Anyone who wants to understand the biological nature of humans and their special
characteristics must look far back into evolutionary history. Today's way of life is drastically …

Strontium is a chemical element without biological functions in humans. In fact, only two
biological roles are known, both as a biomineral constituent. However, strontium and …

The demographic history of East-Central Europe after the Neolithic period remains poorly
explored, despite this region being on the confluence of various ecological zones and …

Growing interest in bioarchaeology and its ability to address complex questions tied to social
and biological identities in the past has led to the development of nuanced methods for …

Agriculture first reached the Iberian Peninsula around 5700 BCE. However, little is known
about the genetic structure and changes of prehistoric populations in different geographic …

The Neolithic expansion in the Iberian Peninsula is marked by the introduction of livestock
and domesticated crops which modified subsistence strategies in an unprecedented …

Our ability to build precise narratives regarding megalithic societies largely depends on the
chronology of the multi-ritual events that usually shaped these complex sites. The cemetery …

Knowing kinship relations between individuals in archeological contexts is of great
importance to understand social habits and structure in past human communities …

Well-informed archaeological and bioarchaeological kinship analyses yield important new
understandings of prehistoric societies, open new avenues of exploration, and make …

We applied an interdisciplinary approach to investigate kinship patterns and funerary
practices during the middle Neolithic. Genetic studies, radiocarbon dating, and taphonomic …