Early cereal grain growth was shaped by water, not early farming, study finds
Early Neolithic cereals grew larger in parts of southwest Asia because of wetter growing conditions, rather than human selection through tilling. A new study combines plant remains, carbon isotopes and weed evidence to trace how cereal domestication began in the southern Levant...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/cereal-grain-growth-was-shaped-by-water/
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