The cost of cultivation

Graeme Barker ()
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Graeme Barker: University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK.

Nature, 2011, vol. 473, issue 7346, 163-164

Abstract: There were probably many reasons for the adoption of agriculture by prehistoric human societies. A fresh perspective comes from a quantitative estimate of the relative productivity of farming and foraging.

Date: 2011
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