Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of the Basque Country found that the wild ancestors of wheat, barley, and rye were far less widespread 12,000 years ago than previously believed.Published in Open Quaternary, the study shows these early crop species were likely concentrated along the Mediterranean Levant, possibly serving as a climate refugium during the late Ice Age.Using machine learning and past climate models, the research offers a new understanding of where the world’s first farmers found their crops.
Source: University of Copenhagen
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