Molecular and isotopic evidence for milk, meat, and plants in prehistoric eastern African herder food systems
Katherine Grillo
(1)
,
Julie Dunne
(2)
,
Fiona Marshall
(3)
,
Mary Prendergast
(4)
,
Emmanuelle Casanova
(2)
,
Agness Gidna
(5)
,
Anneke Janzen
(6)
,
Jennifer Keute
(7)
,
Audax Mabulla
(8, 9)
,
Peter Robertshaw
(10)
,
Toby Gillard
(2)
,
Caitlin Walton-Doyle
(2)
,
Helen Whelton
(2)
,
Kathleen Ryan
,
Richard Evershed
(2, 11)
1
UF -
University of Florida [Gainesville]
2 Organic Geochemistry Unit - OGU (Bristol, United Kingdom)
3 GW - Department of Anthropology [George Washington University]
4 Department of Anthropology, Rice University, Houston
5 National Museums of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
6 The University of Tennessee [Knoxville]
7 University of Oxford
8 Unknown
9 UDSM - Université de Dar es Salaam
10 Department of Anthropology, California State University Northridge
11 University of Bristol [Bristol]
2 Organic Geochemistry Unit - OGU (Bristol, United Kingdom)
3 GW - Department of Anthropology [George Washington University]
4 Department of Anthropology, Rice University, Houston
5 National Museums of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
6 The University of Tennessee [Knoxville]
7 University of Oxford
8 Unknown
9 UDSM - Université de Dar es Salaam
10 Department of Anthropology, California State University Northridge
11 University of Bristol [Bristol]
Katherine Grillo
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Julie Dunne
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Emmanuelle Casanova
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Peter Robertshaw
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Helen Whelton
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Kathleen Ryan
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Résumé
Significance Lipid residue analysis of archaeological ceramics provides the earliest direct chemical evidence for milk, meat, and plant consumption by pastoralist societies in eastern Africa. Data for milk in specialized pastoral systems (c. 5000 to 1200 BP) reveal changing selective pressures for lactase persistence and provide support for models of gene–culture coevolution among pastoral populations.