Plant Domestication

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prehistoric food, see also individual countries and cultures, and individual foods . . .
Ancient Civilizations
Animal Domestication
Anthropological Ecology
Early Agriculture
Food Archaeology
Prehistoric Dentistry
Prehistoric Diets
Prehistoric Food
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video: Secrets of the Stone Age, (2/2 85 min., 2017, Top Documentary Films)
Ancient dental plaque sheds new light on the diet of Mesolithic foragers in the Balkans -- ScienceDaily (29 August 2016)
A Lesson From Wheat Evolution: From the Wild to Our Spaghetti Dish -- ScienceDaily (05 April 2016)
History to Blame for Slow Crop Taming, Study Shows -- Science Daily (05 May 2014)
More Questions Than Answers as Mystery of Domestication Deepens -- Science Daily (21 April 2014)
Chickens to chili peppers: Scientists search for the first genetic engineers -- EurekAlert (17 April 2014)
Space Competition and Time Delays in Human Range Expansions. Application to the Neolithic Transition -- Past Horizons (27 December 2012)
Ancient Egyptian Cotton: A Secret Revealed -- Past Horizons (05 April 2012)
Ancient Egyptian Cotton Unveils Secrets of Domesticated Crop Evolution -- ScienceDaily (02 april 2012)

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Agriculture and Pastoralism -- About
A plant's-eye view -- Michael Pollan
Archaeology of Maize
Archaeology on the Net
Bibliography of Agriculture and Pastoralism -- About
Characteristics of Domesticated Plants -- Kevin S. Beach
Corn's Roots Dig Deeper Into South America -- EurekAlert (3/24/08)
Domesticated plants of Mesoamerica -- Wikipedia
Domestication Of Chile Pepper Provides Insights Into Crop Origin And Evolution -- ScienceDaily (19 June 2009)
EARLIEST AGRICULTURE IN THE NEW WORLD -- SPENCER P.M. HARRINGTON
Emergence Of Agriculture In Prehistory Took Much Longer, Genetic Evidence Suggests -- ScienceDaily (20 September 2008)
Evolution and Domestication of Seed Structure Shown to Use Same Genetic Mutation -- ScienceDaily (07 July 2011)
Food Remains in Ancient Cooking Pots Suggest Farming Caught on Slowly -- Guardian (24 October 2011)
Fraser, Evan D.G., and Andrew Rimas. Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations. NY: Free Press, 2010.
Future Agricultures -- UK Department for International Development (DFID) funded consortium, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton
The Holocene
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture [including plant origins and distribution] -- Purdue University
How the First Farmers Colonized the Mediterranean -- New York Times (8/11/08)
Humans took 1000 years to tame wild plants, Science Online, 23 Apr 2004
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
National Agricultural Library -- United States Department of Agriculture
New excavations at Çatalhöyük, Turkey -- Anja Wolle
Northern Hunters Slowed Down Advance of Neolithic Farmers -- EurekAlert (03 February 2011)
Origins of Agriculture -- Jason F. McBrayer

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ORIGIN OF RICE AGRICULTURE ON THE MIDDLE AND LOWER YANGTZE RIVER -- Ji-Wen ZHANG
Paleo-ethno-botany -- B. J. Winter
Photo Gallery Edible Plants of the World -- Michel H. Porcher
Plant Evolution Timeline -- University of Cambridge
Plants and Judaism -- Tel Aviv University
Plants Database -- USDA
Research Pushes Back History of Crop Development 10,000 Years -- EurekAlert (19 September 20/08)
The Spread of Early Farming in Europe -- Peter Bogucki
Stable Climate and Plant Domestication Linked -- ScienceDaily (13 January 2010)
Transitions in Prehistory -- Tim Appenzeller, Daniel Clery, and Elizabeth Culotta
USDA: Plants Database
World Food Habits Bibliography -- Archaeology and Prehistory -- Robert Dirks
World's Oldest Known Granaries Predate Agriculture -- ScienceDaily (23 June 2009)

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