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Nature 438, 165-166 (10 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/438165a; Published online 9 November 2005

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A Stone Age greenhouse

Robert J. Charlson1

BOOK REVIEWEDPlows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate

by William F. Ruddiman

Princeton University Press: 2005. 272 pp. $24.95, £15.95

The activities of Stone Age farmers may have altered Earth's climate. This is the exciting but controversial theory conveyed by palaeoclimatologist William Ruddiman in his well-written book Plows, Plagues and Petroleum.

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