Charred adzuki bean remains from the Xiaogao site in Shandong, China, dating at the beginning of the Neolithic age, shed new light on the domestication of this legume
The oldest traces of blue indigo on 34,000-year-old grinding tools from Georgia, Caucasus: new scenarios for the use of plants in the Palaeolithic
Hominins had a taste for high-carb plants long before they had the teeth to eat them, providing first evidence of behavioral drive in the human fossil record
Clues of advanced ancient seafaring technology found in the Philippines and Island Southeast Asia; a study in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Water and gruel – not bread: the diet of early Neolithic farmers at Frydenlund, Fuenen, in Scandinavia; the study in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Genetic study of native beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta) challenges misconceptions about how ancient Indigenous peoples used the land
Peaches spread across North America through Indigenous political and social networks and thanks to land use practices
Indigenous hunter-gatherer practices play key role in plant dispersal, genetic diversity and conservation, reshaping our idea of agriculture
Genetic analysis shows ancient trade routes and path to domestication (outside of its natural distribution) of the Four Corners potato
Indigenous groups in the Pacific Northwest were intentionally harvesting edible camas bulbs at optimal stages of the plant’s maturation as far back as 3,500 years ago
