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Anthropogenic Seed Dispersal: Rethinking the Origins of Plant Domestication by Spengler, Robert N.

“…It is well documented that ancient sickle harvesting led to tough rachises, but the other seed dispersal properties in crop progenitors are rarely discussed…”
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Millet cultivation across Eurasia: Origins, spread, and the influence of seasonal climate by Miller, Naomi F, Spengler, Robert N, Frachetti, Michael

“…The two East Asian millets, broomcorn (Panicum miliaceum) and foxtail millet (Setaria italica), spread across Eurasia and became important crops by the second…”
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The hippocampus and TNF: Common links between chronic pain and depression by Fasick, Victoria, Spengler, Robert N, Samankan, Shabnam, Nader, Nader D, Ignatowski, Tracey A

“…Major depression and chronic pain are significant health problems that seriously impact the quality of life of affected individuals. These diseases that…”
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Barley (Hordeum vulgare) in the Okhotsk culture (5th-10th century AD) of northern Japan and the role of cultivated plants in hunter-gatherer economies by Leipe, Christian, Sergusheva, Elena A, Müller, Stefanie, Spengler, 3rd, Robert N, Goslar, Tomasz, Kato, Hirofumi, Wagner, Mayke, Weber, Andrzej W, Tarasov, Pavel E

“…This paper discusses archaeobotanical remains of naked barley recovered from the Okhotsk cultural layers of the Hamanaka 2 archaeological site on Rebun Island,…”
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Arboreal crops on the medieval Silk Road: Archaeobotanical studies at Tashbulak by Spengler, Robert N, Maksudov, Farhod, Bullion, Elissa, Merkle, Ann, Hermes, Taylor, Frachetti, Michael

“…During the first millennium A.D., Central Asia was marked by broad networks of exchange and interaction, what many historians collectively refer to as the…”
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Biomolecular characterization of 3500-year-old ancient Egyptian mummification balms from the Valley of the Kings by Huber, B., Hammann, S., Loeben, C. E., Jha, D. K., Vassão, D. G., Larsen, T., Spengler, R. N., Fuller, D. Q., Roberts, P., Devièse, T., Boivin, N.

“…Ancient Egyptian mummification was practiced for nearly 4000 years as a key feature of some of the most complex mortuary practices documented in the…”
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Archaeological and molecular evidence for ancient chickens in Central Asia by Peters, Carli, Richter, Kristine K., Wilkin, Shevan, Stark, Sören, Mir-Makhamad, Basira, Fernandes, Ricardo, Maksudov, Farhod, Mirzaakhmedov, Sirojidin, Rahmonov, Husniddin, Schirmer, Stefanie, Ashastina, Kseniia, Begmatov, Alisher, Frachetti, Michael, Kurbanov, Sharof, Shenkar, Michael, Hermes, Taylor, Kidd, Fiona, Omelchenko, Andrey, Huber, Barbara, Boivin, Nicole, Wang, Shujing, Lurje, Pavel, von Baeyer, Madelynn, Dal Martello, Rita, Spengler, Robert N.

“…The origins and dispersal of the chicken across the ancient world remains one of the most enigmatic questions regarding Eurasian domesticated animals. The lack…”
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Earliest direct evidence for broomcorn millet and wheat in the central Eurasian steppe region by Frachetti, Michael D., Spengler, Robert N., Fritz, Gayle J., Mar'yashev, Alexei N.

“…Before 3000 BC, societies of western Asia were cultivating wheat and societies of China were cultivating broomcorn millet; these are early nodes of the world's…”
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Prehistoric agricultural decision making in the western Himalayas: ecological and social variables by Tang, Li, Lu, Hongliang, Chen, Xinzhou, Xu, Hailun, Boivin, Nicole, Storozum, Michael, Yang, Feng, Li, Shuai, Liu, Xinyi, Spengler, Robert N.

“…The high-altitude landscape of western Tibet is one of the most extreme environments in which humans have managed to introduce crop cultivation. To date, only…”
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Morphotype broadening of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) from Oxus civilization 4000 BP, Central Asia by Chen, Guanhan, Zhou, Xinying, Khasannov, Mutalibjon, Spengler, Robert N., Ma, Jian, Annaev, Tukhtash, Kambarov, Nasibillo, Maksudov, Farhod, Wang, Jianxin, Askarov, Akhmadali, Li, Xiaoqiang

“…The region of Transoxiana underwent an early agricultural-demographic transition leading to the earliest proto-urban centers in Central Asia. The agronomic…”
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Food globalization in southern Central Asia: archaeobotany at Bukhara between antiquity and the Middle Ages by Mir-Makhamad, Basira, Stark, Sören, Mirzaakhmedov, Sirojidin, Rahmonov, Husniddin, Spengler, Robert N.

