Fig - The first domesticated plant in the world

The ancient botanists have found evidence that the source of agriculture is the domestication of fig trees in the Near East 11,400 years ago. The domestication of food crops such as wheat, barley, or legumes in this area appeared about 1,000 years later. C

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The scientists also confirmed that fruit trees are only domesticated after their plants and 5,000 years.

They found 9 seedlings and 313 figs at Gilgal - a village in the Lower Jordan Valley area 8 miles north of the old city of Jericho. This village has a resident population only 200 years ago. Samples of carbonated fig trees remain intact, indicating that they have been dried before being consumed by humans. Similar fig fruits are found in another area 1.5 km west of Gilgal.

When comparing fig trees found with wild plants and domesticated species, scientists have confirmed that it is humans who bred these fig trees. Fig is a seedless tree that is very easy to grow, only a small tree trunk that plugs into the ground can grow and grow into a complete tree. People in the Neolithic period propagated them along with the harvest of crops of other species available in nature.

Luu Hoang Luong translation (Source: sciencedaily.com)