Western Liguria, a coastal region located in Northwestern Italy, has provided a wealth of
palaeoanthropological material. Excavations conducted since the end of the nineteenth …

Objective To reconstruct breastfeeding and weaning practices, metabolic stress including
tuberculosis-induced wasting, and residential mobility of children in Neolithic and Metal …

Abstract Objectives The Early Neolithic involved an important social and economic shift that
can be tested not only with the material culture, but also through biomolecular approaches …

Objective To assess developmental disturbances through the analysis of linear enamel
hypoplasia (LEH) frequency and to infer environmental stress and life history within Neolithic …

The multidisciplinary research team of this new project aimed at the chronological,
anthropological and funerary behavior characterization of the skeletal remains unearthed …

Objective This study evaluates patterns of human growth in the Neolithic to make inferences
about environmental correlates of developmental disturbances. Materials 33 …

Anatomically modern humans replaced Neanderthals in Europe around 40,000 years ago.
The demise of the Neanderthals and the nature of the possible relationship with …

A paleonutritional study of the Medici Grand Dukes in Florence (16th–17th centuries) and of
the Aragonese Princes in Naples (15th–17th centuries) was performed. Carbon and …

Evidence of Neolithic occupation at Arma dell'Aquila (Finale Ligure, Italy) had been
unearthed in the 1930s, with the discovery of nine burials and a number of scattered human …

With the broader aim of reconstructing long-term resource use and ecological history for
better policy making in times of environmental change, this study is an attempt to decode the …