Jaouen Lab

National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

Ile-de-France (FR1) · France

ERC-funded
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ERC Starting Grant · 2018

Understanding the onset and impact of Aquatic Resource Consumption in Human Evolution using novel Isotopic tracerS

The onset of the systematic consumption of marine resources is thought to mark a turning point for the hominin lineage. To date, this onset cannot be traced, since classic isotope markers are not preserved beyond 50 - 100 ky. Aquatic food products are essential in human nutrition as the main source of polyunsaturated fatty acids in hunter-gatherer diets. The exploitation of marine resources is also thought to have reduced human mobility and enhanced social and technological complexification. Systematic aquatic food consumption could well have been a distinctive feature of Homo sapiens species among his fellow hominins, and has been linked to the astonishing leap in human intelligence and…

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