Domestication is a co-evolutionary process that occurs when wild plants are brought into
cultivation by humans, leading to origin of new species and/or differentiated populations that …

Rice is one of the most culturally valued and widely grown crops in the world today, and
extensive research over the past decade has clarified much of the narrative of its …

Though chickens are the most numerous and ubiquitous domestic bird, their origins, the
circumstances of their initial association with people, and the routes along which they …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the world's most important food crops, and is comprised largely
of japonica and indica subspecies. Here, we reconstruct the history of rice dispersal in Asia …

We report archaeobotanical results from systematic flotation obtained during the 2008
excavation of the site of Haimenkou, in Northwest Yunnan, dated to c. 1600–300 BCE …

The adoption of rice farming during the first millennium BC was a turning point in Japanese
prehistory, defining the subsequent cultural, linguistic, and genetic variation in the …

As one of the most important crops, Asian cultivated rice has evolved into a complex group
including several subgroups adapting various eco-climate-systems around the globe. Here …

Abstract The Angkorian Empire was at its peak from the 10th to 13th centuries CE. It wielded
great influence across mainland Southeast Asia and is now one of the most archaeologically …

Cost-surface and least-cost path analyses are widely used tools to understand the ways in
which movement relates and engages with the surrounding space. They are employed in …

" This book considers three questions about understanding the past. How can we rethink
human histories by including animals and plants? How can we overcome nationally …