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Ancient Britons were highly mobile

Ancient Britons' teeth reveal people were 'highly mobile' 4,000 years ago

Archaeologists have created a new database from the teeth of prehistoric humans found at ancient burial sites in Britain and Ireland that tell us a lot about their climate, their diet and even how far they may have travelled. In a paper, led by Maura Pellegrini from the University of Oxford, researchers say that individuals in prehistoric Britain were highly mobile. The international team included researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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