Zohary and Hopf coined the term 'founder crops' to refer to a specific group of eight plants,
namely three cereals (einkorn, emmer and barley), four legumes (lentil, pea, bitter vetch and …

The origins of bread have long been associated with the emergence of agriculture and
cereal domestication during the Neolithic in southwest Asia. In this study we analyze a total …

The purpose of food processing has changed over time. High-intensity industrially
processed food often exhibits higher concentrations of added sugar, salt, higher energy, and …

The transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture stands as one of the most important
dietary revolutions in human history. Yet, due to a scarcity of well-preserved human remains …

Abstract The Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian (~ 14,600− 11,500 cal BP) is a key period in the
prehistory of southwest Asia. Often described as a complex hunting and gathering society …

Archaeobotanical and genetic analysis of modern plant materials are drawing a complex
scenario for the origins of cereal agriculture in the Levant. This paper presents an improved …

Interdisciplinary teams investigating the origins of agriculture in the Eastern Fertile Crescent
in the 1950s through 1970s considered the region a primary center of initial domestication …

The domestication of plants and the origin of agricultural societies has been the focus of
much theoretical discussion on why, how, when, and where these happened. The 'when'and …

The paper discusses a multi-proxy archaeobotanical dataset from the published
macrobotanical and microbotanical research of 19 Epipalaeolithic sites over a period of 13.5 …

Archaeobotanical evidence from southwest Asia is often interpreted as showing that the
spectrum of wild plant foods narrowed during the origins of agriculture, but it has long been …