A recent study published in PNAS Nexus and led by an international team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (Germany) and the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” (Italy) in collaboration with the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica, and Sapienza University of Rome, has shed new light on infant weaning practices across the Roman Empire, revealing intriguing differences that potentially reflect the impact of settlement complexity on breastfeeding durations.
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