title: Constraints on the development of agriculture.
abstract: The development of agriculture was limited by external constraints, mainly climate, before the Holocene and mainly by social institutions after that. Population size and growth was important but ultimately did not determine where and why agriculture evolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA. rlbettinger@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bettinger
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Richerson
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000266:history*; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D057231:Climate Change; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D012922:Social Change