Diet data analysis shows early farmers in the Andes were doing just fine, challenging popular theory
In the Andes, the rise of agriculture to replace foraging was not the result of hardship and resource scarcity, but instead a time of economic resilience and innovation, according to a study published in PLOS One by Luis Flores-Blanco of the University of California Davis and Arizona State University, U.S., and colleagues.
In the Andes, the rise of agriculture to replace foraging was not the result of hardship and resource scarcity, but instead a time of economic resilience and innovation, according to a study published in PLOS One by Luis Flores-Blanco of the University of California Davis and Arizona State University, U.S., and colleagues.
