Introduction. The purpose of the work: to publish new information from the biography of sculptor and artist Ivan Illarionovich Sevryugin and genealogical data about his family; as well as for the first time to present new information about masks, busts and dummies made by I.I. Sevryugin for the First Anthropological Exhibition and stored in the Museum of Anthropology of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Materials and methods. The article is based on the archival documents of the Central State Archive of the city of Moscow (metric books, confessional sheets, audit tales, population census materials); materials from the scientific archive of the Moscow State University Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology (the Museum's Book of Acquisitions, collection inventories), as well as periodicals of the XIX century and other open sources. Historiographical, chronological and analytical research methods were used in the work.

Results and discussion. Based on the studied archival materials, it was possible to clarify the following information from the biography of I.I. Sevryugin. Ivan Illarionovich Sevryugin was born on August 2, 1838 in the family of Moscow workshop worker Illarion Illarionovich Sevryugin and his wife Anna Gerasimovna. Seven children were born in the family, but according to the data we found, three of them died in childhood. Ivan Illarionovich was married to the daughter of the priest of the village of Antonchikova, Kashirsky district, Tula region, Savva Leontievich Troitsky, Anna Savvishna Troitskaya, born in 1845. They had four children: Gregory, Alexander, Philip and Ivan. Alexander and Philip died as children. I.I. Sevryugina was buried at the Lazarevskoye cemetery.

A brief description is given of the sculptural works of I.I. Sevryugin preserved in the collection of the Museum of Anthropology of Moscow State University: masks, busts and dummies, which were created for the Anthropological Exhibition in Moscow (1879) and were exhibited in the Exhibition halls to show the general public the ethnic diversity of the world's population.

Conclusion. Biographical information about Ivan Illarionovich Sevryugin himself, as well as about his close relatives (surnames, first names, dates of life), was supplemented; the burial place of members of the Sevryugin family was established. Masks, busts and dummies created by I.I. Sevryugin, which are kept in the sculptural fund of the photo-illustrative department of the Museum of Anthropology of Moscow State University, are material evidence of the history of the development of anthropology in the country. According to the members of the Committee of the Anthropological Exhibition, I.I. Sevryugin was able to express scientific ideas in an artistic form about the ethnic diversity of the population of Russia and other countries.

Acknowledgements. The study was conducted under the state assignment of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Introduction. Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a computational approach used to explore complex social and cultural processes by simulating the behaviors of individual agents–people or groups–within a defined environment. By incorporating individual variation, agent interactions, and responses to environmental conditions, ABM is particularly valuable for reconstructing past patterns of migration, settlement, and the evolution of social institutions. Although widely adopted in international archaeology and anthropology, ABM remains underutilized in Russian research contexts.

Materials and methods. This review is based on academic publications available in open sources and identified through specialized search platforms such as Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and Semantic Scholar. From over 70 initial records, 25 studies were selected that met the criteria of model reproducibility and interdisciplinary integration of archaeological, genetic, and climatic data.

Results. ABM has been applied to a wide range of prehistoric scenarios, including the Out-of-Africa dispersal of Homo sapiens, the Neolithic expansion, Eurasian population movements, interactions between migrants and indigenous groups, and the cultural evolution of language and institutions. These models highlight the roles of climate, population density, and social norms in shaping human behavior and long-term dynamics.

Discussion. Despite its strengths, ABM faces several challenges, including sensitivity to parameter choices, limited reproducibility, and simplified representations of culture. Advancing the method requires better integration of biological, social, and cultural dimensions, along with open access to model code and data for transparency and replication.

Conclusion. ABM represents an emerging research paradigm that links micro-level agent behavior with macro-level processes of social, demographic, and cultural evolution. It offers a powerful interdisciplinary framework for exploring human prehistory and alternative trajectories of societal development.

Acknowledgements. The study was conducted under the state assignment of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Introduction. The article is dedicated to a comprehensive study of a male mummy from the Egyptological collection of the Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Materials and methods. The mummy of a male stripped of its funerary bandages and shrouds, was donated by Professor A.I. Babukhin in 1876 to D.N. Anuchin, the museum’s founder. Since 2016, the mummy has been the object of detailed studies conducted by the Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology of the Lomonosov MSU. The study employed the methodologies of diverse scientific disciplines: anthropological study based on computer tomography data, textile analysis, radiocarbon dating, gas chromatography and mass-spectrometry studies, archeopalynological investigation etc.

Results and discussion. A facial reconstruction and a craniological and osteological description of the mummy were produced using computed tomography (CT) data. The interdisciplinary studies have revealed the specific features of the mummification method, which was characteristic of the Late New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period, but also continued in later periods. The chromatographic analysis of the skin samples revealed a complex mix of embalming agents, one of which was pine resin. This is consistent with data obtained by spore-pollen analysis. The technological characteristics of the burial textiles preserved on the mummy were also studied. The age of the mummy could be determined through radiocarbon dating as 3,080 ± 35 BP (2σ 1426–1259 cal BC), indicating that the individual in question lived during the Eighteenth – first half of the Nineteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom.

Funding. his article was written with the support of the Lomonosov MSU Program of Development. Project No 23 Sch 02-22 "Hystory, anthropology and ethnology of the North-Eastern Africa in context of Ecological Changes during last 13 millenia. Interdisciplinary Research" Archeopalynological investigations were carried out within the framework of the issue Scientific Research Work of the Institute of Archaeology RAS “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studying the Formation and Development of Ancient and Medieval Anthropogenic Ecosystems” (No. of R&D 122011200264-9). The textile studies were carried out within the framework of RSF grant ‘A comprehensive study of archaeological textile and pottery using natural science techniques, based on the findings of the Nubian expedition conducted by Moscow State University’ (№ 25-28-01025)

Introduction. Skulls from the medieval necropolis Shulluktepa (Nesef, XI-XII centuries) were previously studied using 2D geometric morphometrics. Based on the analysis of the sagittal contour, two types of artificial cranial deformation were identified. These types could be associated with different populations gathering in this urban center of Southern Sogdiana. We observed that samples with different types of deformation could be clearly distinguished, while undeformed skulls differ from slightly deformed insignificantly. 3D models and the landmark’s placement algorithm we have developed allow us to utilize these materials again.

Materials and methods. 3D models of skulls from Shulluktepa (MAE No. 7275) were studied using geometric morphometrics. The sample included 44 male and 42 female skulls. The types of deformation were analyzed through processing the landmark’s coordinates within a triangular patch between craniometric points (bregma, left and right asterions). The surface of this patch was automatically filled with semilandmarks. The comparison was carried out using generalized Procrustes analysis, Principal component analysis and canonical analysis realized in R-Studio.

Results and discussion. Based on the analysis results artificially deformed skulls were divided into two types of cranial deformation — parietal and occipital. 3D methods, unlike 2D, allowed us to identify undeformed skulls. There are no differences between males and females in case of parietal deformation, but occipital deformation is more pronounced in males. Comparison of the viscerocranium and neurocranium variability confirmed their independence. There is no influence of interpopulation differences on the results of the neurocrania shape study.

Conclusion. The presence of two types of artificial cranial deformation in the group was proved. It was shown that a triangular patch is more advantageous for the study of artificial deformation than analysis of 2D sagittal contours. Results of the comparison of viscerocranium and neurocranium variability can be used to verify the possible influence of interpopulation differences.

Funding. The research was carried out with the support of grant Russian Scientific Found No. 25-28-01027 "Artificial deformation of the human skull in ancient and near-modern populations: a study by methods of two-dimensional and three- dimensional geometric morphometry”.