Publications

Published papers in refereed journals and edited volumes

Hublin J-J., Verna C., Bailey S., Smith T., Olejniczak A., Sbihi-Alaoui F.Z., Zouak M. (in press). Dental Evidence from the Aterian Human Populations of Morocco. In J.-J. Hublin and S.P. McPherron : Modern Origins: A North African Perspective. New York: Springer.

Verna C., d'Errico F. (2011) The oldest evidence for the use of human bone as tool. Journal of Human Evolution, 60, 145-157.

d’Errico F., Marian Vanhaeren M., Renou S., Michel A., Lenoble A., Verna C., Ramirez Rozzi F., Rendu W., Roger G. (2010). Nouvelles fouilles dans le site aurignacien de Chez les Rois (Mouthiers-sur-Boëme, Charente). In: Buisson-Cattil J., Primault J. (Eds.): Préhistoire entre Vienne et Charente. Hommes et sociétés du Paléolithique. 25 ans d’archéologie préhistorique en Poitou-Charentes. Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Mémoire XXXVIII. Association des Publications Chauvinoises, pp. 245-253.

Green R.E., Krause J., Briggs A.W., Maricic T., Stenzel U., Kircher M., Patterson N., Li H., Zhai W., Hsi-Yang Fritz M., Hansen N.F., Durand E.Y., Malaspinas A-S., Jensen J.D., Marques-Bonet T., Alkan C., Prüfer K., Meyer M., Burbano H.A., Good J.M., Schultz R., Aximu-Petri A., Butthof A., Höber B., Höffner B., Siegemund M., Weihmann A., Nusbaum C., Lander E.S., Russ C., Novod N., Affourtit J., Egholm M., Verna C., Rudan P., Brajkovic D., Kucan Z., Gušic I., Doronichev V.B., Golovanova L.V., Lalueza-Fox C., de la Rasilla M., Fortea J., Rosas A., Schmitz R., Johnson P., Eichler E.E., Falush D., Birney E., Mullikin J.C., Slatkin M., Nielsen R., Kelso J., Lachmann M., Reich D., Pääbo S. (2010). A draft sequence and preliminary analysis of the Neandertal genome. Science, 328, 710-722.

Texier J-P., Porraz G., Parkington J., Rigaud J-P., Poggenpoel C., Miller C., Tribolo C., Cartwright C., Coudenneau A., Klein R,. Steele T., Verna C. (2010). A Howiesons Poort tradition of engraving ostrich eggshell containers dated to 60 000 years ago at Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 107 (14), 6180-6185.

Verna, C. (2010). Le peuplement néandertalien en Poitou-Charentes. Intérât d’une approche pluridisciplinaire. In: Buisson-Cattil J., Primault J. (Eds.): Préhistoire entre Vienne et Charente. Hommes et sociétés du Paléolithique. 25 ans d’archéologie préhistorique en Poitou-Charentes. Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Mémoire XXXVIII. Association des Publications Chauvinoises, pp. 17-24.

Verna, C. (2010). Les restes humains de La Quina. In: Buisson-Cattil J. (ed): 25 ans d’archéologie préhistorique en Poitou-Charentes, XXVII Congrès préhistorique de France, pp. 140-144.

Verna C., Hublin J.J., Debénath A., Jelinek A.J., Vandermeersch B. (2010). Two new hominin cranial fragments from the Mousterian levels at La Quina (Charente, France). Journal of Human Evolution, 58, 273-278.

Michel A., d’Errico F., Lenoble A., Vanhaeren M., Ramirez-Rozzi F., Grootes P., Renou S., Rendu W., Daulny L., Verna C., Roger G (2008). Nouvelles fouilles sur le site aurignacien Chez les Rois (Mouthiers-sur-Boëme, Charentes). In : Jaubert J., Bordes J.-G., Ortega I. (ed.), Nouvelles fouilles paléolithiques dans le grand sud-ouest, Paris : Société préhistorique française, p. 289-299.

