This study investigates the foods prepared by early farming communities of the European Atlantic seaboard using molecular and isotopic analysis of lipids from pottery. Surprisingly, aquatic foods were absent except in the Western Baltic. The frequency of dairy products increased along a northerly latitudinal gradient, suggesting adaptation time before northward expansion and potential influence on lactase persistence evolution.
Publisher
Nature Communications
Published On
Apr 27, 2020
Authors
Miriam Cubas, Alexandre Lucquin, Harry K. Robson, André Carlo Colonese, Pablo Arias, Bruno Aubry, Cyrille Billard, Denis Jan, Mariana Diniz, Ricardo Fernandes, Ramón Fábregas Valcarce, Cécile Germain-Vallée, Laurent Juhel, Arturo de Lombera-Hermida, Cyril Marcigny, Sylvain Mazet, Grégór Marchand, César Neves, Roberto Ontañón-Peredo, Xose Pedro Rodríguez-Álvarez, Teresa Simões, João Zilhão, Oliver E. Craig
Tags
early farming
European Atlantic
molecular analysis
lipids
dairy products
lactase persistence
aquatic foods
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