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How human connections shaped the spread of farming among ancient communities
If you've ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact ...
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Yeast in forests reveals a story of ancient human migration
Yeast genomes reveal ancient human migrations, showing invisible microbial companions traveled with early agriculture.
Peru’s ancient irrigation systems succeeded in turning deserts into farms because of the culture − without it, the systems failed
Ancient practices hold important lessons for farmers facing drying lands, but they were often more complex than modern ...
A 2,000-year-old battle ended in fire, and a tree species never recovered
The buried roots and stumps of an ancient forest in southern China are the charred remains of an ancient war and the burning ...
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Ancient farming shift tied to climate disasters: study
JERUSALEM, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A recent Israeli study has linked humanity's shift to farming about 8,000 years ago in the Southern Levant to climate-driven wildfires and soil erosion, the Hebrew ...