RETURNING TO THE RATE OF SPREAD OF EARLY FARMING IN EUROPE: COMMENT ON THE ARTICLE BY MANEN ET AL. (2019) IN RADIOCARBON

The aim of the comment is to address the misrepresentations of our work on the Neolithic transitions that are found in a recent article by Manen and coauthors in Radiocarbon. There are a fair number of them as indicated in the comment. The purpose of the comment is (1) to set the record straight, (2) to clarify several misconceptions that have persisted in the literature for some time, and (3) to comment briefly on the convergence between our own recent regional modeling of the spread of early fanning along the north coast of the West Mediterranean and the position currently held by Manen and coauthors.

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The aim of this comment is to address the misrepresentations of their work on the Neolithic transitions found in a recent article, and to clarify misconceptions that have persisted in the literature. Additionally, the comment briefly discusses the convergence between their own recent regional modeling and the position held by other scholars in the field.