Demographic interactions between the last hunter-gatherers and the first farmers.

ABSTRACT: Demographic interaction processes play a pivotal role during episodes of cultural diffusion between different populations, particularly when these episodes can lead to competition for the same resources and geographic space. The diffusion of farming is one prototypical case within this broader scenario, where groups of incumbent hunter-gatherers occupied a space which would later be claimed by expanding farmers. In this work, we tackle such processes through a two-population mathematical model, where farmers and foragers compete and interact in the same geographic space. We present this work as a conceptual approach where, first, we assess the implications of our theoretical model and its general applicability and, second, we empirically test it on three case studies: Denmark, Eastern Iber

SUBMITTER: Cortell-Nicolau A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12002272 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature