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Dental Microwear Evidence of Holocene Dietary Variability in the Argentinian Pampas and Paraná Delta.

American journal of biological anthropology · Carvalho MRG, Messineo PG, van Raap MAR, Flensborg G, Martínez G, Scheifler NA, Gonzalez ME, Álvarez MC, Kaufmann CA, Bonomo M, Scabuzzo C, Politis GG, El Zaatari S, Harvati K · 2026-09-01

Researchers analysed tooth wear patterns from archaeological remains across three Argentine regions to understand how Middle-to-Late Holocene populations obtained food, revealing that dietary diversity and complexity varied unexpectedly across the sites and regions studied.

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