Numerous bioarchaeological studies emphasize an increase in dental lesions associated
with the transition to agricultural subsistence. Over the years, this diachronic trend has led to …

This handbook examines human responses to climatic and environmental changes in the
past, and their impacts on disease patterns, nutritional status, migration, and interpersonal …

Digital photographs taken under controlled conditions were used to examine the incidence
of linear enamel hypoplasia defects (LEHs) in burials from the Buckeye Knoll archaeological …

Objective Mandibular shape is strongly influenced by biomechanics, particularly during
dietary shifts that often occurred in past populations. The relationship is considered …

Systematic study of dental attributes yields insights regarding diet and subsistence that
cannot be gained from the archaeological record alone. This analysis documents occlusal …

To understand human evolution it is critical to clarify which adaptations enabled our
colonisation of novel ecological niches. For any species climate is a fundamental source of …

Understanding the factors shaping human crania has long been a goal of biological
anthropology, and climate, diet, and population history are three of the most well-established …

This chapter explores very long-term trends in socio-ecological sustainability in the
Japanese Islands with a particular focus on the Neolithic Jōmon period (c. 14,500–900 BC) …

This study examines the relationship between facial morphology and socioeconomic status
within an Early Mediaeval population from the Mikulčice settlement. The agglomeration was …

The skeletal remains of Late Pleistocene-early Holocene humans are exceptionally rare in
island Southeast Asia. As a result, the identity and physical adaptations of the early …