Climate reversals and the transition to agriculture
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Keywords
Origin of agriculture; Origin of cultivation; Prehistory; Economic growth; Economic development; Technology; Technological change; Population dynamics; Climate change; Foraging; Hunting and gathering; Archaeology; Anthropology; Neolithic Revolution; O10;All these keywords.
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- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
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