ArticleNature ecology & evolution2024
Isotopic evidence of high reliance on plant food among Later Stone Age hunter-gatherers at Taforalt, Morocco.
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- Pre-agricultural intensification of plant use in Pleistocene Sri Lankan rainforests.Nature ecology & evolution · 2026Article
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- Faunal persistence and ecological flexibility in Pleistocene Southeast Asia revealed through multi-isotope analysis.Science advances · 2025Article
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- Unraveling the Evolutionary Diet Mismatch and Its Contribution to the Deterioration of Body Composition.Metabolites · 2024Review
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Abstract
The transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture stands as one of the most important dietary revolutions in human history. Yet, due to a scarcity of well-preserved human remains from Pleistocene sites, little is known about the dietary practices of pre-agricultural human groups. Here we present the isotopic evidence of pronounced plant reliance among Late Stone Age hunter-gatherers from North Africa (15,000-13,000 cal BP), predating the advent of agriculture by several millennia. Employing a comprehensive multi-isotopic approach, we conducted zinc (δ
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