The transition to sedentary agricultural societies in northern China fuelled considerable
demographic growth from 5000 to 2000 BC. In this article, we draw together …

Despite remarkable scientific progress in agriculture and medical sciences, the underlying
causes of malnutrition and poverty remain stubborn challenges. This could be attributed to …

Following their early domestication, broomcorn millet and rice (in East Asia) and wheat and
barley (in South-west Asia) were subsequently adopted across Eurasia during the Bronze …

It is becoming increasingly clear that China experienced significant hydrological changes
during the mid‐to‐late Holocene transition—a period characterized by societal changes …

Archaeology of Pacific Oceania, now in its second edition, offers a state-of-the-art and fully
detailed chronological narrative of how Pacific Oceania came to be inhabited over a long …

The southern spread of rice agriculture is of great academic interest. Although it already has
a broad chronological framework, newly introduced rice use and its impact on local …

To reconstruct population dynamics in Taiwan between 5000 and 100 cal BP, we analysed
spatial-temporal changes in archaeological site abundance and size (area). The results …

This article reports on an exploration of the Y-chromosome sub-haplogroup O2a2b-P164 in
Austronesian-speaking populations. Moderate to high abundance of the P 164 mutation is …

The origin and dispersal of the Austronesian language family, one of the largest and most
widespread in the world, have long attracted the attention of linguists, archaeologists, and …

Abstract Background Ancient northern East Asians (ANEA) from the Yellow River region,
who pioneered millet cultivation, play a crucial role in understanding the origins of …