Olive Trees Were First Domesticated 7,000 Years Ago In The Jordan Valley

Olive Trees Were First Domesticated 7,000 Years Ago In The Jordan Valley

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of scientists has unraveled the earliest evidence for the domestication of a fruit tree. The researchers analyzed remnants of charcoal from the Chalcolithic site of Tel Zaf in the Jordan Valley and determined that they came from olive trees. Since the olive did not grow naturally in the […]