The Ultimate Ecosystem Engineers

Smith, Bruce D.

doi:10.1126/science.1137740

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The Ultimate Ecosystem Engineers

Smith, Bruce D.·2007·Science

DOI 10.1126/science.1137740

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How did human societies initially domesticate plants and animals, and what were the keys to success?

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Evidence is clear that agricultural human populations had spread across most continents by the mid-Holocene, leading to the clearing of native vegetation and herbivores, their replacement with domesticates, and the increasingly intensive application of techniques and inputs to enhance the productivity of land as populations became denser.
“Nevertheless, the evidence is clear that agricultural human populations had spread across most continents by the mid-Holocene, leading to the clearing of native vegetation and herbivores, their replacement with domesticates, and the increasingly intensive application of techniques and inputs to enhance the productivity of land as populations became denser (44, 61).”
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Authors: Smith, B. D.
Affiliations: Smithsonian Institution (US)
Corresponding author: Smith, Bruce D.
ORCID: Smith, Bruce D.
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 2007-03-30
Volume: 315
Issue: 5820
Pages: 1797-1798
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1137740
OpenAlex: W1481427546
Cited by: 165
References: 7
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 8
FWCI: 3.78
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Language and cultural evolution
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Keywords: plant domestication, animal domestication, human society, origins of agriculture, ecosystem engineering
MeSH terms: Agriculture, Animals, Animal Husbandry, Animals, Domestic, Behavior, Environment, Biological Evolution, Humans, Ecosystem

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