A bioeconomic view of the Neolithic transition to agriculture

Adoption of agriculture at the expense of hunting and gathering was the dramatic precondition for all modern civilization. Recent data suggest that, because of this transition, humans initially were more disease prone, smaller, less nourished, and shorterlived. To explain why individuals chose agric...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Canadian journal of economics 2010-02, Vol.43 (1), p.280-300
1. Verfasser:	Robson, Arthur J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agricultural population Agriculture Civilization Economic models Economic transitions Farm economics Food crops Foraging Humans Hunter gatherers Mortality Population growth Preferences Studies Transitions
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