Study: Farming had an earlier start
By Sindya N. Bhanoo, New York Times
Farming may have originated 23,000 years ago, thousands of years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study.
Researchers discovered a large number of seeds at an ancient hunter-gatherer site known as Ohalo II on the shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.
Many of the seeds had scars, a mark that distinguishes domesticated species from wild forms.
