Origin of agriculture and domestication of plants and animals linked to early Holocene climate amelioration

Current Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-59

  Gupta, Anil K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 6444233186     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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