Time-delayed theory of the neolithic transition in Europe
Fort, Joaquim (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Física)
Méndez López, Vicenç (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física)
American Physical Society

Date:	1999
Abstract:	The classical wave-of-advance model of the neolithic transition (i. e. , the shift from hunter-gatherer to agricultural economies) is based on Fisher's reaction-diffusion equation. Here we present an extension of Einstein's approach to Fickian diffusion, incorporating reaction terms. On this basis we show that second-order terms in the reaction-diffusion equation, which have been neglected up to now, are not in fact negligible but can lead to important corrections. The resulting time-delayed model agrees quite well with observations.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; Versió publicada
Published in:	Physical review letters, Vol. 82, Issue 4 (January 1999) , p. 867-870, ISSN 1079-7114

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.867

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