10,000 Years of Food Inequality

Scientific result

16 April 2026

An international team of researchers (Inrap, CNRS, Simon Fraser University) has published an article in the journal PNAS titled “Dietary Inequality Marker Reveals 10,000 Years of Gender and Cultural Disparity in Europe.” By combining anthropobiology, biochemistry, and economics, the study highlights ancient, enduring, and strongly gendered dietary inequalities throughout European history.

Read more about the CNRS press release (in French).

Contact GET: Klervia Jaouen

Sources :

Dietary Inequality Marker Reveals 10,000 Years of Gender and Cultural Disparity in Europe
Colleter, R., Jaouen, K., Garcia, D., Richards, M. et al. « Dietary Inequality Marker Reveals 10,000 Years of Gender and Cultural Disparity in Europe”. PNASNEXUS-2025-01285-TR
DOI : https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag033

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