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greysmith

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Ran across this, http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/archaeologists-find-possible-evidence-of-earliest-human-agriculture-11000-years-earlier-than-thought/

Here is the key comment. "According to the researchers, the community at Ohalo II was already exploiting the precursors to domesticated plant types that would become a staple in early agriculture, including emmer wheat, barley, pea, lentil, almond, fig, grape and olive." Look who made the list.

I've read, somewhere, that fig was the oldest cultivated tree, but with almond and olive on this list that may be thrown into doubt.

You've got to wonder what variety they had. Be nice if there was enough DNA found to create Jurassic Fig. What would that go for on Ebay?
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