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Ecological flexibility and adaptation to past climate change in the Middle Nile Valley: A multiproxy investigation of dietary shifts between the Neolithic and Kerma periods at Kadruka 1 and Kadruka 21.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Human responses to climate change have long been at the heart of discussions of past economic, social, and political change in the Nile Valley of northeastern Africa.
Charles Le Moyne, Patrick Roberts, Quan Hua, Madeleine Bleasdale, Jocelyne Desideri, Nicole Boivin, Alison Crowther   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ancient Mitogenomes Reveal the Origins and Genetic Structure of the Neolithic Shimao Population in Northern China

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
Shimao City is considered an important political and religious center during the Late Neolithic Longshan period of the Middle Yellow River basin. The genetic history and population dynamics among the Shimao and other ancient populations, especially the ...
Jiayang Xue, Jiayang Xue, Wenjun Wang, Wenjun Wang, Jing Shao, Xiangming Dai, Zhouyong Sun, Jacob D. Gardner, Liang Chen, Xiaoning Guo, Nan Di, Xuesong Pei, Xiaohong Wu, Ganyu Zhang, Can Cui, Can Cui, Peng Cao, Feng Liu, Qingyan Dai, Xiaotian Feng, Ruowei Yang, Wanjing Ping, Wanjing Ping, Lizhao Zhang, Nu He, Qiaomei Fu, Qiaomei Fu, Qiaomei Fu   +27 more
doaj   +1 more source

Glimpses of the Third Millennium BC in the Carpathian Basin [PDF]

, 2013
The relative and absolute chronology of the cultural groups of the 3rd millennium BC is a particularly exciting field of prehistoric research because this period spans the assumed boundary of two major periods — the final phase of the Copper Age and ...
Kulcsár, Gabriella
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Towards an evidence‐based and research‐driven restoration strategy for Britain's temperate rainforests

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Woodlands globally are threatened by environmental change and biodiversity loss. Temperate rainforests are an ecologically rich ecosystem found in wet regions of the temperate zone, and Britain has the potential for major temperate rainforest coverage in its nature‐depleted landscape.
Charles Norman, Jonathan Spencer, Ulf Büntgen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Geomorphological Settings and Environmental Influences on Crop Utilization in the Mid-to-Late Neolithic Period in Shaanxi Province, Northwest China

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During the Middle-to-Late Neolithic period (7000–3800 BP), Shaanxi Province served as a critical juncture in the transmission of crops. Foxtail millet (Setaria italica), broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum), and rice (Oryza sativa) spread westwards into ...
Zhikun Ma, Mile Zhou, Zhongya Hu, Francesca Monteith, Bingxin Shao, Jinhui Xiang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking 'cattle cults' in early Egypt: Towards a prehistoric perspective on the Narmer Palette [PDF]

, 2008
The Narmer Palette occupies a key position in our understanding of the transition from Predynastic to Dynastic culture in Egypt. Previous interpretations have focused largely upon correspondences between its decorative content and later conventions of ...
Wengrow, D
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The intertwined fate of agriculture and human expansion: Gaps and solutions for scalable space crop systems

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
As humanity prepares for sustained life beyond Earth, developing resilient, resource‐efficient food systems is essential. This research outlines a strategic roadmap for scalable space agriculture, addressing key challenges in crop resilience, substrate performance, and autonomous life‐support integration.
Rafael Loureiro, Andrew Palmer
wiley   +1 more source

Izmir-Yeşilova Höyük and The Architecture of Coastal Aegean in the Late Neolithic Period

Höyük, 2023
The Yeşilova Höyük excavation team has diligently worked to uncover the historical significance of this archaeological site located in the heart of the Bornova Plain.
Zafer Derin
doaj   +1 more source

Shift in subsistence crop dominance from broomcorn millet to foxtail millet around 5500 BP in the western Loess Plateau

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Broomcorn and foxtail millet were the most important crops in northern China during the Neolithic period. Although the significance of broomcorn millet in human subsistence exceeded that of foxtail millet during the early Neolithic, this pattern was ...
Yishi Yang, Jia Wang, Gang Li, Jiajia Dong, Huihui Cao, Minmin Ma, Guoke Chen, Guanghui Dong   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Massive migration from the steppe is a source for Indo-European languages in Europe

, 2015
We generated genome-wide data from 69 Europeans who lived between 8,000-3,000 years ago by enriching ancient DNA libraries for a target set of almost four hundred thousand polymorphisms. Enrichment of these positions decreases the sequencing required for
A Keller, A Seguin-Orlando, Alan Cooper, Aleksandr Khokhlov, Alissa Mittnik, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy, AW Briggs, AW Briggs, Bastien Llamas, C Der Sarkissian, C Gamba, C Renfrew, Christina Roth, Christos Economou, D Reich, David Anthony, David Reich, DH Alexander, DH Alexander, DM Behar, Dorcas Brown, DW Anthony, Eadaoin Harney, Eszter Bánffy, Fredrik Hallgren, G Brandt, G Hellenthal, Guido Brandt, H Li, Harald Meller, I Lazaridis, I Olalde, Iosif Lazaridis, J Czebreszuk, Joachim Wahl, Johannes Krause, JP Mallory, Kristin Stewardson, Kurt Werner Alt, M Kircher, M Lipson, M Meyer, M Raghavan, Manuel A. Rojo Guerra, Matthias Meyer, Michael Francken, Michael Kunst, N Patterson, N Rohland, N Rohland, N Rohland, Nadin Rohland, Nick Patterson, Nicole Nicklisch, NM Myres, Oleg Mochalov, P Bellwood, P Ralph, P Skoglund, P Skoglund, P Skoglund, PA Underhill, Pavel Kuznetsov, Q Fu, Q Fu, Q Fu, Qiaomei Fu, Rafael Garrido Pena, RE Green, Roberto Risch, S Purcell, S Sawyer, Sandra L. Pichler, Susanne Friederich, Susanne Nordenfelt, Swapan Mallick, T Lassmann, TV Gamkrelidze, Valery Khartanovich, Vayacheslav Moiseyev, W Haak, Wolfgang Haak   +81 more
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