Plant foods in human evolution: Factors affecting the harvest of nutrients from the floral environment

Project Information

HARVEST

Grant agreement ID: 677576

DOI 10.3030/677576

Project closed

EC signature date 3 March 2016

Start date 1 February 2017

End date 31 October 2022

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 499 950,00

EU contribution € 1 499 950,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN
Netherlands

Publications

Monographic books (1)

Handbook for the Analysis of Micro-Particles in Archaeological Samples

Author(s): Amanda G. Henry
Published in: 2020, ISBN 978-3-030-42621-7
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42622-4

Peer reviewed articles (23)

Investigating Biases Associated With Dietary Starch Incorporation and Retention With an Oral Biofilm Model

Author(s): Bjørn Peare Bartholdy; Amanda Henry
Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science, Issue 22966463, 2022, ISSN 2296-6463
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2022.886512

Synchrotron radiation-based phase-contrast microtomography of human dental calculus allows nondestructive analysis of inclusions: implications for archeological samples

Author(s): Robert C. Power, Amanda G. Henry, Julian Moosmann, Felix Beckmann, Heiko Temming, Anthony Roberts, Adeline Le Cabec
Published in: Journal of Medical Imaging, Issue 26354608, 2022, ISSN 2635-4608
Publisher: ScholarGen
DOI: 10.1117/1.jmi.9.3.031505

Comparing Apples and Pears: the Hidden Diversity of Central African Bush Mangoes (Irvingiaceae)

Author(s): Sandrine Gallois,Tinde van Andel,Thomas Heger,Bonaventure Sonké, Amanda G. Henry
Published in: Economic Botany, Issue 74, 2020, Page(s) 178-194, ISSN 0013-0001
Publisher: New York Botanical Garden Press
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-020-09497-x

The evolution and changing ecology of the African hominid oral microbiome

Author(s): James A. Fellows Yates, Irina M. Velsko, Franziska Aron, Cosimo Posth, Courtney A. Hofman, Rita M. Austin, Cody E. Parker, Allison E. Mann, Kathrin Nägele, Kathryn Weedman Arthur, John W. Arthur, Catherine C. Bauer, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Christophe Cupillard, Matthew C. Curtis, Love Dalén, Marta Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, J. Carlos Díez Fernández-Lomana, Dorothée G. Drucker, Elena Escribano Escriv
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 118/20, 2021, Page(s) e2021655118, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021655118

The Cost of Gathering Among the Baka Forager-Horticulturalists From Southeastern Cameroon

Author(s): Sandrine Gallois; Amanda G. Henry
Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Issue 2296701X, 2021, ISSN 2296-701X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.768003

From Bush Mangoes to Bouillon Cubes: Wild Plants and Diet among the Baka, Forager-Horticulturalists from Southeast Cameroon

Author(s): Sandrine Gallois, Thomas Heger, Tinde van Andel, Bonaventure Sonké, Amanda G. Henry
Published in: Economic Botany, Issue 74/1, 2020, Page(s) 46-58, ISSN 0013-0001
Publisher: New York Botanical Garden Press
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-020-09489-x

Dietary evidence from Central Asian Neanderthals: A combined isotope and plant microremains approach at Chagyrskaya Cave (Altai, Russia)

Author(s): Domingo C. Salazar-García, Robert C. Power, Natalia Rudaya, Ksenya Kolobova, Sergey Markin, Andrey Krivoshapkin, Amanda G. Henry, Michael P. Richards, Bence Viola
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, Issue 156, 2021, Page(s) 102985, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.102985

The cost of chewing: The energetics and evolutionary significance of mastication in humans

Author(s): Adam van Casteren, Jonathan R. Codd, Kornelius Kupczik, Guy Plasqui, William I. Sellers, Amanda G. Henry
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 23752548, 2022, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn8351

Understanding the microbial biogeography of ancient human dentitions to guide study design and interpretation

Author(s): Zandra Fagernäs; Domingo C Salazar-García; María Haber Uriarte; Azucena Avilés Fernández; Amanda G Henry; Joaquín Lomba Maurandi; Andrew T Ozga; Irina M Velsko; Christina Warinner
Published in: FEMS Microbes, Issue 26336685, 2022, ISSN 2633-6685
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/femsmc/xtac006

Tooth wear: A response to “Scratching the surface: A critique of Lucas et al. (2013)'s conclusion that phytoliths do not abrade enamel” [J. Hum. Evol. 74 (2014) 130–133]

Author(s): Peter W. Lucas, Ridwaan Omar, Khaled Al-Fadhalah, Abdulwahab S. Almusallam, Amanda G. Henry, Shaji Michael, Lidia Arockia Thai, Jörg Watzke, David S. Strait, Adam van Casteren, Anthony G. Atkins
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, Issue 102, 2017, Page(s) 75-77, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.08.004

Neanderthal Cooking and the Costs of Fire

Author(s): Amanda G. Henry
Published in: Current Anthropology, Issue 58/S16, 2017, Page(s) S329-S336, ISSN 0011-3204
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.1086/692095

