Paleo-health of Neolithic wet-rice farmers in the Yangtze River Delta: a comparison with early millet farmers in northern China
Kenji Okazaki,
Hirofumi Takamuku,
Yu Itahashi
et al.
Abstract:Several cases that do not fit the agricultural adaptation model, in which people's health deteriorated with the shift from hunting-gathering to farming, have been reported, such as the introduction of rice agriculture during the Yayoi Period in Japan and the Iron Age in Southeast Asia, where health was maintained or improved. However, the health of rice farmers in the homeland areas has rarely been reported. This study aims to clarify the frequency and degree of stress markers inscribed on Neolithic human bone… Show more
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