Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of human and animal tissues have become an
important means of studying both anthropogenic and natural food webs in aquatic …

Many of today's major food crops are distributed worldwide. While much of this 'food
globalisation'has resulted from modern trade networks, it has its roots in prehistory. In this …

The two East Asian millets, broomcorn (Panicum miliaceum) and foxtail millet (Setaria
italica), spread across Eurasia and became important crops by the second millennium BC …

A systematic review of archaeological and palaeoenvironmental records of cannabis (fibres,
pollen, achenes and imprints of achenes) reveals its complex history in Eurasia. A …

Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is not one of the founder crops domesticated in
Southwest Asia in the early Holocene, but was domesticated in northeast China by 6000 bc …

" A comprehensive and entertaining historical and botanical review, providing an enjoyable
and cognitive read.”—Nature The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From …

Wheat is regarded as one of the most important West Asian domesticates that were
introduced into Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age China. Despite a growing body of …

The westward expansion of human millet consumption from north China has important
implications for understanding early interactions between the East and West. However, few …

We report dozens of direct radiocarbon dates on charred grains from 22 archaeological sites
of the Neolithic and Bronze Ages in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China, a key region for …

Increase in grain/seed size recurrently features as a key element in the 'domestication
syndrome'of plants (cf. Zohary and Hopf 2000; Fuller et al. 2014). In the context of its spread …