By D. B. Madsen,F. Chen,X. Gao
* Examines the transition from foraging societies of the overdue Paleolithic to the emergence of settled farming societies and the emergent pastoralism of the center Neolithic
* Explores explanatory types for the hyperlinks among weather switch and cultural swap that can have stimulated the improvement of millet agriculture
* experiences the connection among weather swap and inhabitants expansions and contraditions throughout the past due Quaternary
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