A response to "arguments against the core area hypothesis" for plant domestication

Tel Aviv

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-196

  Gopher, Avi ^a   Lev Yadun, Simcha ^b   Abbo, Shahal ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Core area; Neolithic; Plant domestication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897593875     PISSN: 03344355     EISSN: 20404786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/033443513X13753505864377     Document Type: Article

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