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