Agriculture is one of the key innovations of human societies, yet the nature of and reasons for its emergence are debated. A new model that hindcasts past global population suggests that an improving climate increased plant productivity and human population density, facilitating domestication.
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Piperno, D.R. A model of agricultural origins. Nat Hum Behav 2, 446–447 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0390-8
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