Episode 95: Andrea Matranga on the Causes of the Neolithic Revolution

Andrea Matranga is a researcher at the University of Torino.

The paper discussed in this episode is ​’The Ant and the Grasshopper: Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture’, by Andrea Matranga.

Papers mentioned in this episode include:

Ashraf, Q., & Michalopoulos, S. (2015). Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture. Review of Economics and Statistics, 97(3), 589-609.

Braidwood, R. J. (1960). The agricultural revolution. Scientific American, 203(3), 130-152.

Armelagos, G. J., & Cohen, M. N. (Eds.). (1984). Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture (pp. 284-301). Orlando, FL: Academic Press.

Diamond, J. M. (2010). The worst mistake in the history of the human race (pp. 64-66). Los Angeles: Oplopanax Publishing.

Milankovic, M. (1930). Mathematische Klimalehre und Astronomische Theorie der Klimaschwankungen. Gebrüder Borntraeger.

Flückiger, M., Larch, M., Ludwig, M., & Pascali, L. (2024). The dawn of civilization: metal trade and the rise of hierarchy.