The African continent harbours many native species with nutraceutical and pharmaceutical
potential. This study reviewed underutilised crops in South Africa to determine their potential …

The innovations of agricultural production and their extensive dispersal promoted the
transformation of human livelihoods and profoundly influenced the evolution of human-land …

Deep knowledge of crop biodiversity is essential to improving global food security. Despite
bread wheat serving as a keystone crop worldwide, the population history of bread wheat …

Wheat is the second largest food crop with a very good breeding system and pedigree
record in China. Investigating the genomic footprints of wheat cultivars will unveil potential …

Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is not one of the founder crops domesticated in
Southwest Asia in the early Holocene, but was domesticated in northeast China by 6000 bc …

Exploring prehistoric variation in human–environmental interaction is critical for
understanding the historical patterns and mechanisms of long-term human–land evolution …

During the past two decades there have been numerous studies of Holocene moisture
variations in arid central Asia (ACA). However, these available records show contradictory …

The natural environment provides material essentials for human survival and development.
The characteristics, processes, regional differentiation and forcing mechanisms of the …

The response of population and agriculture to abrupt climate events remains a matter of
heated debates, especially the societal collapses related to the 4.2 ka event. Long-term …

Although the pattern of Holocene temperature variations in central Asia is complex, it is clear
that temperature played a fundamental role in influencing humidity conditions and regional …