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  • Human-plant interaction at the onset of agriculture: the PATH project

  • Andrea Zupancich, Emanuela Cristiani, Avi Gopher, Juan José Ibáñez
  • Journal:
    Antiquity / Volume 97 / Issue 395 / October 2023
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    11 October 2023, e26
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    October 2023
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  • Plant domestication represents a major turning point in human history, resulting in the shift from a hunting/gathering/fishing-based economy to food production. Combining the analysis of ground stone tools and dental calculus, the PATH project aims to investigate dynamics of plant consumption, and the knowledge and toolkits involved in their processing.

  • Plant consumption by termites in the Kuwait desert ecosystem

  • Wasmia Al-Houty
  • Journal:
    Insect Science and Its Application / Volume 19 / Issue 1 / March 1999
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    19 September 2011, pp. 37-42
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    March 1999

  • The termite species Psammotermes hybosloma Desneux and Anacanthotermes vagans (Hagen) foraging in the desert ecosystem of Kuwait preferred to consume dried leaves of Tamarix aphylla (L.) and Rhanterium epapposium Oliv. over the other plant species tested. This preference varied with season. The termites consumed more food during summer than winter, with the highest consumption being recorded in September, the time of the year when the food plants dry up and can be readily cut into fragments which are carried by workers to the underground nest. These results indicate that the contribution of termites to the removal of desert vegetation is less than that of other soil fauna.