General links about early evidence of agriculture and the origins of First AmericansTheories about the origins and spread of farming http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/rug/AR210/TransitionsToFarming/!test.htm
An overview of the many different ideas concerning the origins of agriculture and why humans turned to this new type of economy and resulting social system.
Center for the Study of the First Americans http://www.centerfirstamericans.com/
This site contains a detailed examination of much of the evidence concerned with the search for the time and origin of the first peoples who migrated to the New World.
Links to more information about "First to Ride"Horse Domestication in Eneolithic Kazakhstan http://www.ex.ac.uk/archaeology/rhorse.html
University of Exeter website of the archaeologists featured in "First to Ride," about their work on Botai sites in Kazakhstan.
Identifying Early Horse Milking http://www.ex.ac.uk/archaeology/rhorsemilk.html
Another link from the University of Exeter website, about evidence for domestication of horse milking.
A look at the history of horses and domestication of horses http://users.erols.com/mmaidens/
This web site looks at the early domestication of horses and then traces how the horse has been an essential partner, with humans, in the road to our civilizations of today.
The Origin of the Domestic Dog http://www.ualberta.ca/~jzgurski/dog.htm
An essay about early domestication of the dog.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Cats! From Wild to Mild http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/cats/home.html
An interactive website based on a museum exhibit about the domestication of cats.
Animal domestication http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/282/5393/1448
This is an article that takes a look at the many ways that scientists search for the evidence of early animal domestication at archaeological sites.
Animal and plant domestication http://geography.ou.edu/courses/1103bw/domestication.htm
This is the text of notes that are posted as part of a geography course taught at the University of Oklahoma on early plant and animal domestication.
Links to more information about New World plant domesticationThe First Farmers http://whyfiles.org/122ancient_ag/index.html
What we know about the earliest farming in both the New and Old World.
Maize (corn) evolution and domestication http://www.biology.duke.edu/research_by_area/eeob/eubanks.html
Dr. Mary Eubanks looks at how maize became the staple crop of the New World and how it might have been domesticated. She also has a number of PDF files that can be downloaded about the subject.
Domestication of plants http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s150417.htm
Dr. Bruce Smith examines the evidence for plant domestication and expresses his views about the topic.
Domesticated plants http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/peb/plethbot.html
A discussion by museum personnel at Simon Fraser University about the major plants that have been domesticated by humans and where those plants were first domesticated.
Links to more information about the First AmericansMystery of the First Americans http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/first/
NOVA website to accompany "Mystery of the First Americans"
Important archaeological sites associated with the earliest people who came to the New World http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/~crsmith/firstamer.html
Sharon Begley and Andrew Murr examine the key sites of the earliest Americans.
Center for the Study of the First Americans http://www.centerfirstamericans.com/
This is probably the best site to visit for up-to-date information about the past and recent evidence focused around the search for the time and origin of the first peoples who migrated to the New World.
Who were the first Americans? http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0012/feature3/
Scientists working with the National Geographic Society take a close look at the evidence related to the question of "who were the first Americans."
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