From the reviews: "Bocquet-Appel and Bar-Yosef have organized and produced a superb thematic volume that provides a wide variety of applications and perspectives on the NDT" James T. Watson, University of Arizona “The main strength of this volume is its clear focus on the NDT and related processes. … well suitable … to a readership of advanced undergraduates, ... Read morepostgraduate students in the social sciences and to academics from a wide range of disciplines who are interested in the social, economic and demographic facets of the ‘Neolithic Revolution’. … a highly recommended volume which highlights how interdisciplinary approaches can provide new insight into the study of the Neolithic transition and the great potential of thematic scientific discourse.” (Ron Pinhasi, Human Ecology, Vol. 37 (5), October, 2009) “The collected papers address the demographic process associated with the transition from a hunter-gatherer economy to an agricultural economy in the Neolithic. … the papers are stimulating, informative and address a myriad of topics associated with population growth, providing food for thought for historians, archaeologists and anthropologists as well as demographers. … provide an extremely stimulating discussion of the implications of the NDT and its consequences, with all due caution and a number of flags raised about a precocious global application.” (Helena Fracchia, Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. 37 (3-4), Fall/Winter, 2010) Show Less