A model of agricultural origins

Dolores R. Piperno ()
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Dolores R. Piperno: Panama and Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Nature Human Behaviour, 2018, vol. 2, issue 7, 446-447

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.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-018-0390-8

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