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Exotic foods reveal contact between South Asia and the Near East during the second millennium BCE by Scott, Ashley, Power, Robert C., Altmann-Wendling, Victoria, Artzy, Michal, Martin, Mario A. S., Eisenmann, Stefanie, Hagan, Richard, Salazar-García, Domingo C., Salmon, Yossi, Yegorov, Dmitry, Milevski, Ianir, Finkelstein, Israel, Stockhammer, Philipp W., Warinner, Christina

“…Although the key role of long-distance trade in the transformation of cuisines worldwide has been well-documented since at least the Roman era, the prehistory…”
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Ancient proteins provide evidence of dairy consumption in eastern Africa by Bleasdale, Madeleine, Richter, Kristine K., Janzen, Anneke, Brown, Samantha, Scott, Ashley, Zech, Jana, Wilkin, Shevan, Wang, Ke, Schiffels, Stephan, Desideri, Jocelyne, Besse, Marie, Reinold, Jacques, Saad, Mohamed, Babiker, Hiba, Power, Robert C., Ndiema, Emmanuel, Ogola, Christine, Manthi, Fredrick K., Zahir, Muhammad, Petraglia, Michael, Trachsel, Christian, Nanni, Paolo, Grossmann, Jonas, Hendy, Jessica, Crowther, Alison, Roberts, Patrick, Goldstein, Steven T., Boivin, Nicole

“…Consuming the milk of other species is a unique adaptation of Homo sapiens , with implications for health, birth spacing and evolution. Key questions…”
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Neanderthal diets in central and southeastern Mediterranean Iberia by Salazar-García, Domingo C., Power, Robert C., Sanchis Serra, Alfred, Villaverde, Valentín, Walker, Michael J., Henry, Amanda G.

“…During recent decades, Neanderthal diet has been a major research topic in palaeoanthropology. This has been accelerated by the maturation of different…”
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Earliest floral grave lining from 13,700–11,700-y-old Natufian burials at Raqefet Cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel by Nadel, Dani, Danin, Avinoam, Power, Robert C., Rosen, Arlene M., Bocquentin, Fanny, Tsatskin, Alexander, Rosenberg, Danny, Yeshurun, Reuven, Weissbrod, Lior, Rebollo, Noemi R., Barzilai, Omry, Boaretto, Elisabetta

“…Flowering plants possess mechanisms that stimulate positive emotional and social responses in humans. It is difficult to establish when people started to use…”
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Asian Crop Dispersal in Africa and Late Holocene Human Adaptation to Tropical Environments by Power, Robert C., Güldemann, Tom, Crowther, Alison, Boivin, Nicole

“…Occupation of the humid tropics by Late Holocene food producers depended on the use of vegetative agricultural systems. A small number of vegetative crops from…”
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Dental calculus evidence of Taï Forest Chimpanzee plant consumption and life history transitions by Power, Robert C., Salazar-García, Domingo C., Wittig, Roman M., Freiberg, Martin, Henry, Amanda G.

“…Dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) is a source of multiple types of data on life history. Recent research has targeted the plant microremains preserved…”
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New insights on Neolithic food and mobility patterns in Mediterranean coastal populations by Goude, Gwenaëlle, Salazar‐García, Domingo C., Power, Robert C., Rivollat, Maïté, Gourichon, Lionel, Deguilloux, Marie‐France, Pemonge, Marie‐Hélène, Bouby, Laurent, Binder, Didier

“…Objectives The aims of this research are to explore the diet, mobility, social organization, and environmental exploitation patterns of early Mediterranean…”
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Assessing use and suitability of scanning electron microscopy in the analysis of micro remains in dental calculus by Power, Robert C., Salazar-García, Domingo C., Wittig, Roman M., Henry, Amanda G.

“…Dental calculus is increasingly recognized as a major reservoir of dietary information. Palaeodietary studies using plant and animal micro remains (e.g…”
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The economic and ritual utilization of plants at the Raqefet Cave Natufian site: The evidence from phytoliths by Power, Robert C., Rosen, Arlene M., Nadel, Dani

“…•Sediments at Raqefet Cave revealed phytoliths representing rare evidence for Natufian plant remains.•Occupants gathered barley and wheat as well as…”
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CoproID predicts the source of coprolites and paleofeces using microbiome composition and host DNA content by Borry, Maxime, Cordova, Bryan, Perri, Angela, Wibowo, Marsha, Prasad Honap, Tanvi, Ko, Jada, Yu, Jie, Britton, Kate, Girdland-Flink, Linus, Power, Robert C, Stuijts, Ingelise, Salazar-García, Domingo C, Hofman, Courtney, Hagan, Richard, Samdapawindé Kagoné, Thérèse, Meda, Nicolas, Carabin, Helene, Jacobson, David, Reinhard, Karl, Lewis, Cecil, Kostic, Aleksandar, Jeong, Choongwon, Herbig, Alexander, Hübner, Alexander, Warinner, Christina

“…Shotgun metagenomics applied to archaeological feces (paleofeces) can bring new insights into the composition and functions of human and animal gut microbiota…”
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Neolithic Life Reconstruction by Goude, Gwenaëlle, Salazar-García, Domingo C., Power, Robert C., Terrom, Johanna, Rivollat, Maïté, Deguilloux, Marie-France, Pemonge, Marie-Hélène, Le Bailly, Matthieu, Andre, Guy, Coutelas, Arnaud, Hauzeur, Anne

“…The expansion of Neolithic stable isotope studies in France now allows distinct regional population-scale food patterns to be linked to both local environment…”
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L’alimentation des premiers agropasteurs du Néolithique : apport de l’étude des microrestes du tartre dentaire des individus de la Roussille (Auvergne) by Lambert, Apolline, Power, Robert C, Bouby, Laurent, Thomson, Ivy, Saintot, Sylvie, Salazar-García, Domingo C, Deguilloux, Marie-France, Pemonge, Marie-Hélène, Lagoutte, Manon, Rivollat, Maïté, Haak, Wolfgang, Rottier, Stéphane, Leduc, Guillaume, Goude, Gwénaëlle

“…Le Néolithique, épisode majeur de l’histoire humaine est marqué par la domestication des espèces végétales et animales, les débuts de l’agriculture et une…”
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Dental calculus indicates widespread plant use within the stable Neanderthal dietary niche by Power, Robert C., Salazar-García, Domingo C., Rubini, Mauro, Darlas, Andrea, Harvati, Katerina, Walker, Michael, Hublin, Jean-Jacques, Henry, Amanda G.

“…The ecology of Neanderthals is a pressing question in the study of hominin evolution. Diet appears to have played a prominent role in their adaptation to…”
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Dietary evidence from Central Asian Neanderthals: A combined isotope and plant microremains approach at Chagyrskaya Cave (Altai, Russia) by Salazar-García, Domingo C., Power, Robert C., Rudaya, Natalia, Kolobova, Ksenya, Markin, Sergey, Krivoshapkin, Andrey, Henry, Amanda G., Richards, Michael P., Viola, Bence

“…Neanderthals are known primarily from their habitation of Western Eurasia, but they also populated large expanses of Northern Asia for thousands of years…”
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Inter- and intra-observer variation in phytolith morphometry by Out, Welmoed A, Evett, Rand, Hošková, Kristýna, Power, Robert C, Ruiz-Pérez, Javier, Tromp, Monica, Vrydaghs, Luc, Wade, Kali, Hasler, Mario

“…Archaeobotanists and palaeoecologists extensively use geometric morphometrics to identify plant opal phytoliths. Particularly when applied to assemblages of…”
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Direct dating confirms the presence of otter and badger in early Holocene Ireland by Power, Robert C., Stuijts, Ingelise, McCormick, Finbar, Talamo, Sahra

“…The origin of Ireland’s fauna is an unresolved issue in the history of the island. Although researchers once considered Ireland’s mammals to have spread to…”
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The first archaeobotanical evidence of Medicago sativa L. in China: hay fodder for livestock by Chen, Tao, Wang, Bo, Power, Robert C., Jiang, Hongen

“…Three piles of shoots, leaves, and pods were discovered in the Zagunluk cemetery (about AD 100–400 based on 14C dating), Xinjiang, NW China. Morphological…”
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Ancient genomes reveal complex patterns of population movement, interaction, and replacement in sub-Saharan Africa by Wang, Ke, Goldstein, Steven, Bleasdale, Madeleine, Clist, Bernard, Bostoen, Koen, Bakwa-Lufu, Paul, Buck, Laura T, Crowther, Alison, Dème, Alioune, McIntosh, Roderick J, Mercader, Julio, Ogola, Christine, Power, Robert C, Sawchuk, Elizabeth, Robertshaw, Peter, Wilmsen, Edwin N, Petraglia, Michael, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Manthi, Fredrick K, Krause, Johannes, Roberts, Patrick, Boivin, Nicole, Schiffels, Stephan

“…Africa hosts the greatest human genetic diversity globally, but legacies of ancient population interactions and dispersals across the continent remain…”
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Diet at the onset of the Neolithic in northeastern Iberia: An isotope–plant microremain combined study from Cova Bonica (Vallirana, Catalonia) by Salazar-García, Domingo C., Power, Robert C., Daura, Joan, Sanz, Montserrat

“…The emergence of Neolithic societies was transformative, impacting many aspects of life, particularly diet. The process of Neolithization in Iberia is…”
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The representativeness of the dental calculus dietary record: insights from Taï chimpanzee faecal phytoliths by Power, Robert C., Wittig, Roman M., Stone, Jeffery R., Kupczik, Kornelius, Schulz-Kornas, Ellen

“…In recent years, new applications of microremain dietary analysis using dental calculus as a source of dietary data on ancient human subsistence and behaviours…”
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