Infancy, childhood, and puberty on the Silk Road revealed with isotopic analysis of incremental dentine

Abstract Childhood is a unique phase in human life history, in which newborns are breastfed and weaned, and are progressively familiarized to adult diets. By investigating dietary changes from infancy to adolescence, valuable information regarding past cultural behaviors and aspects of human lives c...

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Main Authors: Tingting Wang, Dong Wei, Bing Yi, Hongen Jiang, Wenying Li, Yaowu Hu, Benjamin T. Fuller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24119-3