Ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick coming from the palace of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, in the ancient city of Kalhu, reveals a time capsule of plant life
Evidence of the formation and structural evolution of prehistoric agricultural economy at Changge Shigu during the Yangshao culture period
Stone tools from Tabon Cave, Philippines, bear tell-tale markings of fiber technology going back 39,000 years
Early crop plants were more plastic and easily ‘tamed’: new perspectives on plant domestication are shown in a study published in PLoS ONE
A new study found that the genomics of yams supports West Africa (the Niger River Basin) as a major cradle of crop domestication
Even thousands of years ago people wore clothing with colourful patterns made from plant and animal-based dyes
Sorghum, a cereal used to feed livestock and make alcohol has been damaged over the last 6000 years by humans, with a damage to genes and reduced varieties
A new methodology for comparing herbal medicine across societies can also be used to understand the transfer of cultural traditions
