11,000-Year-Old Grains Reveal a Surprise About the Origins of Agriculture
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11,000-Year-Old Grains Reveal a Surprise About the Origins of Agriculture
A new integrated isotope study suggests that early increases in cereal grain size were driven by growing conditions rather than human selection. About 11,000 years ago, communities across southwest Asia began cultivating wild cereals, legumes, and fruit-bearing plants as they increasingly produced their own food. Over thousands of years, these practices reshaped hunter-gatherer lifeways and [...]
Recent research suggests that the increase in cereal grain size 11,000 years ago was more influenced by environmental conditions than by human selection. The study, led by Dr. Jade Whitlam of the University of Oxford, analyzes the domestication of cereals in Western Asia and its implications for understanding early agriculture. Analysis of ancient grains and their implications The research used stable isotopes to examine charred cereal grains, r…
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