans a range of topics primarily related to archaeology, ecology, and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on Pleistocene-era hominins and ancient environments. Their work integrates insights from isotope analysis and wildlife ecology to explore human and environmental interactions in prehistoric contexts.

The scientist has contributed to several key areas of study including:

  • Social Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these main fields, their subfields of expertise include:

  • Anthropology
  • Ecology
  • Paleontology
  • Genetics
  • Archeology

The research topics frequently addressed by Dorothée G. Drucker cover:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Dorothée G. Drucker has published in notable scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • Nature
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers (2023, Nature)
  • The evolution and changing ecology of the African hominid oral microbiome (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs (2022, Nature)
  • The Isotopic Ecology of the Mammoth Steppe (2022, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences)
  • Fox dietary ecology as a tracer of human impact on Pleistocene ecosystems (2020, PLoS ONE)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Hervé Bocherens
  • Joaquim Soler Massana
  • Isaac Rufí
  • Cosimo Posth
  • Nicholas J. Conard

Best Publications

  • The genetic history of Ice Age Europe

    Qiaomei Fu;Cosimo Posth;Cosimo Posth;Mateja Hajdinjak;Martin Petr

  • Trophic Level Isotopic Enrichment of Carbon and Nitrogen in Bone Collagen: Case Studies from Recent and Ancient Terrestrial Ecosystems

    H. Bocherens;D. Drucker

  • The genomic history of southeastern Europe

    Iain Mathieson;Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg;Cosimo Posth;Cosimo Posth;Anna Szécsényi-Nagy

  • Pleistocene Mitochondrial Genomes Suggest a Single Major Dispersal of Non-Africans and a Late Glacial Population Turnover in Europe

    Cosimo Posth;Gabriel Renaud;Alissa Mittnik;Alissa Mittnik;Dorothée G. Drucker

  • Isotopic evidence for diet and subsistence pattern of the Saint-Cesaire I Neanderthal: review and use of a multi-source mixing model

    Hervé Bocherens;Dorothée G. Drucker;Daniel Billiou;Marylène Patou-Mathis

  • Can carbon-13 in large herbivores reflect the canopy effect in temperate and boreal ecosystems? Evidence from modern and ancient ungulates

    Dorothée G. Drucker;Dorothée G. Drucker;Anne Bridault;Keith A. Hobson;Elwira Szuma

  • Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers

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  • Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes as tracers of change in diet breadth during Middle and Upper Palaeolithic in Europe

    D. Drucker;H. Bocherens

  • Reconstruction of the Gravettian food-web at Předmostí I using multi-isotopic tracking (13C, 15N, 34S) of bone collagen

    Hervé Bocherens;Dorothée G. Drucker;Mietje Germonpré;Martina Lázničková-Galetová

  • Isotopic evidence for dietary ecology of cave lion (Panthera spelaea) in North-Western Europe: Prey choice, competition and implications for extinction

    Hervé Bocherens;Dorothée G. Drucker;Dominique Bonjean;Anne Bridault

  • Carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of red deer (Cervus elaphus) collagen as a tool for tracking palaeoenvironmental change during the Late-Glacial and Early Holocene in the northern Jura (France)

    Dorothée Drucker;Hervé Bocherens;Anne Bridault;Daniel Billiou

  • Evidence for shifting environmental conditions in Southwestern France from 33 000 to 15 000 years ago derived from carbon-13 and nitrogen-15 natural abundances in collagen of large herbivores

    Dorothée G. Drucker;Hervé Bocherens;Daniel Billiou

  • The evolution and changing ecology of the African hominid oral microbiome

    James A. Fellows Yates;James A. Fellows Yates;Irina Marie Velsko;Franziska Aron;Cosimo Posth;Cosimo Posth

  • European Bison as a Refugee Species? Evidence from Isotopic Data on Early Holocene Bison and Other Large Herbivores in Northern Europe

    Hervé Bocherens;Emilia Hofman-Kamińska;Dorothée G. Drucker;Ulrich Schmölcke

  • Bears and humans in Chauvet Cave (Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche, France): Insights from stable isotopes and radiocarbon dating of bone collagen

    Hervé Bocherens;Dorothée G. Drucker;Daniel Billiou;Jean-Michel Geneste

  • Evolution of habitat and environment of red deer (Cervus elaphus) during the Late-glacial and early Holocene in eastern France (French Jura and the western Alps) using multi-isotope analysis (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, δ34S) of archaeological remains

    Dorothée G. Drucker;Anne Bridault;Christophe Cupillard;A. Hujic

  • Were European steppe bison migratory? 18O, 13C and Sr intra-tooth isotopic variations applied to a palaeoethological reconstruction

    Marie-Anne Julien;Marie-Anne Julien;Hervé Bocherens;Ariane Burke;Dorothée G. Drucker

  • Investigation of equid paleodiet from Schöningen 13 II-4 through dental wear and isotopic analyses: Archaeological implications.

    Florent Rivals;Florent Rivals;Marie-Anne Julien;Marie-Anne Julien;Marie-Anne Julien;Margot Kuitems;Thijs Van Kolfschoten

  • Ecological niche of Neanderthals from Spy Cave revealed by nitrogen isotopes of individual amino acids in collagen

    Yuichi I. Naito;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Dorothée G. Drucker;Naohiko Ohkouchi

  • Evidence for a 15N positive excursion in terrestrial foodwebs at the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in south-western France: Implications for early modern human palaeodiet and palaeoenvironment

    Hervé Bocherens;Dorothée G. Drucker;Stéphane Madelaine

  • Influence of forage preferences and habitat use on 13C and 15N abundance in wild caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (Alces alces) from Canada.

    Dorothée G. Drucker;Keith A. Hobson;Jean-Pierre Ouellet;Réhaume Courtois

Frequent Co-Authors

Hervé Bocherens
Hervé Bocherens University of Tübingen
Johannes Krause
Johannes Krause Max Planck Society
Nicholas J. Conard
Nicholas J. Conard University of Tübingen
Johannes van der Plicht
Johannes van der Plicht University of Groningen
Katerina Harvati
Katerina Harvati University of Tübingen
David Reich
David Reich Harvard Medical School
Wolfgang Haak
Wolfgang Haak Max Planck Society
Swapan Mallick
Swapan Mallick Harvard Medical School
Yoshito Chikaraishi
Yoshito Chikaraishi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Naohiko Ohkouchi
Naohiko Ohkouchi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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