Verna C. (2007). Une sépulture à La Quina ? Retour aux données. In : J. Evin (ed.), Congrès du Centenaire : Un siècle de construction du discours scientifique en Préhistoire. Vol. III « …aux conceptions d’aujourd’hui », Actes du XXVIe Congrès préhistorique de France – Avignon, September 2004, Paris : Société préhistorique française, p. 527-535.

Verna C., Poplin F. (2005). Nouvelle détermination de la patella néandertalienne H19 de La Quina : une patella de poulain. Bulletins de la Société préhistorique française, t. 102, n°3, p. 501-508.

Papers presented at professional meetings

Verna C., Gunz P., Hublin J-J. Reconstruction virtuelle du squelette crânio-facial La Quina 5 (2011). Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, Paris, January 26th-28th.

Le Cabec A., Verna C., Toussaint M., Kupczik K., Braga J., Bonjean D., Hublin J-J. (2011). Analyse microtomographique des racines des dents permanentes du néanderthalien de Scladina (Belgique). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, Paris, January 26th-28th.

Verna C. (2010). The Middle Stone Age human remains from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South-Africa. Podium presentation at the joint meetings of the 13th PAA Congress (PanAfrican Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies), and the 20th conference of the SAFA (Society of Africanist Archaeologists), Dakar, November 1st-7th.

Porraz G., Texier P-J., Parkington J., Rigaud J-Ph., Poggenpoel C., Miller C., Tribolo C., Cartwright C., Dayet L., Goldberg P., Klein R, Piboule M., Steele T., Verna C. (2010). The scenario of the cultural Evolution of the MSA in southern Africa: a multidisciplinary view from Diepkloof Rock Shelter (South Africa). Paper presented at t at the joint meetings of the 13th PAA Congress (PanAfrican Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies), and the 20th conference of the SAFA (Society of Africanist Archaeologists), Dakar, November 1st-7th.

Verna C., Richards M. (2010). Strontium isotope evidence for Neandertal mobility and territorial strategies. Podium presentation at the meeting of the UISPP commission 27 ‘Settlement Dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age’. XXVIIth Congrès préhistorique de France, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, June 4th.

Verna C., Grimes V., Hublin J-J., Toussaint M., Richards M. (2010). Tracing Neandertal movement and mobility through strontium isotope analysis: Case studies from Belgium. Annual meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society, Saint Louis, April 2010.

Verna C., Grimes V., Hublin J-J., Toussaint M., Richards M. (2010). Strontium isotope evidence for the mobility of the Neandertal child from Scladina (Belgium). Annual meeting of the Hugo Obermaier Society, Leipzig, April 2010.

Verna C., d’Errico F. (2009). The oldest evidence for the use of human bone as a tool. Podium presentation at the annual meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society, Chicago, March 31st - April 1st 2009.

Verna C., Dujardin V., Trinkaus E. (2009). The Aurignacian human remains from La Quina-Aval (Charente, France). Poster presented at the 78th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Chicago, April 1st- 4th 2009.

Richards M., Verna C. (2009). Tracking Neanderthal mobility using strontium isotope analysis. Communication présentée (par M. Richards) au 37e Congrès annuel de la Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada, 28-31 Octobre 2009.

Verna C., Grimes V., Hublin J.J., Toussaint M., Richards M. (2009). Tracing Neanderthal movement and mobility in Europe through strontium isotope analysis. Podium presentation at the anniversary meeting of the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris : « 150 ans en 2009, des conceptions d’hier aux recherches de demain », Paris, January 26th-30th 2009.

Verna C. (2008). The teeth from La Quina (France): an insight into Neandertal dental variation. Poster presented at the 14th International Symposium on dental morphology, august 27th-30th 2008, Greifswald, Allemagne.

Verna C. (2008). New evidence from La Quina (Charente, france). The first biocultural analysis of the human remains assemblage. Paper presented at SAA 73rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 26 - March 30, 2008.

