Famed microbiologist René J. Dubos (1901–1982) was an early pioneer in the
developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) construct. In the 1960s, he conducted …

“Protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity” is the second official aim of the current UN
Ocean Decade (2021 to 2030) calling for the identification and protection of critical marine …

Late Roman times imprinted with instability, and a consequent decline in large urban
centres. In contrast, urbanization seems to have increased in Augusta Emerita (today …

Here we present the Compendium Isotoporum Medii Aevi (CIMA), an open-access database
gathering more than 50,000 isotopic measurements for bioarchaeological samples located …

The emergence of pottery in Europe is associated with two distinct traditions: hunter-
gatherers in the east of the continent during the early 6th millennium BC and early …

Rationale Stable isotope analysis of archaeological and fossil bone samples can provide
important insights into past environments, ecologies and diets. Previous studies have …

The Islamic necropolis discovered in Tauste (Zaragoza, Spain) is the only evidence that a
large Muslim community lived in the area between the 8th and 10th centuries. A multi …

Stable isotope and dental-microwear analysis are methods commonly used to reconstruct
dietary habits in modern and ancient human populations. However, it is rare that they are …

Urbanization is one of the most important settlement shifts in human history and has been
the focus of research within bioarchaeology for decades. However, there have been limited …

A growing number of paleodiet investigations over recent years have begun to reveal the
stark dietary differences that existed between regions of the Roman Empire, as well as …