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  Latitudinal gradient in dairy production with the introduction of farming in Atlantic Europe

Cubas, M., Lucquin, A., Robson, H. K., Colonese, A. C., Arias, P., Aubry, B., et al. (2020). Latitudinal gradient in dairy production with the introduction of farming in Atlantic Europe. Nature Communications, 11: 2036. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15907-4.

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Cubas, Miriam, Author
Lucquin, Alexandre, Author
Robson, Harry K., Author
Colonese, André Carlo, Author
Arias, Pablo, Author
Aubry, Bruno, Author
Billard, Cyrille, Author
Jan, Denis, Author
Diniz, Mariana, Author
Fernandes, Ricardo1, Author           
Fábregas Valcarce, Ramón, Author
Germain-Vallée, Cécile, Author
Juhel, Laurent, Author
de Lombera-Hermida, Arturo, Author
Marcigny, Cyril, Author
Mazet, Sylvain, Author
Marchand, Grégor, Author
Neves, César, Author
Ontañón-Peredo, Roberto, Author
Rodríguez-Álvarez, Xose Pedro, Author
Simões, Teresa, AuthorZilhão, João, AuthorCraig, Oliver E., Author more..
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1Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society, ou_2074312              

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Free keywords: Anthropology, Archaeology, Lipids
 Abstract: The introduction of farming had far-reaching impacts on health, social structure and demography. Although the spread of domesticated plants and animals has been extensively tracked, it is unclear how these nascent economies developed within different environmental and cultural settings. Using molecular and isotopic analysis of lipids from pottery, here we investigate the foods prepared by the earliest farming communities of the European Atlantic seaboard. Surprisingly, we find an absence of aquatic foods, including in ceramics from coastal sites, except in the Western Baltic where this tradition continued from indigenous ceramic using hunter-gatherer-fishers. The frequency of dairy products in pottery increased as farming was progressively introduced along a northerly latitudinal gradient. This finding implies that early farming communities needed time to adapt their economic practices before expanding into more northerly areas. Latitudinal differences in the scale of dairy production might also have influenced the evolution of adult lactase persistence across Europe.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2020-04-27
 Publication Status: Published online
 Pages: 9
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15907-4
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Title: Nature Communications
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Publ. Info: London : Nature Publishing Group
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 11 Sequence Number: 2036 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 2041-1723
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/2041-1723