5000 years of dietary variations of prehistoric farmers in the Great Hungarian Plain

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 5; p. e0197214
• Main Authors: Gamarra, Beatriz, Howcroft, Rachel, McCall, Ashley, Dani, János, Hajdú, Zsigmond, Nagy, Emese Gyöngyvér, Szabó, László D, Domboróczki, László, Pap, Ildikó, Raczky, Pál, Marcsik, Antónia, Zoffmann, Zsuzsanna K, Hajdu, Tamás, Feeney, Robin N M, Pinhasi, Ron
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 10.05.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Agriculture; Archaeology; Barley; Biogeochemistry; Biology and Life Sciences; Carbon; Cattle; Cereals; Collagen; Copper; Diet; Earth Sciences; Evolutionary biology; Farm buildings; Farmers; Farming; Globalization; Iron; Isotope ratios; Isotopes; Legumes; Medicine and Health Sciences; Millet; Museums; Neolithic; Nitrogen; Physical Sciences; Plant resources; Prehistoric; Prehistoric era; Stable isotopes; Stone Age; Terrestrial environments; Middle East; Hungary; Ireland; Europe; Italy; Central Europe; Carpathian Basin

The development of farming was a catalyst for the evolution of the human diet from the varied subsistence practices of hunter-gatherers to the more globalised food economy we depend upon today. Although there has been considerable research into the dietary changes associated with the initial spread...