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Transition from hunting and gathering to food production on the Ryukyu archipelago, Japan (2015)
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It has been suggested that in order for Homo sapiens to colonize islands, because of their size, food production is necessary. Indeed most islands were successfully colonized by farmers. However, some islands were colonized by hunter-gatherers. These islands are characterized by 1) large in area, 2) closely located from continent or large island, 3) sea mammals more or less constantly available, 4) translocation of edible plant and/or animal resources from the mother land or 5) combination of 1)...