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Transport of animals underpinned ritual feasting at the onset of the Neolithic in southwestern Asia - Communications Earth & Environment Ceremonial feasting in Early Neolithic Asiab, western Iran, involved transport of animals over substantial distances to celebrate far-flung social networks, according to analysis of microscopic tooth growth patterns and geochemistry. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02501-z