Indigenous hunter-gatherer practices play key role in plant dispersal, genetic diversity and conservation, reshaping our idea of agriculture
Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa, from Kakapel; a trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya
All the people who lived and were buried in Barmaz necropolises during the Neolithic period had the same access to food resources
New discoveries found in Iraqi Kurdistan key to the emergence of agriculture and first city-states: the UAB archaeological project
A study reveals the continuous evolutionary history of rice from wild to domesticated over an astonishing span of 100,000 years, confirming that China is the birthplace of rice (Oryza sativa)
Extensive social and cultural networks between different hunter-gatherers in the Congo Basin (Central Africa) existed long before agriculture arrived in the region
Researchers established a chronology for Dispilio, by combining radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology and information on cosmic particles from Miyake events
What we do know is that the Hitra man lived in a very turbulent period. Up to that point, most people lived as hunter-gatherers
More plants on the menu of ancient hunter-gatherers: isotopic evidence reveals surprising dietary practices of pre-agricultural human groups at Taforalt, in Morocco
Humans occupied a lava tube called Umm Jirsan, in Saudi Arabia, for thousands of years: bones and artifacts indicate a timeline of herding and agriculture in northern Arabia