“…The Silk Road is a modern name for a globalization phenomenon that marked an extensive network of communication and exchange in the ancient world; by the turn…”
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The transition to a barley-dominant cultivation system in Tibet: First millennium BC archaeobotanical evidence from Bangga by Tang, Li, Lu, Hongliang, Song, Jixiang, Wangdue, Shargan, Chen, Xinzhou, Zhang, Zhengwei, Liu, Xinyi, Boivin, Nicole, Spengler, Robert N.

“…•Bangga (1055-211BC) represents the first systemic archaeobotanical study in central Tibet.•This article dates the transition to a barley-dominant economy in…”
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A Journey to the West: The Ancient Dispersal of Rice Out of East Asia by Spengler, Robert N., Stark, Sören, Zhou, Xinying, Fuks, Daniel, Tang, Li, Mir-Makhamad, Basira, Bjørn, Rasmus, Jiang, Hongen, Olivieri, Luca M., Begmatov, Alisher, Boivin, Nicole

“…Rice is one of the most culturally valued and widely grown crops in the world today, and extensive research over the past decade has clarified much of the…”
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Exaptation Traits for Megafaunal Mutualisms as a Factor in Plant Domestication by Spengler, Robert N, Petraglia, Michael, Roberts, Patrick, Ashastina, Kseniia, Kistler, Logan, Mueller, Natalie G, Boivin, Nicole

“…Megafaunal extinctions are recurring events that cause evolutionary ripples, as cascades of secondary extinctions and shifting selective pressures reshape…”
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Agriculturalists and pastoralists: Bronze Age economy of the Murghab alluvial fan, southern Central Asia by Spengler, Robert N., III, Cerasetti, Barbara, Tengberg, Margareta, Cattani, Maurizio, Rouse, Lynne M

“…Archaeological investigations of pastoral economies often emphasize exchange relations with agricultural populations, though for Bronze Age Eurasia the notion…”
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Early Pastoral Economies and Herding Transitions in Eastern Eurasia by Taylor, William Timothy Treal, Clark, Julia, Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav, Tuvshinjargal, Tumurbaatar, Jobe, Jessica Thompson, Fitzhugh, William, Kortum, Richard, Spengler, Robert N., Shnaider, Svetlana, Seersholm, Frederik Valeur, Hart, Isaac, Case, Nicholas, Wilkin, Shevan, Hendy, Jessica, Thuering, Ulrike, Miller, Bryan, Miller, Alicia R. Ventresca, Picin, Andrea, Vanwezer, Nils, Irmer, Franziska, Brown, Samantha, Abdykanova, Aida, Shultz, Daniel R., Pham, Victoria, Bunce, Michael, Douka, Katerina, Jones, Emily Lena, Boivin, Nicole

“…While classic models for the emergence of pastoral groups in Inner Asia describe mounted, horse-borne herders sweeping across the Eurasian Steppes during the…”
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Moving agriculture onto the Tibetan plateau: the archaeobotanical evidence by d’Alpoim Guedes, Jade, Lu, Hongliang, Li, Yongxian, Spengler, Robert N., Wu, Xiaohong, Aldenderfer, Mark S.

“…The Tibetan Plateau has one of the least hospitable environments for agriculture on the planet; however, its inhabitants have developed an economic system…”
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Seeing the wood for the trees: active human–environmental interactions in arid northwestern China by Shen, Hui, Spengler, Robert N, Zhou, Xinying, Betts, Alison, Jia, Peter Weiming, Zhao, Keliang, Li, Xiaoqiang

“…Due largely to demographic growth, agricultural populations during the Holocene became increasingly more impactful ecosystem engineers. Multidisciplinary…”
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Grazing animals drove domestication of grain crops by Spengler, Robert N., Mueller, Natalie G.

“…In addition to large-seeded cereals, humans around the world during the mid-Holocene started to cultivate small-seeded species of herbaceous annuals for grain,…”
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Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) Domestication and Dispersal Out of Central Asia by Mir-Makhamad, Basira, Bjørn, Rasmus, Stark, Sören, Spengler, Robert

“…The pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) is commercially cultivated in semi-arid regions around the globe. Archaeobotanical, genetic, and linguistic data suggest that…”
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