[Sca-cooks] Neolithic fig agriculture and storage find

[Sharon Gordon]

The June 2006 issue of Science magazine reports that archeologists have
found nine carbonized fig fruits dating from the early Neolithic period
(11,400 to 11,200 years ago). This discovery calls into question the belief
that the first domesticated crops were cereals and grains. Read the
abstract.
http://tinyurl.com/ybj4od
Science subscribers may access the full-text of this article on the magazine
's website. See also the BBC News report of this finding.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5038116.stm

Sharon
gordonse at one.net