Early Agriculture Left Traces in Animal Bones

Unraveling the origins of agriculture in different regions around the globe has been a challenge for archeologists.... » More

Unraveling the origins of agriculture in different regions around the globe has been a challenge for archeologists. Now researchers from the Carnegie Institution and other organizations writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences report finding evidence of early human experiments with grain cultivation in East Asia. They gathered this information from an unlikely source―dog and pig bones. « Hide