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"The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history. Some 11-10,000 years ago bands of hunter-gatherers started to abandon their high-mobility lifestyles in favour of growing crops, and the creation of settled, sedentary communities. This shift into an agricultural lifestyle triggered the evolution of complex political and economic structures, and technological developments, and ultimately underpinned the rise of all the great civilizations of recent human history. Domestication of Plants in the Old World reviews and synthesizes the information on the origins and domestication of cultivated plants in the Old World, and subsequently the spread of cultivation from southwest Asia into Asia, Europe, and north Africa, from the very earliest beginnings. This book is mainly based on detailed consideration of two lines of evidences: the plant remains found at archaeological sites, and the knowledge that has accumulated about the present-day wild relatives of domesticated plants. This new edition revises and updates previous data and incorporates the most recent findings from molecular biology about the genetic relations between domesticated plants and their wild ancestors, and incorporates extensive new archaeological data about the spread of agriculture within the region. The reference list has been completely updated, as have the list of archaeological sites and the site maps."--Pub. desc.

Mediterranean regions --- Agriculture, Prehistoric --- Plants, Cultivated --- Origin of cultivated plants --- Prehistoric agriculture --- Prehistoric peoples --- History --- Origin --- Agriculture --- Food --- Agriculture, Prehistoric. --- Domestication --- Neolithic period. --- Plants, Cultivated. --- cereals. --- dye plants. --- fruit trees. --- geographical distribution. --- grain legumes. --- history. --- plant domestication. --- vegetable crops. --- History. --- Origin.

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Agriculture, Prehistoric --- Agriculture --- Plants, Cultivated --- Cultivated plants --- Domestication --- Plant introduction --- Plants, Useful --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Prehistoric agriculture --- Prehistoric peoples --- Origin --- Food --- Africa --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Antiquities --- Minorities --- Ethnicity --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Conscience de race --- Ethnicity. --- Ethnicité --- Ethnische Gruppe. --- Ethnologie --- Etnisch bewustzijn. --- Kulturkontakt. --- Minorities. --- Minorités --- Congrès. --- America. --- Amerika. --- Plant and Crop Sciences. Plant Breeding and Genetics --- Congresses. --- Congresses --- Plant Genetic Resources, Gene Banks --- Plant Domestication.

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Agriculture is the lever with which humans transformed the earth over the last 10,000 years and created new forms of plant and animal species that have forever altered the face of the planet. In the last decade, significant technological and methodological advances in both molecular biology and archaeology have revolutionized the study of plant and animal domestication and are reshaping our understanding of the transition from foraging to farming, one of the major turning points in human history. This groundbreaking volume for the first time brings together leading archaeologists and biologists working on the domestication of both plants and animals to consider a wide variety of archaeological and genetic approaches to tracing the origin and dispersal of domesticates. It provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in this quickly changing field as well as reviews of recent findings on specific crop and livestock species in the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa. Offering a unique global perspective, it explores common challenges and potential avenues for future progress in documenting domestication.

Evolution. --- Crops, Agricultural --- Archaeology. --- Adaptation, Biological --- Animals, Domestic --- Animal remains (Archaeology) --- Domestic animals --- Plant remains (Archaeology) --- Plants, Cultivated --- Archaeobotanical assemblages --- Archaeobotanical material --- Archaeobotanical remains --- Archaeobotany --- Archaeological plant remains --- Archaeology, Botanical --- Assemblages, Archaeobotanical --- Botanical archaeology --- Botany in archaeology --- Material, Archaeobotanical --- Phytoarchaeology --- Remains, Archaeobotanical --- Remains, Plant (Archaeology) --- Remains, Vegetal (Archaeology) --- Vegetal remains (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Paleobotany --- Anthracology --- Plant genetics --- Archaeozoology --- Zooarchaeology --- Zoology in archaeology --- Bones --- Animal paleopathology --- Animal genetics --- Archeology --- Bioarchaeology --- genetics. --- Genetics. --- Methodology --- Evolution --- Genetics --- genetics --- Plantes cultivées --- Restes de plantes (Archéologie) --- Animaux domestiques --- Restes d'animaux (Archéologie) --- Génétique --- Adaptation, Biological - genetics. --- agriculture. --- andes. --- animal domestication. --- anthropology. --- archaeology. --- banana. --- camelids. --- cassava. --- cattle. --- chives. --- domestic pets. --- donkeys. --- farming. --- fertile crescent. --- foraging. --- goats. --- herbs. --- history. --- horses. --- human behavior. --- hunter gatherer. --- indigenous culture. --- indigenous people. --- maize. --- mesopotamia. --- molecular biology. --- natural world. --- nature. --- nonfiction. --- olives. --- pig. --- plant domestication. --- science. --- sheep. --- social development. --- social history. --- squash. --- starch grain. --- tropical america. --- tubers.