Browsing GIAP. Grup d’Investigació en Arqueologia del Paisatge by Subject "Agricultura"

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How did the domestication of Fertile Crescent grain crops increase their yields?

Preece, Catherine; Livarda, Alexandra; Pascal-Antoine, Christin; Wallace, Michael; Martin, Gemma; Michael, Charles; Jones, Glynis; Rees, Mark; Osborne, Colin P. (2017)

1. The origins of agriculture, 10 000 years ago, led to profound changes in the biology of plants exploited as grain crops, through the process of domestication. This special case of evolution under cultivation led to ...

Were Fertile Crescent crop progenitors higher yielding than other wild species that were never domesticated?

Preece, Catherine; Livarda, Alexandra; Wallace, Michael; Martin, Gemma; Charles, Michael; Pascal-Antoine, Christin; Jones, Glynis; Rees, Mark; Osborne, Colin P. (2015)

During the origin of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent, the broad spectrum of wild plant species exploited by hunter‐gatherers narrowed dramatically. The mechanisms responsible for this specialization and the associated ...