The origins of agriculture: an evolutionary perspective

actual diet adaptation adaptationism agri agricultural behavior agricultural domestication agricultural origins agricultural subsistence agricultural systems agroecology animal animal resources ants areas biological carrying capacity class of resources coevolved colonization components consumed contribution of domesticates crop cultivated plants cultural change cultural evolution cultural evolutionism curve Darwin Darwinian development of agricultural dispersal agents domesticated plants domesticatory early ecological effects environment environmental equilibrium evolutionary change evolved existing fitness foraging fruit function gene genetic given group selection growth habitat important incidental domestication increase indehiscent individual interaction Kdom limit maize major maximizing means morphological mutualistic natural selection occur organisms origin of agriculture orthogenetic permit phenotypic potential predator problem production propagules r-selected relationship relative reproduction result sedentism seeds selectionism society sociobiology specialized domestication species subsistence patterns survival symbiosis teleology teosinte theory tion transhumance understanding utilization valuation variable variation vegetative weeds wild plants wild resources yield