A model of agricultural origins
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Complete Citation
- Piperno, Dolores R. 2018. "A model of agricultural origins." Nature Human Behaviour, 2, (7) 446–447. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0390-8.
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Abstract
- Agriculture is one of the key innovations of human societies, yet the nature of and reasons for its emergence are debated. A new model that hindcasts past global population suggests that an improving climate increased plant productivity and human population density, facilitating domestication.
Publication Date
- 2018
