Ancient dental plaque sheds new light on the diet of Mesolithic foragers in the Balkans
Monday, August 29, 2016 - 14:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The study of dental calculus from Late Mesolithic individuals from the site of Vlasac in the Danube Gorges of the central Balkans has provided direct evidence that Mesolithic foragers of this region consumed domestic cereals already by c. 6600 BC, i.e. almost half a millennium earlier than previously thought.