North Africa is a key region for understanding human history, but the genetic history of its
people is largely unknown. We present genomic data from seven 15,000-year-old modern …

The extent to which prehistoric migrations of farmers influenced the genetic pool of western
North Africans remains unclear. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Neolithization …

Abstract The Capsian (9000–5400 cal BC) is an early Holocene Northwest African
prehistoric tradition. It is generally divided into two facies: the Typical Capsian (TC) and the …

The transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture stands as one of the most important
dietary revolutions in human history. Yet, due to a scarcity of well-preserved human remains …

Objectives A variety of mechanical processes can result in antemortem dental chipping. In
this study, chipping data in the teeth of Homo naledi are compared with those of other …

Objectives Early evidence for the treatment of dental pathology is found primarily among
food‐producing societies associated with high levels of oral pathology. However, some Late …

This chapter provides a discussion of the way that dental disease is used in biological
anthropology and paleopathology. Various conditions are included dental caries, calculus …

A prevalence of caries among the human remains from Later Stone Age sites in the north-
west of Africa (c. 15 ka to 7.5 ka cal BP) suggests frequent consumption of carbohydrate-rich …

The Capsian is an early Holocene Northwest African tradition. Since 1933, it is divided into
two facies: the Typical Capsian and the Upper Capsian. Recently, Dachy et al.(2023) …

The active compounds found in many plants have been widely used in traditional medicine
and ritual activities. However, archaeological evidence for the use of such plants, especially …