Echoes of the Past: Understanding Ancient Diets at Franchthi Cave

Isotopes unravel a 10,000-year story of shifting diets and rituals in the Mediterranean.

An Ancient Cave with Modern Questions

Franchthi Cave, nestled in the Peloponnesian peninsula of Greece, has been a silent witness to 40,000 years of human history. It serves as a critical archaeological site for understanding the transition from Mesolithic hunter-gatherers to Neolithic agriculturalists. A recent study published in PLOS ONE¹ takes a ground…