The Neolithic Demographic Transition and its Consequences
Using cemetery data, it has been possible to identify the signature of a previously unknown demographic process associated with the transition from a hunter-gatherer to an agricultural economy. Characterized by a dramatic increase in the birth rate, and consequently of the population growth rate, ov...
| Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Other Authors: | Bocquet-Appel, Jean-Pierre (Editor), Bar-Yosef, Ofer (Editor) |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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