Publications

Selected publications

• Stancampiano, L. M., Sistiaga, A., Del Val, D. U., Aramendi, J., Baquedano, E., Mabulla, A., ... & Magill, C. R. (2022). New site at Olduvai Gorge (AGS, Bed I, 1.84 Mya) widens the range of locations where hominins engaged in butchery. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-11.

• Doherty, S. P., Collins, M. J., Harris, A. J., Sistiaga, A., Newton, J., & Alexander, M. M. (2022). A modern baseline for the paired isotopic analysis of skin and bone in terrestrial mammals. Royal Society open science, 9(1), 211587.

• Groussin, M., Poyet, M., Sistiaga, A., Kearney, S. M., Moniz, K., Noel, M., ... & Alm, E. J. (2021). Elevated rates of horizontal gene transfer in the industrialized human microbiome. Cell, 184(8), 2053-2067.

• Rampelli, S., Turroni, S., Mallol, C., Hernandez, C., Galván, B., Sistiaga, A., ... & Candela, M. (2021). Components of a Neanderthal gut microbiome recovered from fecal sediments from El Salt. Communications biology, 4(1), 1-10.

• Sistiaga, A., Husain, F., Uribelarrea, D., Martín-Perea, D. M., Ferland, T., Freeman, K. H., ... & Summons, R. E. (2020). Microbial biomarkers reveal a hydrothermally active landscape at Olduvai Gorge at the dawn of the Acheulean, 1.7 Ma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(40), 24720-24728.

• Domínguez-Rodrigo, M., Cobo‐Sánchez, L., Uribelarrea, D., Arriaza, M. C., Yravedra, J., Gidna, A.,Organista, E., Sistiaga, A., ... & Mabulla, A. (2017). Spatial simulation and modelling of the early Pleistocene site of DS (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): a powerful tool for predicting potential archaeological information from unexcavated areas. Boreas, 46(4), 805-815.

• Brown, C. M., Henderson, D. M., Vinther, J., Fletcher, I., Sistiaga, A., Herrera, J., & Summons, R. E. (2017). An exceptionally preserved three-dimensional armored dinosaur reveals insights into coloration and Cretaceous predator-prey dynamics. Current Biology, 27(16), 2514-2521.

• Sistiaga, A., Wrangham, R., Rothman, J. M., & Summons, R. E. (2015). New insights into the evolution of the human diet from faecal biomarker analysis in wild chimpanzee and gorilla faeces. PloS one, 10(6), e0128931.

• Galván, B., Hernández, C. M., Mallol, C., Mercier, N., Sistiaga, A., & Soler, V. (2014). New evidence of early Neanderthal disappearance in the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of human evolution, 75, 16-27.

• Sistiaga, A., Mallol, C., Galván, B., & Summons, R. E. (2014). The Neanderthal meal: a new perspective using faecal biomarkers. PloS one, 9(6), e101045.

• Sistiaga, A., Berna, F., Laursen, R., & Goldberg, P. (2014). Steroidal biomarker analysis of a 14,000 years old putative human coprolite from Paisley Cave, Oregon. Journal of Archaeological Science, 41, 813-817.

• Mallol, C., Hernández, C. M., Cabanes, D., Machado, J., Sistiaga, A., Pérez, L., & Galván, B. (2013). Human actions performed on simple combustion structures: an experimental approach to the study of Middle Palaeolithic fire. Quaternary International, 315, 3-15.

• Mallol, C., Hernández, C. M., Cabanes, D., Sistiaga, A., Machado, J., Rodríguez, Á., ... & Galván, B. (2013). The black layer of Middle Palaeolithic combustion structures. Interpretation and archaeostratigraphic implications. Journal of archaeological science, 40(5), 2515-2537.

Mentions in the news

My work has been featured in numerous media including TIME, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Nature and Science News. I have appeared on documentaries in Netflix (Connected), Podcasts (e.g. RadioLab) and TV News (e.g RTVE).