Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

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

  • Miriam Cubas,
  • Alexandre Lucquin,
  • Harry K. Robson,
  • André Carlo Colonese,
  • Pablo Arias,
  • Bruno Aubry,
  • Cyrille Billard,
  • Denis Jan,
  • Mariana Diniz,
  • Ricardo Fernandes,
  • Ramón Fábregas Valcarce,
  • Cécile Germain-Vallée,
  • Laurent Juhel,
  • Arturo de Lombera-Hermida,
  • Cyril Marcigny,
  • Sylvain Mazet,
  • Grégor Marchand,
  • César Neves,
  • Roberto Ontañón-Peredo,
  • Xose Pedro Rodríguez-Álvarez,
  • Teresa Simões,
  • João Zilhão,
  • Oliver E. Craig

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15907-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The transition to agriculture brought major changes to human populations in Europe during the Neolithic period. Here, Cubas and colleagues analyse lipid residues from Neolithic pottery from along the Atlantic coast of Europe to trace the spread of dairy production and shifts in diet.