The Prunus genus contains many of the most economically significant arboreal crops,
cultivated globally, today. Despite the economic significance of these domesticated species …

Formally, the Farming/Language Dispersal hypothesis as applied to Japan relates to the
introduction of agriculture and spread of the Japanese language (between ca. 500 BC–AD …

From northern China, millet agriculture spread to Korea and the Maritime Russian Far East
by 3500–2700 BC. While the expansion of agricultural societies across the Sea of Japan did …

Broomcorn and foxtail millets were being cultivated in the West Liao River basin in Northeast
China by at least the sixth millennium BCE. However, when and how millet agriculture …

This handbook examines human responses to climatic and environmental changes in the
past, and their impacts on disease patterns, nutritional status, migration, and interpersonal …

Walter Benjamin observed that it is precisely the modern which conjures up prehistory. From
Yanagita's â mountain people'to Umehara's â Jōmon civilisation', Japan has been an …

Archaeological research exploring prehistoric food globalization is beginning to transform
our understanding of early agricultural expansions and exchange. By contrast, a more linear …

Modern shark attacks are uncommon and archaeological examples are even rarer, with the
oldest previously known case dating to ca. AD 1000. Here we report a shark attack on an …

While earlier research often saw Altaic as an exception to the farming/language dispersal
hypothesis, recent work on millet cultivation in northeast China has led to the proposal that …

Recent interdisciplinary studies, combining scientific techniques such as ancient DNA
analysis with humanistic re-evaluations of the transcultural value of bronze, have presented …