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. 2018 Sep 7:9:1287.
doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01287. eCollection 2018.

The Role of Humans in a Protracted Transition From Hunting-Gathering to Plant Domestication in the Fertile Crescent

Terence A Brown  1
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The Role of Humans in a Protracted Transition From Hunting-Gathering to Plant Domestication in the Fertile Crescent

Terence A Brown. Front Plant Sci. .
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Keywords: Fertile Crescent; agriculture; domestication; emmer wheat; human agency.

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Schematic of a protracted model for the transition from gathering of a wild grass to cultivation of a domesticated cereal crop. The key steps are: (1) management of wild stands by removal of competing plants in order to increase the proliferation of the food sources; (2) initial cultivation of wild plants in artificial stands; (3) improvement of the soil; (4) fixation of domestication traits.
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