Reveals ancient diets
Provides simultaneous lipid and protein molecular evidence to distinguish terrestrial mammal and aquatic product sources.
Lyu, Nanning · Long, Yan · Wang, Tao · Liugen, Lin · Rao, Huiyun · Yang, Yimin
Journal of Archaeological Science 2024
Detected medium- and long-chain fatty acids, dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic alcohols, sterols and derivatives, isoprenoid fatty acids, and long-chain ketones
Detected proteins of terrestrial mammals and aquatic products