The expansions of farming societies and the role of the Neolithic Demographic Transition

Bellwood, Peter; Oxenham, Marc

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The expansions of farming societies and the role of the Neolithic Demographic Transition

Date

2008

Authors

Bellwood, Peter

Oxenham, Marc

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

The hypothesis of the Neolithic demographic transition (NDT) postulates that sharp increases in birthrates occurred as populations in different parts of the world adopted sedentary lifestyles and food storage, reduced their birth intervals, and came to de