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 …
Wheat and barley evolved from large-seeded annual grasses in the arid, low latitudes of Asia; their spread into higher elevations and northern latitudes involved corresponding …
The period from the late third millennium BC to the start of the first millennium AD witnesses the first steps towards food globalization in which a significant number of important crops …
There are many unanswered questions about the evolution of the ancient 'Silk Roads' across Asia. This is especially the case in their mountainous stretches, where harsh terrain …
G Dong, R Li, M Lu, D Zhang… - Progress in Physical …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Exploring prehistoric variation in human–environmental interaction is critical for understanding the historical patterns and mechanisms of long-term human–land evolution …
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 …
L Tan, G Dong, Z An, RL Edwards, H Li, D Li… - Science bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Arid Central Asia (ACA), with its diverse landscapes of high mountains, oases, and deserts, hosted the central routes of the Silk Roads that linked trade centers from East Asia …