Rice is one of the most culturally valued and widely grown crops in the world today, and
extensive research over the past decade has clarified much of the narrative of its …

Southeast Asia is a fertile land with a warm and humid climate which tends to accommodate
various food crops. The development and advancement of the agricultural sector not only …

Crop dispersal has long been recognised as an important topic in agricultural archaeology
and food globalisation. The southern coastal region of China, including Fujian Province, is of …

" This book considers three questions about understanding the past. How can we rethink
human histories by including animals and plants? How can we overcome nationally …

We estimate a spread rate of 7.5–10.6 km/year for the Neolithic expansion along the
northern shore of the western Mediterranean. Comparing to theory and numerical …

Background The gene variants ADH1B* 2 (Arg48His, rs1229984) and ALDH2* 2
(Glu504Lys, rs671) are common in East Asian populations but rare in other populations. We …

The subsistence of Neolithic populations is based on agriculture, whereas that of previous
populations was based on hunting and gathering. Neolithic spreads due to dispersal of …

An exciting topic in the prehistory of Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA) is where, when and
why matriliny/matrilocality existed in certain regions during the rise of complex societies …

Abstract The seminal book The Neolithic transition and the genetics of populations in
Europe by Ammerman and Cavalli-Sforza (1984) contains the analysis of archaeological …

Mathematical models of agricultural spread use distances between birthplaces of parents
and their children (often called “birthplace distances”). However, the difficulty to find those …