Mon, 05 Jun 2006

On This Old McDonald's Farm, a First Hint of Agriculture: Figs

So agriculture is nearly 12,000 years old! I'd wager it goes back a bit further, but the evidence is so obscured by the detritus of later civilization as to be unrecognizable. In any event, we've been feeding ourselves by planning and planting for a long, long time.

In the ruins of a prehistoric village in the West Bank scientists have found remains of figs that they say appear to be the earliest known cultivated fruit crop.

(link) [New York Times]

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