Widespread exploitation of the honeybee by early Neolithic farmers

Mélanie Roffet-Salque (), Martine Regert (), Richard P. Evershed (), Alan K. Outram, Lucy J. E. Cramp, Orestes Decavallas, Julie Dunne, Pascale Gerbault, Simona Mileto, Sigrid Mirabaud, Mirva Pääkkönen, Jessica Smyth, Lucija Šoberl, Helen L. Whelton, Alfonso Alday-Ruiz, Henrik Asplund, Marta Bartkowiak, Eva Bayer-Niemeier, Lotfi Belhouchet, Federico Bernardini, Mihael Budja, Gabriel Cooney, Miriam Cubas, Ed M. Danaher, Mariana Diniz, László Domboróczki, Cristina Fabbri, Jesus E. González-Urquijo, Jean Guilaine, Slimane Hachi, Barrie N. Hartwell, Daniela Hofmann, Isabel Hohle, Juan J. Ibáñez, Necmi Karul, Farid Kherbouche, Jacinta Kiely, Kostas Kotsakis, Friedrich Lueth, James P. Mallory, Claire Manen, Arkadiusz Marciniak, Brigitte Maurice-Chabard, Martin A. Mc Gonigle, Simone Mulazzani, Mehmet Özdoğan, Olga S. Perić, Slaviša R. Perić, Jörg Petrasch, Anne-Marie Pétrequin, Pierre Pétrequin, Ulrike Poensgen, C. Joshua Pollard, François Poplin, Giovanna Radi, Peter Stadler, Harald Stäuble, Nenad Tasić, Dushka Urem-Kotsou, Jasna B. Vuković, Fintan Walsh, Alasdair Whittle, Sabine Wolfram, Lydia Zapata-Peña and Jamel Zoughlami
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Mélanie Roffet-Salque: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Martine Regert: CEPAM – Cultures et Environnements. Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen Âge, UMR 7264, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis – CNRS
Richard P. Evershed: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Alan K. Outram: University of Exeter
Lucy J. E. Cramp: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Orestes Decavallas: Université Bordeaux Montaigne
Julie Dunne: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Pascale Gerbault: Evolution and Environment, University College London
Simona Mileto: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Sigrid Mirabaud: Laboratoire du Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF), UMR 171, Palais du Louvre, Porte des Lions
Mirva Pääkkönen: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Jessica Smyth: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Lucija Šoberl: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Helen L. Whelton: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Alfonso Alday-Ruiz: Prehistory and Archaeology. University of Basque Country (EHU-UPV)
Henrik Asplund: University of Turku
Marta Bartkowiak: Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University
Eva Bayer-Niemeier: Museum Quintana – Archäologie in Künzing, Partnermuseum der Archäologischen Staatssammlung München
Lotfi Belhouchet: Musée Archéologique de Sousse
Federico Bernardini: Centro Fermi, Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro di Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi
Mihael Budja: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts
Gabriel Cooney: UCD School of Archaeology, University College Dublin
Miriam Cubas: International Institute for Prehistoric Research of Cantabria, University of Cantabria
Ed M. Danaher: University College Galway
Mariana Diniz: Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa
László Domboróczki: István Dobó Castle Museum
Cristina Fabbri: Università di Pisa
Jesus E. González-Urquijo: International Institute for Prehistoric Research of Cantabria, University of Cantabria
Jean Guilaine: CNRS – UMR 5608 – TRACES, Maison de la recherche, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, 5 Allée Antonio Machado
Slimane Hachi: CNRPAH, Centre National de Recherche Préhistorique
Barrie N. Hartwell: School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University Belfast
Daniela Hofmann: Universität Hamburg, Archäologisches Institut
Isabel Hohle: a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne, Graduiertenschule der Philosophischen Fakultät
Juan J. Ibáñez: IMF-CSIC
Necmi Karul: Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters
Farid Kherbouche: CNRPAH, Centre National de Recherche Préhistorique
Jacinta Kiely: Eachtra Archaeological Projects, Lickybeg
Kostas Kotsakis: School of History and Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Friedrich Lueth: German Archaeological Institute
James P. Mallory: School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University Belfast
Claire Manen: CNRS – UMR 5608 – TRACES, Maison de la recherche, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, 5 Allée Antonio Machado
Arkadiusz Marciniak: Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University
Brigitte Maurice-Chabard: Musée Rolin
Martin A. Mc Gonigle: John Cronin & Associates
Simone Mulazzani: Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, UMR 7269 LAMPEA, LabexMed, 13284 Marseille, France
Mehmet Özdoğan: Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters
Olga S. Perić: Institute of Archaeology Belgrade
Slaviša R. Perić: Institute of Archaeology Belgrade
Jörg Petrasch: Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters - Abt. Jüngere Urgeschichte und Frühgeschichte - Schloß Hohentübingen
Anne-Marie Pétrequin: Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et de l’Environnement C.N. Ledoux, CNRS & Université de Franche-Comté
Pierre Pétrequin: Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et de l’Environnement C.N. Ledoux, CNRS & Université de Franche-Comté
Ulrike Poensgen: Kämpfenstr. 20
C. Joshua Pollard: Faculty of Humanities, University of Southampton
François Poplin: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Giovanna Radi: Università di Pisa
Peter Stadler: University of Vienna
Harald Stäuble: Landesamt für Archaeologie
Nenad Tasić: Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade University
Dushka Urem-Kotsou: Democritus University of Thrace
Jasna B. Vuković: Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade University
Fintan Walsh: Irish Archaeological Consultancy, Unit G1, Network Enterprise Park
Alasdair Whittle: Cardiff University
Sabine Wolfram: State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz
Lydia Zapata-Peña: Prehistory and Archaeology. University of Basque Country (EHU-UPV)
Jamel Zoughlami: Institut National du Patrimoine de Tunis - Musée archéologique de Carthage

Nature, 2015, vol. 527, issue 7577, 226-230

Abstract: Detection of molecular biomarkers characteristic of beeswax in pottery vessels at archaeological sites reveals that humans have exploited bee products (such as beeswax and honey) at least 9,000 years ago since the beginnings of agriculture.

Date: 2015
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