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Who Got the Meat? What 10,000 Years of European Bones Suggest About Diet Inequality
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Archaeologists have highlighted the existence of food inequalities strongly marked by gender for 10,000 years in Europe, with women systematically consuming less animal protein than men. ...
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Popular ArchaeologyMen have eaten more meat than women for 10,000 years in Europe
Access to nutritious food is a fundamental pillar of human success, but such access has been unequal throughout history. In pre-industrial European societies, meat was a highly sought-after food, and access to it was often related to a higher social status. The ratios of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in human bone collagen can provide data about what a person ate. Nitrogen isotope ratios reflect the amount of meat a person ate, while carbon isot…
Who got the meat? What 10,000 years of European bones suggest about diet inequality
Access to nutritious food is a fundamental pillar of human success, but such access has been unequal throughout history. In pre-industrial European societies, meat was a highly sought-after food, and access to it was often related to a higher social status.
An international team of researchers (Inrap, CNRS, Simon Fraser University) publishes an article in the journal PNAS Nexus entitled Dietary Inequality Marker Reveals 10,000 Years of Gender and Cultural Disparity in Europe. By crossing anthropobiology, biochemistry and economy, it highlights old, sustainable and strongly gender-based food inequalities throughout European history.
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