Kung, James Kai-sing; Özak, Ömer; Putterman, Louis G.; … - 2022
agriculture, and migratory distance across 1° x 1° grid cells in eastern Asia, we find that cells that adopted agriculture earlier … continue to be a part of China today. By contrast, cells that adopted agriculture early and were located further from Erlitou … developed into independent states, as agriculture provided the fertile ground for state-formation, while isolation provided time …