Multiproxy bioarchaeological data reveals interplay between growth, diet and population dynamics across the transition to farming in the central Mediterranean.

ABSTRACT: The transition to farming brought on a series of important changes in human society, lifestyle, diet and health. The human bioarchaeology of the agricultural transition has received much attention, however, relatively few studies have directly tested the interrelationship between individual lifestyle factors and their implications for understanding life history changes among the first farmers. We investigate the interplay between skeletal growth, diet, physical activity and population size across 30,000 years in the central Mediterranean through a 'big data' cross-analysis of osteological data related to stature (n = 361), body mass (n = 334) and long bone biomechanics (n = 481), carbon (δ¹³C) and nitrogen (δ¹⁵N) stable isotopes (n = 1986 human, n = 475 animal) and ra

SUBMITTER: Parkinson EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10713518 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature