Nature Communications (Nov 2022)
Ancient oral microbiomes support gradual Neolithic dietary shifts towards agriculture
- Andrea Quagliariello,
- Alessandra Modi,
- Gabriel Innocenti,
- Valentina Zaro,
- Cecilia Conati Barbaro,
- Annamaria Ronchitelli,
- Francesco Boschin,
- Claudio Cavazzuti,
- Elena Dellù,
- Francesca Radina,
- Alessandra Sperduti,
- Luca Bondioli,
- Stefano Ricci,
- Miriam Lognoli,
- Maria Giovanna Belcastro,
- Valentina Mariotti,
- David Caramelli,
- Marta Mariotti Lippi,
- Emanuela Cristiani,
- Maria Elena Martino,
- Italo Maria Muntoni,
- Martina Lari
Affiliations
- Andrea Quagliariello
- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua
- Alessandra Modi
- Department of Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Paleogenetics, University of Florence
- Gabriel Innocenti
- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua
- Valentina Zaro
- Department of Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Paleogenetics, University of Florence
- Cecilia Conati Barbaro
- Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichita, “Sapienza” University of Rome
- Annamaria Ronchitelli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell’Ambiente, U.R. Preistoria e Antropologia, University of Siena
- Francesco Boschin
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell’Ambiente, U.R. Preistoria e Antropologia, University of Siena
- Claudio Cavazzuti
- Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, University of Bologna
- Elena Dellù
- Soprintendenza ABAP per la Città Metropolitana di Bari
- Francesca Radina
- Soprintendenza ABAP per la Città Metropolitana di Bari
- Alessandra Sperduti
- Sezione di Bioarcheologia - Museo delle Civiltà
- Luca Bondioli
- Sezione di Bioarcheologia - Museo delle Civiltà
- Stefano Ricci
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell’Ambiente, U.R. Preistoria e Antropologia, University of Siena
- Miriam Lognoli
- Department of Biology, Laboratory of Palynology, University of Florence
- Maria Giovanna Belcastro
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna
- Valentina Mariotti
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna
- David Caramelli
- Department of Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Paleogenetics, University of Florence
- Marta Mariotti Lippi
- Department of Biology, Laboratory of Palynology, University of Florence
- Emanuela Cristiani
- DANTE - Diet and ANcient TEchnology laboratory, Department of Maxillo-Facial Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome
- Maria Elena Martino
- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua
- Italo Maria Muntoni
- Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le Province di Barletta - Andria - Trani e Foggia
- Martina Lari
- Department of Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Paleogenetics, University of Florence
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34416-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Here, the authors compare 76 dental calculus oral microbiomes from Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers with Neolithic and Copper Age farmers living in the same region of Italy. Integrating these data with archaeological data and dietary information, they find evidence of a gradual transition to agriculture.
