Publications

Almeida, B. M., Silva, F. C., & Santos, A. L. (2025). Biological sex estimation in experimentally burnt patellae: exploring sexual dimorphism through comparative analysis. International Journal of Legal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-025-03467-5

Marques, S., Pinto, C., Ferreira, M. T., Garcia, S., & Curate, F. (2025). Sex Estimation from the Fibula and Tibia: A Study in Three Portuguese Reference Collections. Forensic Sciences, 5(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci5010002

Carrascal, S., Estebaranz-Sánchez, F., Dyowe-Roig, A. E., Yang, S., Umbelino, C., Chamel, B., Molist, M., Subirà, M. E., Pérez-Pérez, A., & Martínez, L. M. (2025). Evaluating a dentin exposure proxy for wear rates estimations on mesolithic and neolithic populations from the near East and the Iberian Peninsula: A comparative analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 61, 104936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104936

Willman, J. C. (2025). Probable Use of Labrets Among the Mid Upper Paleolithic Pavlovian Peoples of Central Europe. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 8(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-024-00204-z

Weber, G. W., Šimková, P. G., Fernandes, D. M., Cheronet, O., Úry, E., Wilfing, H., Matiasek, K., Llano-Lizcano, A., Gelabert, P., Trinks, I., Douka, K., Ladstätter, S., Higham, T., Steskal, M., & Pinhasi, R. (2025). The cranium from the Octagon in Ephesos. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 943. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83870-x

Moser, D., Pichler, S. L., Santos, A. L., Klimscha, F., & Fuchs, K. (2025). The uncertain death. Estimating mortality structure by random sampling. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 35(1), e3363. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3363

Costeira, C., Porfírio, Eduardo, & Melo, Linda. (2025). The Western Chamber of the Prehistoric Monument of Praia das Maçãs (Sintra): Archaeological Context, Anthropological Study, and Absolute Dating of the Human Burials Identified in 2022. Munibe Monographs. Anthropology and Archaeology Series, 3. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21630/mmaas.2025.3.01

Monge Calleja, Á. M., Carvalho, P. C., Gaspar, R. R., & Silva, A. M. (2025). Echoes of Unwoven Breaks: A Paleopathological Literature Review of Nonunion Fractures. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, n/a(n/a), e3366. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3366

Canales, N. H., Curate, F., Ruiz, T. C., & Silva, A. M. (2024). Marida in the middle ages: assessing population affinities through the analysis of dental morphology. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 17(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-02146-7

Gelabert, P., Bickle, P., Hofmann, D., Teschler-Nicola, M., Anders, A., Huang, X., Hämmerle, M., Olalde, I., Fournier, R., Ringbauer, H., Akbari, A., Cheronet, O., Lazaridis, I., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Fernandes, D. M., Buttinger, K., Callan, K., Candilio, F., Bravo Morante, G., … Reich, D. (2024). Social and genetic diversity in first farmers of central Europe. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02034-z

Brito, J. T., & Santos, A. L. (2024). Schmorl’s nodes in a historic adult skeletal sample (19th to 20th centuries): An analysis of age, sex and occupation. International Journal of Paleopathology, 46, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2024.05.002

Wasterlain, S. N., Rufino, A. I., & Ferreira, M. T. (2024). Dental disease in a 15th-17th centuries skeletal sample of enslaved Africans (Lagos, Portugal). Archives of Oral Biology, 165, 106015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2024.106015

Hernández Canales, N., Gomes, R. A. M. P., Emslie, S. D., Teté Garcia, C., Curate, F., & Silva, A. M. (2024). A case of early childhood caries from a Medieval site in Southern Portugal: a multidisciplinary approach. Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 467–477. https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2024/1759

Curto, A., Fernandes, T., Relvado, C., Ferro, S., & Lopes, C. (2024). Variability of lesions and lesion patterns in possible treponematosis cases: Insights from an archaeological site in Tomar, Portugal. Anthropologischer Anzeiger. https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2024/1764

Silva, A. M., & Curate, F. (2024). Accessory foot bones in a Portuguese identified skeletal collection. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 17169. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68211-2

Gomes, R. A. M. P., Catarino, L., & Santos, A. L. (2024). The Role of Fe, S, P, Ca, and Sr in Porous Skeletal Lesions: A Study on Non-adult Individuals Using pXRF. Biological Trace Element Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-024-04187-4

