Early Life Conditions and Physiological Stress following the Transition to Farming in Central/Southeast Europe: Skeletal Growth Impairment and 6000 Years of Gradual Recovery

Alison A. Macintosh; Ron Pinhasi; Jay T. Stock

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148468

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Early Life Conditions and Physiological Stress following the Transition to Farming in Central/Southeast Europe: Skeletal Growth Impairment and 6000 Years of Gradual Recovery

Alison A. Macintosh ,

* E-mail: am2028@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation PAVE Research Group, Division of Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Ron Pinhasi,

Affiliation Earth Institute and School of Archaeology, Newman Building, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Jay T. Stock

Affiliation PAVE Research Group, Division of Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Early Life Conditions and Physiological Stress following the Transition to Farming in Central/Southeast Europe: Skeletal Growth Impairment and 6000 Years of Gradual Recovery

Alison A. Macintosh,
Ron Pinhasi,
Jay T. Stock

Published: February 4, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148468

About the Authors

Alison A. Macintosh

* E-mail: am2028@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation PAVE Research Group, Division of Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ron Pinhasi

Affiliation Earth Institute and School of Archaeology, Newman Building, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Jay T. Stock

Affiliation PAVE Research Group, Division of Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAM RP JTS. Performed the experiments: AAM JTS. Analyzed the data: AAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAM JTS. Wrote the paper: AAM RP JTS.

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