It is difficult to overstate the cultural and biological impacts that the domestication of plants
and animals has had on our species. Fundamental questions regarding where, when, and …

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 …

Anthropogenic climate change is currently driving environmental transformation on a scale
and at a pace that exceeds historical records. This represents an undeniably serious …

The domestication of plants and animals is a key transition in human history, and its
profound and continuing impacts are the focus of a broad range of transdisciplinary research …

The future of archaeological science relies as much (if not more) on theoretical as on
methodological developments. As with anything in biology, explaining past human behavior …

Abstract Niche Construction Theory (NCT) provides a powerful conceptual framework for
understanding how and why humans and target species entered into domesticatory …

The classic domestication scenario for grains and fruits has been portrayed as the lucky
fixation of major-effect “domestication genes.” Characterization of these genes plus recent …

The emergence of plant-based economies have dominated evolutionary models of Middle
and Late Holocene pre-Columbian societies in South America. Comparatively, the use of …

The initial domestication of plants and animals and the subsequent emergence of
agricultural economies in different world regions represent a major evolutionary transition in …

Originally designed to explain causes of increased productivity in agricultural systems, the
concept of intensification has become widely linked to hunter-gatherer archaeology …