Coutinho, A. P., Moreira, M., Silva, E., García-Rivero, D., & Umbelino, C. (2024). Identification of Neolithic diet by the morphology of the starch grains of dental calculus found in the Dehesilla Cave (Cadiz – South of the Iberian Peninsula). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 16(4), 62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-01972-z

Gomes, R. A. M. P., Santos, A. L., & Catarino, L. (2024). Elemental analysis using portable X-ray fluorescence: Guidelines for the study of dry human bone. International Journal of Paleopathology, 44, 85–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2023.12.004

Navega, D., Ferreira, M. T., & Curate, F. (2024). Eigenfemora—Age-at-Death Estimation in the Proximal Femur through an Image Processing Approach. Forensic Sciences, 4(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci4010001

Capasso, G., Neves, D., Sperduti, A., Cristiani, E., & Manzo, A. (2024). Direct evidence of plant consumption in Neolithic Eastern Sudan from dental calculus analysis. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 4278. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53300-z

Monteiro, S., Curate, F., Garcia, S., & Cunha, E. (2024). The Identification Potential of Atherosclerotic Calcifications in the Context of Forensic Anthropology. Biology, 13(2), 66. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13020066

Willman, J. C., Coutinho Nogueira, D., & Silva, A. M. (2024). Reassessing trauma in a Late Neolithic cranium from Megalitho da Capella (Figueira da Foz, Portugal). Anthropologischer Anzeiger. https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2024/1771

Coutinho Nogueira, D., Ramos Gaspar, R., Carreiro, I., Godinho, R. M., & Umbelino, C. (2024). Underneath the Surface: Examining “Hidden Lesions” With Paleoimaging at Moita do Sebastião, Mesolithic Muge, Portugal. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, n/a(n/a), e3367. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3367

Gomes, R. A. M. P., Santos, A. L., & Catarino, L. (2024). Using portable X-ray fluorescence elemental analysis to explore porous skeletal lesions: Interplay of sex, age at death, and cause of death. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, n/a(n/a), e24954. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24954

Zeng, S., Cunha, E., & Curate, F. (2024). Sex estimation using adult femora and humeri trained on a Portuguese reference sample, and tested on Portuguese and South African samples. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 0(0), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2024.2429720

Monge Calleja, Á. M., Aranda, C. M., & Luna, L. H. (2024). Only photos on my best side, please! Implications of bilateral asymmetry of the iliac auricular surface in non-adult individuals for sex estimation. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, n/a(n/a), e3361. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3361

Antunes-Ferreira, Nathalie, & Curate, Francisco. (2024). Necrópoles Medievais e Modernas de Lisboa. In Suplemento n.^o 12 de O Arqueólogo Português - “Lisboa Subterrânea. 25 anos depois.”

Godinho, R, Lopes, C, Curto, A, & Gaspar, R. (2024). Digitalização 3D: expansão da investigação e salvaguarda em museus de Arqueologia. Al-Madan, 2.^a Série(27), 128–135.

Lopes, C, Godinho, R, & Curto, A. (2024). A Importância da Normalização de Dados na Bioarqueologia Humana. Al-Madan, 2.^a Série(27), 123–127.

Tereso, J, Curto, A, Lopes, C, Detry, C, Ferreira, C, Almeida, N, Monteiro, P, Godinho, R, & Navarrete, V. (2024). A Investigação Bioarqueológica Portuguesa: nota introdutória a um dossiê. Al-Madan, 2.^a Série(27), 69–135.

Antunes-Ferreira, N., Curate, F., Prates, C., & Marques, C. (2024). Inflammatory arthropathies: Perspectives from a Portuguese male individual (1574–1834 CE). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 34(6), e3362. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3362

Carvalho, L.M., Simões, S., Brito, S., Bugalhão. J., Rocha, M., Gonzaga, R., Correia, M., Barbosa, R., & Wasterlain, S. (2024). Is sexism a problem in the field of biological anthropology? The first survey conducted in Portugal. In Coming of Age: Ethics and Biological Anthropology in the 21st Century (pp. 195–215). https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.19307130.18

Santos, A. L. (2024). Dicionário de Arqueologia Funerária. In Souza, C. D & Tacla, A. B. (Eds.), Paleopatologia (pp. 88–95).

Leirião C, Carvalho LM, Henriques S, Gaspar RR, Amarante A, & Wasterlain SN. (2024). A possible fall: two fractures in a young adult male from Modern Lisbon, Portugal (17th -18th centuries). Actas XVI Congreso Nacional e Internacional de Paleopatología, 143–146.