Mazurier A., Verna C. (2008). A reassessment of the La Quina 9 mandible (Charente, France) through its virtual reconstruction. Poster presented at the annual Paleoanthropology Society meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 25 – 26, 2008.

Verna C., Ramirez-Rozzi F., d’Errico F., Lenoble A., Michel A., Renou S., Vanhaeren M. (2008). New Aurignacian Human Remains from les Rois (France). Poster presented at the annual Paleoanthropology Society meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 25 – 26, 2008.

Hublin J.J., Bailey S., Olejniczak A., Smith T., Verna C., Sbihi-Alaoui F.Z., Zouak M. (2007). Dental Evidence from the Aterian Human Populations of Morocco. Presented at Symposia "Modern Origins: A North African Perspective", 30 August- 1 September, 2007.

Verna C. (2006). The temporal bones from La Quina (Charente, France). Some evidence of a local population among neandertals ? Poster presented at the Congress "150 years of Neanderthal discoveries", Bonn, July 21-26.

Verna C., Debénath A. (2006). Nouvel inventaire des restes humains de la Station Amont de La Quina (Gardes-le-Pontaroux, Charente). Quantification de l’assemblage et répartition dans le site. Paper presented at the 1831st annual meeting of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, Paris, January 18-20. Abstract in Bulletins et Mémoires de la S.A.P., n.s., 2005, t.17, 3-4, p.287./

Verna C. (2005). Nouvelle étude des restes humains moustériens du gisement de La Quina (Charente). Paper presented at the 1830th annual meeting of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, Paris, January 19-21. Abstract in Bulletins et Mémoires de la S.A.P., n.s., 2004, t.16, 3-4, p.242.

Verna C. (2004). Une sépulture à La Quina ? Retour aux données. Poster presented at the Congress for the centenary of the Société préhistorique française, Avignon, Septembe 20-25.

Verna C. (2001). Unpublished human parietal bones from the Mousterian layers of La Quina (Charente, France). Poster presented at the 14th congress of the UISPP, Liège, September 2-8.

Verna C., Vandermeersch B., Debénath A., Jelinek A.J. (2000). L'occipital néandertalien H34 découvert en 1993 à La Quina (Gardes, Charente). Paper presented at the 1825th annual meeting of the of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris, January 13-15, Paris. Abstract published in Bulletins et Mémoires de la S.A.P., n.s., 2000, t.11, 1999, 3-4, p.499.

Dissertations

Verna C. (2006). Les restes humains moustériens de la Station amont de La Quina (Charente, France). Contexte archéologique et constitution de l’assemblage. Étude morphologique et métrique des restes crânio-faciaux. Apport à l’étude de la variation néandertalienne. PhD thesis in biological Anthropology, University of Bordeaux 1, 628 p.

Verna C. (1995). Les mandibules de La Quina (Charente, France). DEA dissertation, University of Bordeaux 1, 90 p.

Non-refereed journals and reports

Verna C. (2009). Les restes humains. In: Texier P.J. Diepkloof (Western Cape, South Africa). Excavation report.

Verna C., Ramirez-Rozzi F. (2008). Les restes humains. In: d’Errico F., Vanaheren M. : Les Rois, Mouthiers-sur-Boëme, Charente. Excavation report.

Verna C. (2007). The Vindija human remains. An updated inventory and statement. Report for the Croatian Academy of Sciences (HAZU, Zagreb). With the collaboration of E. Green, J. Krause, T. Maricic and S. Pääbo.

Verna C., Ramirez-Rozzi F. (2007). Les restes humains. In: d’Errico F., Vanaheren M. : Les Rois, Mouthiers-sur-Boëme, Charente. Excavation report.

Ramirez-Rozzi F., Verna C. (2006). Les restes humains. In: d’Errico F., Vanaheren M. : Les Rois, Mouthiers-sur-Boëme, Charente. Excavation report.

Publications

Published papers in refereed journals and edited volumes

Papers presented at professional meetings

Dissertations

Non-refereed journals and reports

Popular science articles