Archaeological implications of the digestion of starches by soil bacteria: Interaction among starches leads to differential preservation

Author(s): Antje Hutschenreuther, Jörg Watzke, Simone Schmidt, Thomas Büdel, Amanda G. Henry
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Issue 15, 2017, Page(s) 95-108, ISSN 2352-409X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.07.006

Grass leaves as potential hominin dietary resources

Author(s): Oliver C.C. Paine, Abigale Koppa, Amanda G. Henry, Jennifer N. Leichliter, Daryl Codron, Jacqueline Codron, Joanna E. Lambert, Matt Sponheimer
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, Issue 117, 2018, Page(s) 44-52, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.10.013

Dental calculus indicates widespread plant use within the stable Neanderthal dietary niche

Author(s): Robert C. Power, Domingo C. Salazar-García, Mauro Rubini, Andrea Darlas, Katerina Harvati, Michael Walker, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Amanda G. Henry
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, Issue 119, 2018, Page(s) 27-41, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.02.009

Towards an understanding of the costs of fire

Author(s): Amanda G. Henry, Thomas Büdel, Pierre-Louis Bazin
Published in: Quaternary International, 2018, ISSN 1040-6182
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.06.037

European Society for the Study of Human Evolution 2017: old sites, new methods

Author(s): Amanda G. Henry, Emma Devereux, Bjørn Peare Bartholdy
Published in: Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Issue 27/1, 2018, Page(s) 5-6, ISSN 1060-1538
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21571

Influences on plant nutritional variation and their potential effects on hominin diet selection

Author(s): Amanda G. Henry, Antje Hutschenreuther, Oliver C.C. Paine, Jennifer Leichleiter, Daryl Codron, Jacqui Codron, James Loudon, Stephanie Adolph, Matt Sponheimer
Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Issue 261, 2019, Page(s) 18-30, ISSN 0034-6667
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.11.001

Exaggerated expectations in ancient starch research and the need for new taphonomic and authenticity criteria

Author(s): Julio Mercader, Tolutope Akeju, Melisa Brown, Mariam Bundala, Matthew J. Collins, Les Copeland, Alison Crowther, Peter Dunfield, Amanda Henry, Jamie Inwood, Makarius Itambu, Joong-Jae Kim, Steve Larter, Laura Longo, Thomas Oldenburg, Robert Patalano, Ramaswami Sammynaiken, María Soto, Robert Tyler, Hermine Xhauflair
Published in: FACETS, Issue 3/1, 2018, Page(s) 777-798, ISSN 2371-1671
Publisher: Canadian Science Publishing
DOI: 10.1139/facets-2017-0126

Seasonal and habitat effects on the nutritional properties of savanna vegetation: Potential implications for early hominin dietary ecology

Author(s): Oliver C.C. Paine, Abigale Koppa, Amanda G. Henry, Jennifer N. Leichliter, Daryl Codron, Jacqueline Codron, Joanna E. Lambert, Matt Sponheimer
Published in: Journal of Human Evolution, Issue 133, 2019, Page(s) 99-107, ISSN 0047-2484
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.01.003

Phytoliths, parasites, fibers, and feathers from dental calculus and sediment from Iron Age Luistari cemetery, Finland

Author(s): Tytti Juhola, Amanda G. Henry, Tuija Kirkinen, Juha Laakkonen, Minna Väliranta
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews, Issue 222, 2019, Page(s) 105888, ISSN 0277-3791
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105888

The Ice Age diet of the La Quina 5 Neandertal of southwest France

Author(s): Frank L'Engle Williams; Christopher W. Schmidt; Amanda G. Henry; Emmanuel Discamps; Jessica L. Droke; Gaël Becam; Marie-Antoinette de Lumley
Published in: L'Anthropologie, Issue 126(4), 2020, Page(s) 103056, ISSN 0003-5521
Publisher: Elsevier Masson
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2022.103056

The importance of choosing appropriate methods for assessing wild food plant knowledge and use: A case study among the Baka in Cameroon

Author(s): Sandrine Gallois, Thomas Heger, Amanda Georganna Henry, Tinde van Andel
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 16/2, 2021, Page(s) e0247108, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247108

An initial key of starch grains from edible plants of the Eastern Mediterranean for use in identifying archaeological starches

Author(s): Hadar Ahituv, Amanda Henry
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports, Issue 2352409X, 2022, ISSN 2352-409X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103396

Other (2)

Cooked Starch Database

Author(s): Amanda G. Henry, Holly F. Hudson, Dolores R. Piperno
Published in: Figshare, 2017
Publisher: Figshare
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3734335.v1

"Comment on ""Seasonal cycling in the gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania”"

Author(s): Stephanie L. Schnorr, Marco Candela, Simone Rampelli, Silvia Turroni, Amanda G. Henry, Alyssa N. Crittenden
Published in: BioRxiv, 2018, Page(s) 284513
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/284513