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Dairying, diseases and the evolution of lactase persistence in Europe.
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108 authors at 20 institutions in 22 countries.
Richard P EvershedOrganic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. R.P.Evershed@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9483-2750
George Davey SmithMRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. KZ.Davey-Smith@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1407-8314
Mélanie Roffet-SalqueOrganic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. melanie.salque@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9508-788X
Adrian TimpsonDepartment of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0292-8729
Yoan DiekmannDepartment of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0030-0786
Matthew S LyonMRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Lucy J E CrampDepartment of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2012-2753
Emmanuelle CasanovaOrganic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Jessica SmythOrganic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8124-1444
Helen L WheltonOrganic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0844-9916
Julie DunneOrganic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2547-1071
Veronika BrychovaDepartment of Dairy, Fat and Cosmetics, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Lucija ŠoberlOrganic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Pascale GerbaultDepartment of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.
Rosalind E GillisArchéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnement (UMR 7209), CNRS-Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle-Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France.
Volker HeydDepartment of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Emily JohnsonDepartment of Archaeology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Iain KendallOrganic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Katie ManningDepartment of Geography, King's College London, London, UK.
Arkadiusz MarciniakInstitute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.
Alan K OutramDepartment of Archaeology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3360-089X
Jean-Denis VigneArchéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnement (UMR 7209), CNRS-Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle-Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France.
Stephen ShennanUCL Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, UK.
Andrew BevanUCL Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7967-3117
Sue ColledgeUCL Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, UK.
Lyndsay Allason-JonesGreat North Museum (former Museum of Antiquities), Newcastle, UK.
Luc AmkreutzNational Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4664-5552
Alexandra AndersInstitute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Rose-Marie ArbogastUMR 7044, ARCHIMEDE, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Adrian BălăşescuDepartment of Bioarchaeology, 'Vasile Pârvan' Institute of Archaeology, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania.
Eszter BánffyInstitute of Archaeology, Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Centre of Excellence of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5156-826X
Alistair BarclayCotswold Archaeology, Cirencester, UK.
Anja BehrensGerman Archaeological Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Peter BoguckiSchool of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9547-9311
Ángel Carrancho AlonsoÁrea de Prehistoria, Departamento de Historia, Geografía y Comunicación, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain.
José Miguel CarreteroLaboratorio Evolución Humana, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain.
Nigel CavanaghNetwork Archaeology, Lincoln, UK.
Erich ClaßenLVR-State Service for Archaeological Heritage, Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0860-7205
Hipolito Collado GiraldoPatrimonio & Arte Research Group, Extremadura University, Badajoz and Cáceres, Badajoz, Spain.
Matthias ConradLandesamt für Archaeologie, Dresden, Germany.
Piroska CsengeriHerman Ottó Museum, Miskolc, Hungary.
Lech CzerniakInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
Maciej DębiecInstitute of Archaeology, University Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland.
Anthony DenaireUMR 6298, ARTEHIS, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1257-7865
László DomboróczkiDobó István Castle Museum, Eger, Hungary.
Christina DonaldThe McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum, Dundee, UK.
Julia EbertInstitute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Christopher EvansCambridge Archaeological Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Marta Francés-NegroLaboratorio Evolución Humana, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain.
Detlef GronenbornRömisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Leibniz Research Institute for Archaeology, Mainz, Germany.
Fabian HaackArchaeological Department, Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany.
Matthias HalleLandesamt für Archaeologie, Dresden, Germany.
Caroline HamonUMR 8215, Trajectoires, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Roman HülshoffState Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology, Saxony Anhalt/State Museum of Prehistory, Halle/Saale, Germany.
Michael IlettUMR 8215, Trajectoires, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Eneko IriarteLaboratorio Evolución Humana, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8365-5616
János JakucsInstitute of Archaeology, Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Centre of Excellence of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
Christian JeunesseUMR 7044, ARCHIMEDE, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Melanie JohnsonCFA Archaeology, Musselburgh, UK.
Andy M JonesCornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council, Truro, UK.
Necmi KarulIstanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Dmytro Kiosak'I.I. Mechnikov', Odessa National University, Odessa, Ukraine.
Nadezhda KotovaInstitute of Archaeology of Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine.
Rüdiger KrausePrehistory Department, Institut of Archaeology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.
Saskia KretschmerLandesamt für Archaeologie, Dresden, Germany.
Marta KrügerDepartment of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.
Philippe LefrancUMR 7044, INRAP Grand-Est Sud, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Olivia LelongGUARD Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Eva LenneisDepartment of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8991-4420
Andrey LogvinKostanay State University, Kostanay, Kazakhstan.
Friedrich LüthGerman Archaeological Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Tibor MartonInstitute of Archaeology, Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Centre of Excellence of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
Jane MarleyRoyal Cornwall Museum, Truro, UK.
Richard MortimerOxford Archaeology East, Oxford, UK.
Luiz OosterbeekGeosciences Centre, Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal.
Krisztián OrossInstitute of Archaeology, Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Centre of Excellence of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
Juraj PavúkArcheologický ústav SAV, Nitra, Slovakia.
Joachim PechtlKelten Römer Museum Manching, Manching, Germany.
Pierre PétrequinMSHE C.N. Ledoux, CNRS & University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
Joshua PollardDepartment of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Richard PollardLeicestershire County Council Museums, Leicestershire, UK.
Dominic PowleslandThe Landscape Research Centre Ltd., West Heslerton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-0739
Joanna PyzelInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
Pál RaczkyInstitute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Andrew RichardsonCanterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury, UK.
Peter RoweTees Archaeology, Hartlepool, UK.
Stephen RowlandOxford Archaeology North, Lancaster, UK.
Ian RowlandsonArchaeological Consultancy, Emsworth, UK.
Thomas SaileInstitute of History, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Katalin SebőkInstitute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Wolfram SchierInstitute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Germo SchmalfußLandesamt für Archaeologie, Dresden, Germany.
Svetlana SharapovaInstitute of History and Archaeology, UB RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Helen SharpLeicestershire County Council Museums, Leicestershire, UK.
Alison SheridanNational Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6204-3776
Irina ShevninaKostanay State University, Kostanay, Kazakhstan.
Iwona Sobkowiak-TabakaInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland.
Peter StadlerDepartment of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Harald StäubleLandesamt für Archaeologie, Dresden, Germany.
Astrid StobbePrehistory Department, Institut of Archaeology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.
Darko StojanovskiGeology Department, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.
Nenad TasićUniversity of Belgrade, Belgrad, Serbia.
Ivo van WijkFaculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Ivana VostrovskáInstitute of Archaeology and Museology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Jasna VukovićUniversity of Belgrade, Belgrad, Serbia.
Sabine WolframStaatliches Museum für Archäologie, Chemnitz, Germany.
Andrea Zeeb-LanzGeneraldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz, Dir. Landesarchäologie, Speyer, Germany.
Mark G ThomasDepartment of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK. m.thomas@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-981X
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European Research Council 324202European Research Council FP7-IDEAS-ERC/324202Medical Research Council MC_PC_17228Medical Research Council MC_QA137853Medical Research Council MC_UU_00011/1
Abstract
In European and many African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian populations, lactase persistence (LP) is the most strongly selected monogenic trait to have evolved over the past 10,000 years
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ArchaeologyDairyingDiseaseGenetics, PopulationLactaseMilkSelection, GeneticAnimalsAnimals, WildBiological Specimen BanksCeramicsCohort StudiesEuropeFamineGene FrequencyGenotypeLactase
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