ArticleNature human behaviour2020
Exploitation and utilization of tropical rainforests indicated in dental calculus of ancient Oceanic Lapita culture colonists.
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- The impact of human dispersals and local interactions on the genetic diversity of coastal Papua New Guinea over the past 2,500 years.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
- Exploring the potential of dental calculus to shed light on past human migrations in Oceania.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Sedimentary biomarkers of human presence and taro cultivation reveal early horticulture in Remote Oceania.Communications earth & environment · 2024Article
- Dental calculus in the industrial age: Human dental calculus in the Post-Medieval period, a case study from industrial Manchester.Quaternary international : the journal of the International Union for Quaternary Research · 2023Article
- Fossils, fish and tropical forests: prehistoric human adaptations on the island frontiers of Oceania.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Environmental implications and evidence of natural products from dental calculi of a Neolithic-Chalcolithic community (central Italy).Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Isotopic evidence for initial coastal colonization and subsequent diversification in the human occupation of Wallacea.Nature communications · 2020Article
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Abstract
Remote Oceania, which largely consists of islands covered in tropical forests, was the last region on earth to be successfully colonized by humans, beginning 3,000 years ago. We examined human dental calculus from burials in an ancient Lapita culture cemetery to gain insight into the early settlement of this previously untouched tropical environment, specifically on the island of Efate in Vanuatu. Dental calculus is an ideal material to analyse questions of human and plant interactions due to the ingestion of plant-derived microparticles that become incorporated into the calculus as it forms throughout a person's life. Most of the microparticles identified here are from tree and shrub resources, including a ~2,900 calibrated (cal) BP example of banana in Remote Oceania, providing direct evidence for the importance of forests and arboriculture during the settlement of Remote Oceania.
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