Tooth wear and dental pathology at the advent of agriculture: New evidence from the Levant

Has the transition to agriculture reshap

Has the transition to agriculture reshaped the demographic structure of prehistoric populations? New evidence from the Levant

✍ Vered Eshed; Avi Gopher; Timothy B. Gage; Israel Hershkovitz 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 221 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract This paper presents the demographic changes that followed the transition from a hunting‐gathering way of life (Natufian) to an agricultural, food‐producing economy (Neolithic) in the southern Levant. The study is based on 217 Natufian (10,500–8,300 BC) skeletons and 262 Neolithic (8,300