Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Researchers found a new way to identify ancient diet from proteins preserved in ancient people’s teeth. After extracting proteins from 100 plaque samples from teeth ranging in age from the Iron Age to the Post-Medieval period in Britain, the researchers found the plaque contained proteins from cereals, plant foods, and dairy.
Canadian co-author: Camilla Speller, University of British Columbia – camilla.speller@york.ac.uk
