Anthropologist Finds Earliest Evidence Of Maize Farming In Mexico Science Daily - April 11, 2007
Goats Key to Spread of Farming, Gene Study Suggests National Geographic - October 11, 2006
Goats accompanied the earliest farmers into Europe some 7,500 years
ago, helping to revolutionize Stone Age society, a new study suggests.
Ancient fig clue to first farming BBC - June 2, 2006
Ancient figs found in an archaeological site in the Jordan Valley may represent one of the earliest forms of agriculture, scientists report.
Scotland: Monster mushroom found in field BBC - June 2004
Farming began 23,000 years ago BBC - June 2004
Stone Age people in Israel collected the seeds of wild grasses
some 10,000 years earlier than previously recognized.
Korea: World's 'oldest' rice found - 15,000 years BBC - October 2003
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