Rice domestication and the Yangtze River civilization

Song, Zhiping; Chen, Jiakuan; Zhao, Yao

doi:10.17520/biods.2018016

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“…According to plant flotations and phytolith records from typical archaeological sites (Wang et al, 2016;Zhao, 2020), a dual structure that comprised dry farming in the Yellow River Valley (north) and rice cultivation in the Yangtze River Valley (south) was established during the period of agricultural origin at ~10 ka BP (Zhang et al, 2014a;Zhao, 2019Zhao, , 2020. However, the intensification and widespread expansion of dry farming began at 7-6 ka BP, while rice agriculture developed much later, at 5-4 ka BP (Ren, 2005;Song et al, 2018;Zhao, 2011Zhao, , 2020.…”

Section: Asynchronous Land Use Change Between Northern and Southern C...mentioning

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Spatiotemporal changes in early human land use during the Holocene throughout the Yangtze River Basin, China

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The Holocene

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The contribution of early human activity to the increase in atmospheric CH4 content during the middle to late-Holocene is still debated. The quantitative reconstruction of past changes in land use by early rice agriculture is a key to resolving the issue, because large uncertainties still exist in current prehistoric land use estimates, owing to a lack of direct records. In this study, we used the combination of archaeological data (the area and distribution of archaeological sites) and an improved prehistoric land use model (PLUM) to determine the spatiotemporal changes in land use by rice agriculture throughout the Yangtze River Valley, China, which was the origin and centre of the development of rice cultivation. The results indicate that the area devoted to rice agriculture increased during 10–2 ka BP, and that a significant increase occurred at ~5 ka BP accompanied by a spatial expansion from the northern part of the valley to the entire valley. However, the rice land use area decreased slightly during 4–3 ka BP but then increased after 3 ka BP. We estimate that the CH4 emissions from the rice cultivated area in the Yangtze River Valley increased from ~0.001 (±0.001) to ~1.3 (±0.6) Tg/year during 10–2 ka BP, and the resulting atmospheric CH4 concentrations increased from ~0.004 (±0.002) to ~4.1 (±2.0) ppb, which accounted for 3 (±2)–9 (±5) % of the ‘anomalous atmospheric CH4 increase’ during 5–2 ka BP.

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Spatiotemporal changes in early human land use during the Holocene throughout the Yangtze River Basin, China

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Morphological characteristics of homozygous wild rice phytoliths and their significance in the study of rice origins

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Cao

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Sci. China Earth Sci.

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Genomic insights into the complex demographic history and inbreeding phenomena during Zhou Dynasty on the Central Plains of China

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Ding,

Nie

et al. 2024

Front. Microbiol.

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In the Central Plains of China during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE), the social hierarchy gradually solidified, accompanied by frequent wars and the phenomena of multicultural and multi-ethnic integration. These social phenomena collectively influenced the population’s genetic structure at that time. However, our understanding of the genetic history of this period remains largely unknown owing to limited ancient DNA studies. In this study, we successfully obtained 11 ancient genomes from the Guanzhuang site during the Zhou Dynasty on the central plain of China. Our findings revealed remarkable genetic continuity with the Neolithic populations of the Yellow River Basin and emphasized genetic diversity through the analysis of uniparental genetic markers. Population structure analysis further confirmed the genetic similarity between the Guanzhuang population and ancient populations of the Yellow River Basin and indicated genetic exchanges with ancient populations from surrounding regions. Intriguingly, signs of inbreeding within the Guanzhuang community cast doubt on the stringent enforcement of the contemporary marital regulations against consanguineous marriages within the same surname or clan. These revelations significantly enhance our insight into the complex interplay of ancient demography and societal organization, concurrently presenting a genetic perspective to view the complex evolution of Chinese civilization’s multiethnic.

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Rice domestication and the Yangtze River civilization

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Spatiotemporal changes in early human land use during the Holocene throughout the Yangtze River Basin, China

Spatiotemporal changes in early human land use during the Holocene throughout the Yangtze River Basin, China

Morphological characteristics of homozygous wild rice phytoliths and their significance in the study of rice origins

Genomic insights into the complex demographic history and inbreeding phenomena during Zhou Dynasty on the Central Plains of China

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