The shift from foraging to agriculture as an economic way of life can be influenced by
multiple ecological and cultural factors. The introduction of rice cultivation in Japan appears …

Wheat is regarded as one of the most important West Asian domesticates that were
introduced into Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age China. Despite a growing body of …

Abstract Southern China and Southeast Asia were favourable habitats for foragers during
the Last Glacial Maximum (∼ 25–18 ka BP) and the Last Deglaciation (∼ 18–11.7 ka BP) …

Maritime adaptation plays a significant role in the dispersal of modern humans and the
transition of subsistence strategies. The real timing of the worldwide intensification of …

Broomcorn and foxtail millet were the most important crops in northern China during the
Neolithic period. Although the significance of broomcorn millet in human subsistence …

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 …

The reconstruction of high-resolution chronologies for prehistoric cultures is a prerequisite
for understanding the history of human evolution and its relationship with environmental …

To reconstruct population dynamics in Taiwan between 5000 and 100 cal BP, we analysed
spatial-temporal changes in archaeological site abundance and size (area). The results …

Palynological dataset for the XBWu-46 sediment core extracted from Bosten Lake at the
south-eastern end of the Tian Shan, Northwest China, contains a climate record divided into …

Agriculture based on broomcorn and foxtail millet has been identified as one of the main
drivers of population expansion and/or resource and innovation transfer across Neolithic …