Neanderthal medics? Evidence for food, cooking, and medicinal plants entrapped in dental calculus
Hardy, Karen et al.
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dig-ibe-es-10261-796112018-09-17T11:29:50Z Neanderthal medics? Evidence for food, cooking, and medicinal plants entrapped in dental calculus Hardy, Karen Estalrrich, Almudena García-Tabernero, Antonio García-Vargas, Samuel Lalueza-Fox, Carles Madella, Marco Fernández Cortés, Ángel Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) Principado de Asturias Hardy, Karen et al. Neanderthals disappeared sometime between 30,000 and 24,000 years ago. Until recently, Neanderthals were understood to have been predominantly meat-eaters; however, a growing body of evidence suggests their diet also included plants. We present the results of a study, in which sequential thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (TD-GC-MS) and pyrolysis-gas chromatographymass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS) were combined with morphological analysis of plant microfossils, to identify material entrapped in dental calculus from five Neanderthal individuals from the north Spanish site of El Sidrón. Our results provide the first molecular evidence for inhalation of wood-fire smoke and bitumen or oil shale and ingestion of a range of cooked plant foods. We also offer the first evidence for the use of medicinal plants by a Neanderthal individual. The varied use of plants that we have identified suggests that the Neanderthal occupants of El Sidrón had a sophisticated knowledge of their natural surroundings which included the ability to select and use certain plants. © Springer-Verlag 2012. Field work was supported by Consejería de Cultura del Principado de Asturias, and some technical aspects by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain, grant CGL2006-02131. Peer Reviewed 2013-07-15T09:58:34Z 2013-07-15T09:58:34Z 2012-07-18 2013-07-15T09:58:34Z artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 doi: 10.1007/s00114-012-0942-0 issn: 0028-1042 e-issn: 1432-1904 Naturwissenschaften 99(8): 617-626 (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/79611 10.1007/s00114-012-0942-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011941 en http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-012-0942-0 Sí none Springer |
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