Biogeochemical methods using stable isotopes and trace elements have been increasingly
developed and applied to reconstruct modern and ancient breastfeeding and weaning …

Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When
and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had …

The Bioarchaeology of Metabolic Bone Disease, Second Edition is a comprehensive source
dedicated to better understanding this group of conditions that have significant …

Humans have an unusual life history, with an early weaning age, long childhood, late first
reproduction, short interbirth intervals, and long lifespan. In contrast, great apes wean later …

Age of weaning is an important measure of parental investment, and in various human and
non-human primate studies, has been correlated with a range of developmental factors such …

This paper is structured in two parts. The first briefly reviews a number of lines of published
evidence, including direct experimental evidence, supporting the contention that enamel …

The evolution of life history (pace of growth and reproduction) was crucial to ancient hominin
adaptations. The study of dental development facilitates assessment of growth and …

We report here direct evidence for Neanderthal mobility through the measurement of
strontium isotope ratios in tooth enamel using laser-ablation, which allows us to use much …

Objectives Stable isotope analysis of sequential dentine samples is a potentially powerful
method to reveal insights into early life‐histories of individuals in the past. Dentine …

Tooth formation is widely used as a growth marker, allowing assessments and comparisons
between individuals and populations in dentistry, pediatrics and anthropology. Human …