During the last two decades, new archaeological projects which systematically integrate a
variety of plant recovery techniques, along with palaeoecology, palaeoclimate, soil science …

Abstract Changes in insolation driven by precession and obliquity are considered the major
driver of tropical precipitation on orbital time scales, and responsible for vegetation and …

A wide-ranging and accessible introduction to the origins and histories of the first agricultural
populations in many different parts of the world This fully revised and updated second …

Humans have been present in Amazonia throughout the Holocene, with the earliest
archaeological sites dating to 12 000 years ago. The earliest inhabitants began managing …

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 …

We estimate a spread rate of 7.5–10.6 km/year for the Neolithic expansion along the
northern shore of the western Mediterranean. Comparing to theory and numerical …

The study of resilience is a common pathway for scientific data to inform policy and practice
towards impending climate change. Consequently, understanding the mechanisms and …

Understanding past population dynamics in lowland South America relative to changes in
subsistence is crucial for drawing comparisons with global processes. Here, we use …

The expansion of forest farmers across tropical lowland South America during the Late
Holocene has long been connected to climate change. The more humid conditions …

Although once considered a 'counterfeit paradise', the Amazon Basin is now a region of
increasing interest in discussions of pre-colonial tropical land-use and social complexity …