Human impacts prior to the Industrial Revolution are not well constrained. We investigate
whether the decline in global atmospheric CO 2 concentration by 7–10 ppm in the late …

During the last two decades, new archaeological projects which systematically integrate a
variety of plant recovery techniques, along with palaeoecology, palaeoclimate, soil science …

The environmental crises currently gripping the Earth have been codified in a new proposed
geological epoch: the Anthropocene. This epoch, according to the Anthropocene Working …

For millennia, Amazonian peoples have managed forest resources, modifying the natural
environment in subtle and persistent ways. Legacies of past human occupation are striking …

The legacy of pre-Columbian land use in the Amazonian rainforest is one of the most
controversial topics in the social,,,,,,,,–and natural sciences,. Until now, the debate has been …

This article identifies core dimensions in the notion of “sustainability” as it is conceptualized
among Indigenous peoples. These are context-based relationality, community-based …

The Neolithic Revolution narrative associates early-mid Holocene domestications with the
development of agriculture that fueled the rise of late Holocene civilizations. This narrative …

The discovery of large geometrical earthworks in interfluvial settings of southern Amazonia
has challenged the idea that Pre-Columbian populations were concentrated along the major …

One of the challenges in evaluating arguments for extending the conceptual framework of
evolutionary biology involves the identification of a tractable model system that allows for an …

The Amazon basin is accepted as an independent center of plant domestication in the world.
A variety of important plants were domesticated in the Amazon and its surroundings; …