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ArticleBody:Archeologists can tell quite a bit about ancient human life from plant fossils–dietary preferences, farming techniques, and even which sports were popular. Now, an international team of researchers found 2,300-year-old plant remains that are the earliest known evidence of plant farming in east Africa.
Courtesy of Proc. Royal Soc. B “The standard peas that we eat in North America were domesticated in the near east. They were grown in Egypt and probably ended up in east Africa by traveling down the Nile through Sudan, which is also likely how sorghum ended up in east Africa,” Mueller said.
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