Exploitation and utilization of tropical rainforests indicated in dental calculus of ancient Oceanic Lapita culture colonists.
Journal
Nature human behaviour
ISSN: 2397-3374
Titre abrégé: Nat Hum Behav
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101697750
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2020
05 2020
Historique:
received:
13
07
2019
accepted:
06
12
2019
pubmed:
22
1
2020
medline:
21
10
2020
entrez:
22
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Remote Oceania, which largely consists of islands covered in tropical forests, was the last region on earth to be successfully colonized by humans, beginning 3,000 years ago. We examined human dental calculus from burials in an ancient Lapita culture cemetery to gain insight into the early settlement of this previously untouched tropical environment, specifically on the island of Efate in Vanuatu. Dental calculus is an ideal material to analyse questions of human and plant interactions due to the ingestion of plant-derived microparticles that become incorporated into the calculus as it forms throughout a person's life. Most of the microparticles identified here are from tree and shrub resources, including a ~2,900 calibrated (cal) BP example of banana in Remote Oceania, providing direct evidence for the importance of forests and arboriculture during the settlement of Remote Oceania.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31959924
doi: 10.1038/s41562-019-0808-y
pii: 10.1038/s41562-019-0808-y
doi:
Types de publication
Historical Article
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
489-495Références
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