Archeological plant remains point to southwest Amazonia as crop domestication center

(PLOS) The remains of domesticated crop plants at an archaeological site in southwest Amazonia supports the idea that this was an important region in the early history of crop cultivation, according to a study published July 25, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jennifer Watling from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil and colleagues.

from EurekAlert! - Archaeology https://ift.tt/2LA7idB