Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of human and animal tissues have become an
important means of studying both anthropogenic and natural food webs in aquatic …

For nearly 500 years, scholars have argued about the origin and antiquity of syphilis. Did
Columbus bring the disease from the New World to the Old World? Or did syphilis exist in …

Farming was first introduced to Europe in the mid-seventh millennium bc, and was
associated with migrants from Anatolia who settled in the southeast before spreading …

The precise genetic origins of the first Neolithic farming populations in Europe and
Southwest Asia, as well as the processes and the timing of their differentiation, remain …

Human and domesticate animal bone collagen δ15N values in prehistory differ generally by
3‰ or more from Neolithic to post-Roman times in Northwest Europe, leading to an …

This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor's seminal book Radiocarbon
Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments …

We report here on the direct isotopic evidence for Neanderthal and early modern human
diets in Europe. Isotopic methods indicate the sources of dietary protein over many years of …

The freshwater reservoir effect can result in anomalously old radiocarbon ages of samples
from lakes and rivers. This includes the bones of people whose subsistence was based on …

Radiocarbon dating has undergone a number of 'revolutions' in the past 50 years. This is in
part because it is a field in continuous development, but perhaps more because of its …

Debate on the ancestry of Europeans centers on the interplay between Mesolithic foragers
and Neolithic farmers. Foragers are generally believed to have disappeared shortly after the …