title: Alternative to faith-based science.
authors.affiliation: Program in Human Ecology and Archaeobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013 zederm@si.edu.
authors.forename: Melinda A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Zeder
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000266:history*; D001106:Archaeology / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical