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Barium distributions in teeth reveal early-life dietary transitions in primates

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  • Christine Austin

    (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
    Institute of Dental Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, and Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney)

  • Tanya M. Smith

    (Harvard University)

  • Asa Bradman

    (Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health, School of Public Health, University of California)

  • Katie Hinde

    (Harvard University
    California National Primate Research Center)

  • Renaud Joannes-Boyau

    (Southern Cross GeoScience, Southern Cross University)

  • David Bishop

    (Elemental Bio-imaging Facility, University of Technology Sydney)

  • Dominic J. Hare

    (Elemental Bio-imaging Facility, University of Technology Sydney
    The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia)

  • Philip Doble

    (Elemental Bio-imaging Facility, University of Technology Sydney)

  • Brenda Eskenazi

    (Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health, School of Public Health, University of California)

  • Manish Arora

    (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
    Institute of Dental Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, and Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney)

Abstract

The patterning of barium in tooth enamel is shown to be a reliable marker of lactation in humans and macaques; furthermore, the study of a tooth from a Neanderthal child reveals the weaning process in this extinct species.

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  • Christine Austin & Tanya M. Smith & Asa Bradman & Katie Hinde & Renaud Joannes-Boyau & David Bishop & Dominic J. Hare & Philip Doble & Brenda Eskenazi & Manish Arora, 2013. "Barium distributions in teeth reveal early-life dietary transitions in primates," Nature, Nature, vol. 498(7453), pages 216-219, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:498:y:2013:i:7453:d:10.1038_nature12169
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12169
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    1. Paul Curtin & Austen Curtin & Christine Austin & Chris Gennings & Kristiina Tammimies & Sven Bölte & Manish Arora, 2017. "Recurrence quantification analysis to characterize cyclical components of environmental elemental exposures during fetal and postnatal development," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(11), pages 1-16, November.

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