DIET-SCRATCHES
DIET-Scratches: DIETary Strategies and their Changes Recorded by Ancient Teeth:
Considering the Hominin Evolutionary Sequence
Principal Investigators
- Gildas MERCERON (PALEVOPRIM)
- Stéphane FERCHAUD (GenEsi)
Type of project
DIET-Scratches is a collaborative project funded by the French National Agency for Research, 2017-2023.
Research questions
To assess how climate changes have impacted human evolution requires us to investigate the feeding ecology of hominins, as food resources are highly dependent from climate conditions. The DIET-Scratches project attempts to detect ecological behaviors in dental archives in investigating different proxies on a large set of domesticated pigs issued from different controlled food testing. The DIET-Scratches project has for ambition to re-investigate the dietary habits of early hominins from the Omo valley in Ethiopia through the prisms of this experimental approach.
Some Results
The work has just begun.
Partnership
DIET-Scratches is conducted by two teams: Paleovoprim (which coordinates the project) and GenEsi Unit (INRAE). A dozen of scientists from these teams and others groups (Pprime, Poitiers et LGL : TPE, Lyon) compose the research group.
Find out more
- Funding: ANR (ANR-17-CE27-0002-02)
- Partnership: PALEVOPRIM (CNRS et University of Poitiers) and GenEsi Station (INRAE)