Maranho, R., Pedro, M., Ferreira, M. T., & Curate, F. (2024). Morfometria Geométrica um guia prático para a análise do tamanho e da forma de estruturas geométricas. Al-Madan, 27(2), 86–97.

Lourenço, M., Cunha, E., Meco, C., & Curate, F. (2024). A skeletal dysplasia leading to a perinatal death in 17th–19th century Lisbon, Portugal. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 34(5), e3338. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3338

Mueller, N. G., & Willman, J. C. (2024). Domestication as the evolution of interspecies cooperative breeding. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 33(5), e22042. https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.22042

Gómez-González, S., González-Garrido, L., Rodríguez, L., Serralvo-González, M., Manuel Gonzalo-Orden, J., & N. Wasterlain, S. (2024). An identified case of poliomyelitis: contribution to diagnosis in ancient human remains. Anthropological Science, advpub. https://doi.org/10.1537/ase.231108

Calleja, Á. M. M., Lourenço, M., Macedo, M., Gaspar, R. R., Ribeiro, M. L., & Santos, A. L. (2024). Possible thalassemia intermedia in a child (16th–18th century) from the westernmost part of Europe: potential association with malaria and past migrations. Anthropological Science, advpub, 231105. https://doi.org/10.1537/ase.231105

Santos, A. L., Magalhães, B. M., & Roggio, C. (2023). Changes in mortality by tuberculosis in non-industrialized Coimbra (Portugal): Trends between 1861 and 1914. Tuberculosis, 143, 102394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2023.102394

Roggio, C., Magalhães, B. M., & Santos, A. L. (2023). Adult sex estimation based on the 12th thoracic and 1st lumbar vertebrae from a Portuguese contemporary population: Effects of degenerative lesions and comparison of accuracy with other skeletal areas. La Revue de Médecine Légale, 14(4), 100402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medleg.2023.100402

Granja, R., Araújo, A. C., Lugli, F., Silvestrini, S., Silva, A. M., & Gonçalves, D. (2023). Unbalanced sex-ratio in the Neolithic individuals from the Escoural Cave (Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal) revealed by peptide analysis. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 19902. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47037-4

Lourenço, A. C., Nogueira, H. G., Rodrigues, D., Gama, A., Machado-Rodrigues, A. M., Silva, M. R. G., & Padez, C. (2023). Observing the neighborhood multidimensionality and overweight in children of different developmental stages—the emergence of an unusual association. European Journal of Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-023-05326-0

Godinho, R. M., Umbelino, C., Valera, A. C., Carvalho, A. F., Bicho, N., Cascalheira, J., Gonçalves, C., & Smith, P. (2023). Mandibular morphology and the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in Westernmost Iberia. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 16648. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42846-z

Monge Calleja, Á. M., Luna, L. H., Aranda, C. M., & Santos, A. L. (2023). Methods for sex estimation of prepubertal individuals (< 12 years old): bibliographic review and future directions. Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 439–469. https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2022/1607

Monge Calleja, Á., Santos, A. L., & Gomes, R. A. M. P. (2023). INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON POROUS SKELETAL: Achievements and future directions. Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde. https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/108791

Curto, A., Ferro, S., Santos, C., Lourenço, M., Fahy, G. E., Anselmo, D., & Fernandes, T. (2023). Comparing morphological (os coxae) and metric (long bone length) sex estimation methods in archaeological collections. Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht Uber Die Biologisch-Anthropologische Literatur. https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2023/1730

Manso, M. T., & Matos, V. M. J. (2023). Spina bifida, the normal, the pathological and the in-between: first evidence from a forensic osteological collection. International Journal of Legal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-023-03066-2

Maranho, R., Ferreira, M. T., & Curate, F. (2023). Secular Trends in the Size and Shape of the Scapula among the Portuguese between the 19th and the 21st Centuries. Biology, 12(7), 928. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12070928

Oliveira-Santos, I., Gomes, R. A. M. P., Coelho, C., Gil, F., Cunha, E., Baptista, I. P., & Ferreira, M. T. (2023). All that glitters is not gold: X-ray fluorescence analysis of a fixed dental prosthesis from Colecção de Esqueletos Identificados Século XXI, Portugal (CEI/XXI). International Journal of Legal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-023-03048-4