Researchers identify plant cultivation in a 23,000-year-old site in the Galilee

Researchers identify plant cultivation in a 23,000-year-old site in the Galilee
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jul 24, 2015 - The Middle East is called the "Cradle of Civilization" because it is where our hunter-gatherer ancestors first established sedentary farming communities. Recently, the traditional dating of humans' first agricultural attempt was shaken up by the discovery of the earliest-known example of plant cultivation in the Levant, 11,000 years earlier than previously accepted. The team of archaeologi ... morehttp://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Researchers_identify_plant_cultivation_in_a_23000_year_old_site_in_the_Galilee_999.html